Article: Obama tilts suburban contests; GOP nominees sweat effect of Dems' surge, horde of new voters.(News)

Article: Obama visits traditionally-Republican ...
AP Online;  July 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Barack Obama is celebrating the 4th of July in Butte ... Democrats usually write if off. But this year, Obama is spending a sizeable amount of time and ... Democrats don't even try to contest it. But Obama has been spending a sizable amount of time ...

Article: Democrats' bus tour shows confidence: Party luminaries visit ...
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  November 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... southeastern Pennsylvania Saturday -- including stops in some traditionally Republican areas -- showed the party is confident the state's political ... Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Illinois U.S. Sen. Barack Obama headlined the bus tour intended to energize the party ...

Article: Democrats seek to trim losses in traditionally ...
AP Worldstream;  June 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... elections in state legislative races during the past two years but still recognize it is unlikely they will turn the state to Barack Obama. We've been able to go into 70 counties and do training and identify new volunteers who are willing to work for the purpose ...

Article: Democrats have rare chance, and price tag shows it Campaign to ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ago to nearly $14 a vote this year. A traditionally Republican stronghold now has become one of Illinois ... next two weeks to ensure a stronghold on a traditionally Republican seat. Althoff's campaign cost more than ...

Article: Traditionally Republican town's students like ...
Palatine Countryside (IL);  November 7, 2002 ;     631 words ...STAFF WRITER Far before Election Day, the Democrats were a shoo-in at Palatine High School. Students at Palatine High School held mock elections as a lesson in civics and practice for the real thing. The event was sponsored by the Cook County Clerk's Office. "We contact schools to see if they're

Article: Rules of state's political road are changing for ...
Crain's Chicago Business;  October 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Not only are the old ways of doing business rapidly changing, so are the rules that have long governed Illinois politics. To advance their agendas, pro-business and company advocates must recognize and adapt to these shifts. In a political trend that's been blossoming for years, once rock-solid

Article: Split tickets led to DFL wins; Across Minnesota, DFL House ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Conrad deFiebre; Patricia Lopez; Staff Writers Dan Smith did something on Tuesday that he'd never done before in his 51 years. He voted for a Democrat. No, not John Kerry. Smith, a Champlin restaurant proprietor, saw "no plan there" in the Democratic presidential hopeful, and an acceptable