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Oil Vs. Real Estatenew

Who's funding the already-pricey New Mexico's governor's race? The big industries are battling it out. SFR breaks it down with interactive maps and databases.

Santa Fe Reporter | Corey Pein | 08-04-2010 | Politics

Tags: Susana Martinez, New Mexico, politics, campaign contributions, governor's race, Diane Denish

Joint Resolutionnew

Ohio Rep. Kenny Yuko knows his medical marijuana bill will go up in smoke at year's end. He said he'll be back, though. The question is: Will Ohio be ready?

The Other Paper | Steph Greegor | 07-30-2010 | Politics

Tags: Kenny Yuko, Medical marijuana

Tea Party Jittersnew

New York’s Tea Partiers aren’t the bigoted white guys you fear.

New York Press | Spencer Wilking | 07-28-2010 | Politics

Tags: Tea Party

Gay Old Party?new

Nevada Republicans are reaching for more homosexual voters by Election Day.

Las Vegas CityLife | Jason Whited | 07-26-2010 | Politics

Tags: GOP, Sharron Angle, Harry Reid

Does Ohio Need an SOB as Governor?new

John Kasich is promising that if elected, he’ll make so many enemies trying to save the state from ruin that a second term might be out of the question.

The Other Paper | By Lyndsey Teter | 07-22-2010 | Politics

Tags: Ohio, John Kasich, Ted Strickland

Alvin Greene Staffs Up, Gives First Speechnew

Alvin Greene surrounds himself with new political advisers including a Harvard-educated attorney specializing in intellectual property law and gives his first public speech at a local NAACP meeting.

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 07-21-2010 | Politics

Tags: Alvin Greene, South Carolina

Tea Party Pretty Boynew

Marco Rubio has risen with lightning speed. He's also a world-class opportunist with an uncanny habit of being in the right place at the right time.

Miami New Times | Tim Elfrink | 07-20-2010 | Politics

Tags: Marco Rubio, Tea Party

GOP Lightnew

How the Democratic Party lost its way and screwed the working poor.

Reno News & Review | Dennis Myers | 06-17-2010 | Politics

The Mysterious Alvin Greenenew

Unemployed, a potential felon and a political nobody, Alvin Greene came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. How’d he do it?

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 06-16-2010 | Politics

Tags: Alvin Greene

South Carolina: The Friskiest Statenew

What is it about South Carolina that has national media outlets calling it "sultry," "randy," full of "extramarital madness" and "America's friskiest state?"

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 06-02-2010 | Politics

S.C. Gov. Hopeful Henry McMaster: Slumlord Millionaire?new

As the dailies covered his debates and ad campaigns, the Columbia Free Times interviewed two dozen tenants of a gubernatorial frontrunner and investigated the management of his rental properties over the years to find out if Henry McMaster really is...a slumlord millionaire.

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 05-31-2010 | Politics

Will Folks Admitted to Haley Affair a Year Agonew

Former Mark Sanford spokesman Will Folks privately admitted a year ago to having a brief extramarital affair with GOP gubernatorial contender S.C. Rep. Nikki Haley, according to a Palmetto State Republican political operative.

Columbia Free Times | Corey Hutchins | 05-24-2010 | Politics

Tags: Nikki Haley, Will Folks

Will Healthcare Help or Hinder Idaho Candidates in November?new

Idaho's governor and members of its delegation are betting against healthcare. But one virtually unknown Democrat is running on a pro-health-care platform.

Boise Weekly | Nathaniel Hoffman | 05-20-2010 | Politics

Tags: 2010 Midterms, Healthcare