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By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services, Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)
Final approval of a spending plan for the coming year remains in limbo today as senators scramble to find the last votes for a key piece.
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun
Nevada voters can't claim they don't have choices this election season.
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AR: Challenge to adoption law back in court
By John Lynch, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock)
A challenge to the voter approved law that bars unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children returns to the Pulaski County Courthouse today for the first time in a year.
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AZ: Pro-tax hike campaign funds top $400,000
By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services, Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff)
Led by firefighters, backers of Proposition 100 have accumulated at least $419,000 in their bid to convince voters to hike their own sales taxes.
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CA: Conservative group launches ads against Tom Campbell
By Kevin Yamamura, The Sacramento Bee
A national group opposed to gay marriage on Monday launched 30-second ads attacking Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Campbell for his stance against Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved initiative to define marriage in the state constitution as between a man and a woman.
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CA: GOP hopefuls spar over immigration, climate change
By Jack Chang, The Sacramento Bee
COSTA MESA, Calif. – In the first gubernatorial debate of the Republican primary, underdog candidate Steve Poizner sought Monday to establish himself as the true conservative of the race while rival Meg Whitman offered more moderate proposals on core GOP issues such as illegal immigration and the state's climate change law.
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HI: Candidates discuss health care, budget
By B.J. Reyes, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Congressional candidates sought to set themselves apart from the pack last night as six of the challengers vying to replace Neil Abercrombie debated their positions on issues including health care reform, the national debt, public education and campaign finance reform.
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MD: ACORN's Maryland chapter is shuttered
By Brent Jones, The Sun (Baltimore)
A former leader of Maryland's ACORN chapter said Monday the group will no longer operate in the state, doomed by an embarrassing national scandal six months ago from which the organization never recovered.
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ME: 12 to vie in primary elections
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
Maine Democrats and Republicans will have their pick this June of a dozen governor's candidates hoping to represent their parties on the November ballot.
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MN: Rybak gains a national backer
By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's gubernatorial bid got a national nod from former presidential candidate Howard Dean, whose 2004 presidential campaign Rybak supported.
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MT: 67 more file for Montana Legislature races, beating deadline
By Mike Dennison, Missoulian
Another 67 candidates for the Montana Legislature filed Monday to beat the deadline to run for office this year, including Libertarians, Independents, a Green Party candidate and even a Republican or two in Butte - but a few prominent names were noticeably absent.
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ND: Berg asks campaign manager to resign
By Kristen Daum, The Forum (Fargo)
Republican House candidate and Fargo state legislator Rick Berg asked his campaign manager to resign Monday after recent controversy over the campaign's possession of the North Dakota Republican Party's e-mail address list.
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NJ: Corruption-probe defendant lashes out at Christie
By Samantha Henry, The Associated Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer
JERSEY CITY, N.J. - A defendant in New Jersey's largest corruption probe is alleging that the investigation and dramatically staged arrests were engineered by then-U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie to boost his campaign for governor.
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NV: Senate race -- Anti-Reid ads draw criticism
By Benjamin Spellman, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Nevada's largest private employer is lashing back at attack ads aimed at linking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to alleged exploitative labor practices in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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NY: Race for Monserrate's old Senate seat winds down
By Fernanda Santos, The New York Times
During a forum in Jackson Heights, Queens, last Thursday, candidates for a vacant State Senate seat were given a chance to question one another. One of them, Hiram Monserrate, addressed his leading opponent, José R. Peralta, as "José." Mr. Peralta addressed him as "Mr. Monserrate."
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NY: A boost for contingency budgets
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
Worried about a potential wave of "no" votes for upcoming school budgets, the Senate has passed legislation that would make it easier for districts to increase their budgets even if voters shoot down spending plans.
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SC: Filing period opens for primary
By David Slade, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The time for testing the political waters is fast running out, as the filing period for the June 8 primary election opens today.
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TX: Dick Armey says Tea Party is here to stay
By Todd J. Gillman, The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – Dick Armey, a key figure in the Tea Party, shrugged off the movement's lack of success in recent Texas primaries, citing inroads elsewhere and predicting that activists will provide discomfort and guidance to politicians for years to come.
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