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Senator Johanns says won’t seek re-election in 2014

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Mike Johanns, a Nebraska Republican, said on Monday that he would not seek re-election next year, becoming the fifth U.S. senator to announce plans to retire at the end of their current term.

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Democratic Senator Harkin will not seek re-election: aide

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa said on Saturday he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he felt that after 40 years in Congress, it will be “somebody else’s turn.”

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NJ Governor Christie heavy favorite to win re-election: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three-quarters of New Jersey voters approve of Governor Chris Christie’s job performance and nearly seven in 10 say he deserves to be elected to a second term in November, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released … Continue reading

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Obama backers turn from re-election to “fiscal cliff” fight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After a year of knocking on doors and working the phones to get President Barack Obama re-elected, Meechie Biggers had gotten over her fear of talking politics with strangers.

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TAKE-A-LOOK-Ecuador’s Rafael Correa seeks re-election

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Obama tears up in video as he thanks campaign staff after re-election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A video of President Barack Obama released by his campaign on Thursday shows him wiping away tears the day after his re-election as he thanks young members of his campaign staff and volunteers for their hard work.

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Obama unites hope with realism in pitch for re-election

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – President Barack Obama asked Americans on Thursday for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney’s proposals to restore growth.

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Bill Clinton teams up with Obama for re-election fundraisers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama on Sunday to raise money for the Democrat’s re-election campaign, the first time the two U.S. political heavyweights have campaigned together in 2012.

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In re-election vision, Obama channels Theodore Roosevelt, calling for fair shot for everyone

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — Declaring the American middle class in jeopardy, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a populist economic vision that will drive his re-election bid, insisting the United States must reclaim its standing as a country in which everyone … Continue reading

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