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...sunk to its lowest approval rating since August 2008. Just 16% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing last month, with 80% disapproving. And while they have mostly been aimed at Democrats who voted in favor of health care, threats have been made against at least one Republican, Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia. Last week a man was arrested in Philadelphia for making Internet video threats against Cantor and his wife, seemingly because of their Jewish faith. (See more about health care...
...Democratic candidates—half hailing from Cambridge—will vie for the seat in Tuesday’s primary. There are no Republican candidates, but one Independent, John Cesan of Agawam, plans to run in the May 11 general election...
Benzan’s frustration over Democrat Martha Coakley’s loss to Republican Scott P. Brown for a seat in the U.S. Senate spurred him to run for the State Senate, he told The Crimson in January...
...Fresh Kills landfill, the repository of much of Manhattan's garbage. Culturally, the island nestling at the southern tip of New York state is a world away from New York City's other four boroughs. It has just one-tenth the population density of Manhattan, and its mostly Republican denizens have more in common politically and demographically with the Deep South than with the heavily Democratic and diverse Gotham. In fact, Staten Island tried to secede from New York City in the early 1990s, and most residents still support incorporating their own city...
...Democratic wave that year and in part because of the doings of Vito Fosella, his GOP predecessor. Fosella was forced to resign after news broke that he had a mistress and love child in Virginia. The Cook Political Report rates the district R+4, meaning it leans Republican. And with the GOP expected to make a strong nationwide comeback in congressional races this fall, McMahon - the first Democrat to represent the area in 28 years - is by no means safe. In fact, he needs to draw a healthy number of Republican votes to win re-election, and his voting record...