Ken Rudin
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For a change, the big political furor of the week does not involve Donald Trump.President Obama decided that Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain…
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As anyone with a calculator or a newspaper knows, there are 17 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. On the Democratic side, it’s a much…
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July 1, 1995 – In the race for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole holds a 39-point lead over Sen. Phil Gramm in…
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After eight years of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles voters will pick a, shall we say, more charismatically-challenged successor.
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George McGovern, Arlen Specter, Warren Rudman, Dan Inouye ... just some of the political giants who died in 2012. This week's super-sized Political Junkie column is dedicated to their memory.
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Once, there seemed to be no limits for Jesse Jackson Jr., a member of Congress from Chicago and the son of the famed civil rights leader. Now he's gone, resigning his seat after a losing battle with health and ethics issues.
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The election is over. Or is it? Both sides look ready to start fighting again should President Obama nominate U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
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The Tea Party and other conservatives argue that Mitt Romney lost the election because he was "too moderate." And they are calling for a complete overhaul of the Republican Party. But the evolving demographics may have played a bigger role.
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While most of the focus this campaign season has been on the race for the White House, there is also an intense — and expensive — battle going on for control of the House and Senate. Depending on who wins the White House, Republicans need a net gain of 3 or 4 seats in the Senate to get a majority. In the House, Democrats need to pick up 25 seats to make Nancy Pelosi speaker once again.
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This pre-election Political Junkie column focuses on all presidential swing states and key races for House and Senate.