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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Nora Muchanic
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new jersey news, election, local/state
  • How many will vote in Tuesday's primaries for the senate seat left vacant by the death of Frank Lautenberg?
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new jersey news, election, local/state
  • Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled, Fast and Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Vernon Odom
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  • Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing entitled, Fast and Furious: Management Failures at the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that the Justice Department is opening a new front in the battle for voter protections, a response to the Supreme Court ruling that he said dealt a major setback to the Voting Rights Act.
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election, philadelphia, local/state
  • Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career.
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new york city, new york, anthony weiner, election, national/world
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • The trial over a constitutional challenge to Pennsylvania's voter-identification law is entering its seventh day.
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harrisburg, pennsylvania news, election, trial, gov. tom corbett, local/state
  • Liz Cheney says her GOP primary challenge to Wyoming's senior U.S. senator is about sending a "new generation" to Washington.
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wyoming, election, dick cheney, u.s. senate, national/world
  • Lawyers in the trial of a lawsuit over Pennsylvania's new voter-identification law are clashing over the credibility of a year-old survey.
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harrisburg, pennsylvania news, election, trial, gov. tom corbett, local/state
  • A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the identities and passwords of more than 700 fellow students at his San Diego-area university so he could rig a campus election.
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california, election, college, national/world
  • A trial over Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law is set to continue in Harrisburg.
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pennsylvania news, election, local/state
  • Pennsylvania's pending voter-identification law would turn the right to vote into a privilege, an attorney said Monday.
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pennsylvania news, election, local/state
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' John Rawlins
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pennsylvania news, election, local/state
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Opponents of Pennsylvania's year-old voter identification law rallied in the state Capitol on Thursday.
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pennsylvania news, election, harrisburg, local/state
  • Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history, announced Monday he won't seek re-election next year.
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texas, rick perry, election, national/world
  • Cory Booker has just 53 days to convince New Jersey Democrats to nominate him to be the state's next U.S. Senator.
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new jersey, u.s. senate, election, democrats, republicans, inside politics
  • Iran's newly elected president pledged Monday to follow a "path of moderation" and promised greater openness over the country's nuclear program
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  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker formally declared his candidacy for U.S. Senate on Saturday.
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new jersey, election, democrats, inside politics
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Kenneth Moton
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new jersey, election, local/state
  • Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono brushed aside token opposition for their party nominations for governor.
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new jersey, election, local/state
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News' Kenneth Moton
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  • Michele Bachmann
  • Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, a conservative firebrand, presidential candidate and favorite of tea party Republicans, said Wednesday she will not run for another term in the U.S. House.
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michele bachmann, election, inside politics
  • Gov. Chris Christie's latest filing shows he has raised $6.5 million before the June 4 primary.
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new jersey, republicans, democrats, election, inside politics
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.
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new york city, election, anthony weiner, national/world
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y.
  • Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Action News
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  • Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz was an early winner as ballots from the Pennsylvania primary election are being tallied.
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  • Click play to watch the report from Katherine Scott
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election, pennsylvania, philadelphia, inside politics
  • The Trending Channel
  • What do you do when two candidates running for mayor in the Philippines get exactly the same number of votes? You get them to toss a coin.
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philippines, election, trending
  • Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., at Girard College, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, in Philadelphia.
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  • U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz is kicking off her 2014 campaign for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania governor.
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pennsylvania, election, local/state
  • A judge says the Republican incumbent can remain on the May 21 primary ballot for sheriff of an eastern Pennsylvania county along with his nickname, Duke.
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doylestown, pennsylvania, election, bizarre bazaar
  • So much for bipartisanship.
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election, democrats, republicans, pennsylvania, bizarre bazaar
  • 7 indicted in NJ campaign donation scheme
  • The retired head of a large New Jersey engineering firm and six other executives and shareholders have been indicted.
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new jersey, monmouth county, election, fraud, local/state
  • 7 indicted in NJ campaign donation scheme
  • The retired head of a large New Jersey engineering firm and six other executives and shareholders have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to circumvent the state's pay-to-play law.
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new jersey, monmouth county, election, fraud, local/state
  • Mark Sanford says he believes in "a God of second chances," and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair.
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south carolina, election, mark sanford, stephen colbert, national/world
  • New Jersey's largest teachers union has endorsed Democrat Barbara Buono's bid to unseat Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
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new jersey, gov. chris christie, election, inside politics
  • After a primary campaign dominated by gun control and economic woes, voters were choosing the likely replacement for Jesse Jackson Jr. Tuesday, three months after his legal troubles and battle with depression forced the son of the civil rights leader to resign from Congress.
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chicago, election, national/world
  • Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono has garnered another endorsement from a county party organization.
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new jersey, election, gov. chris christie, democrats, republicans, inside politics
  • Sen. Barbara Buono's campaign for New Jersey governor gained attention with a major endorsement.
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new jersey, election, gov. chris christie, democrats, republicans, inside politics
  • A county detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania, election, practical jokes, president barack obama, bizarre bazaar
  • With Gov. Christie's popularity at record highs after Sandy, Democrats are wondering if there is anyone left to challenge him.
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new jersey, election, gov. chris christie, democrats, republicans, inside politics
  • Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey's highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014.
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new jersey, newark, gov. chris christie, election, inside politics
  • Click play to watch the report from Action News at noon
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