Election News

• McCain: Staff shake-up part of 'natural evolution' - 7/4/2008

  MEXICO CITY — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a “natural evolution” as the organization becomes more national in scope.

  
• Obama focuses on turning red states blue - 7/3/2008

  FARGO, N.D. — It will be a red-state Fourth of July for Barack Obama, who hopes to find votes as well as fireworks in places that blue-state Democrats often bypass in presidential elections.

  
• McCain tours Basilica, will meet Mexican president - 7/3/2008

  MEXICO CITY — John McCain toured Mexico's holiest Roman Catholic site and received a blessing from its monsignor Thursday, the final day of a three-day Latin America tour.

  
• Obama opens door to altering Iraq policy - 7/3/2008

  FARGO, N.D. — Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to altering his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming trip there.

• Obama: Service to be a cornerstone of presidency - 7/2/2008

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Barack Obama urged Americans Wednesday to look past the “bustle and busyness” of their everyday lives this Fourth of July weekend to find a way to help make the American dream real not just for themselves, but for all.

  
• McCain to talk free trade in Latin America - 7/1/2008

  PHILADELPHIA — John McCain concedes he still has work to do to convince voters in America’s Rust Belt, where the presidential election could be decided, that his support for free trade will benefit them, not just cost more jobs.

  
• Obama to expand Bush’s faith based programs - 7/1/2008

  CHICAGO — Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and — in a move sure to cause...

  
• Gun ruling reverberates in presidential campaign - 6/29/2008

  WASHINGTON — John McCain welcomed a Supreme Court decision invalidating a District of Columbia handgun ban. Barack Obama sought to straddle the subject by saying he favors an individual's right to bear firearms as well as a government's right...

  
• The race for Mainers' hearts - 6/29/2008

  They're not quite saying "ayah" — at least not yet — but both candidates for the Maine's U.S. District 1 congressional race say victory in November will depend on their success not necessarily as the torchbearer of their party but as the...

  
• Voters split over McCain, Obama on Iraq - 6/28/2008

  WASHINGTON — John McCain’s stance on the war is unambiguous: He voted for it, supports the current enhanced U.S. troop presence in Iraq and vigorously opposes any timetable to withdraw.

  
• Top Democrats appeal for unity in Unity - 6/28/2008

  It wasn't easy to be an eyewitness to the kickoff of the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton "Unite for Change" tour in Unity on Friday. It was, to put it mildly, quite a production that required a cast of many determined volunteers and logistics...

  
• Clinton: vote obama obama: 'she rocks' - 6/28/2008

  UNITY — Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, declaring the next chapter is about beating Republican John McCain.

• McCain talks trade, innovation with auto workers - 6/27/2008

  LORDSTOWN, Ohio — Republican John McCain on Friday told autoworkers in an economically depressed area of Ohio that he supports free-trade agreements many of them feel cost jobs, but also government investment to help produce the electric cars...

  
• Ex-rivals Obama, Clinton appear together in Unity - 6/27/2008

  UNITY, N.H. — Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a display of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.

  
• Former rivals take first public step toward unity - 6/27/2008

  MANCHESTER — Putting their political turbulence behind them, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton began a show of unity Friday aboard Obama's campaign plane as it carried them to New Hampshire for their first public appearance together...

  
• Seacoast Democrats aim for Obama-Clinton Unity - 6/27/2008

  PORTSMOUTH — Veteran party activist Anita Freedman was an early and passionate supporter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton.

• Michelle Obama campaigns in New Hampshire - 6/26/2008

  MANCHESTER — Michelle Obama praised her husband's former rival Thursday, crediting Hillary Rodham Clinton with bringing the concerns of working families to the forefront of the presidential campaign.

  
• Tiny N.H. town readies for Obama-Clinton swarm - 6/25/2008

  UNITY — No one cared much about Unity — the town or the ideal — back when more than a dozen candidates were competing in the New Hampshire primary.

  
• Obama shares fundraisers with Clinton - 6/25/2008

  WASHINGTON — Democratic nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama is sharing one his most valuable assets — his top fundraisers — with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to help her pay off her debt, the latest effort to heal the wounds of a bruising...