washingtonpost.com - ElectionsComplete coverage of the 2006 midterm elections, congressional campaigns and governors races. Political news and analysis from The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com.Obama Claims Nomination- June 4, 2008 With a split decision in the final two primaries and a flurry of superdelegate endorsements, Sen. Barack Obama sealed the Democratic presidential nomination last night after a grueling and history-making campaign against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton that will make him the first African American to...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/303877952/AR... On the Fence and in the Spotlight- June 4, 2008 The first time Hillary Clinton called, Heather Mizeur didn't pick up. Listening to the message, she heard Clinton's voice and assumed it was a campaign robo-call. But then the New York senator and Democratic presidential candidate asked Mizeur to call back -- and left her personal cellphone number.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/304199384/AR... Obama: 'I Will Be the Democratic Nominee'- June 4, 2008 SEN. BARACK OBAMA, D-ILL.: Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Thousands of miles have been traveled; millions of voices have been heard.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/304215310/AR... Clinton: 'I Make No Decisions Tonight'- June 4, 2008 SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, D-N.Y.: Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you all so much. Thank you, and thanks so much to South Dakota. You had the last word in this primary season, and it was worth the wait.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/304199383/AR... Obama Claims the Democratic Presidential Nomination- June 3, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama claimed the Democratic nomination for president in a speech in Minnesota tonight -- an historic achievement that for the first time will place an African American at the top of a major political party's ticket.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/304053697/AR... Obama Is Poised To Clinch Victory- June 3, 2008 TROY, Mich., June 2 -- On the eve of the final two primaries of a five-month marathon, Sen. Barack Obama stood poised to wrap up the Democratic presidential nomination, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton weighed whether to stay in the race in hopes of delaying what appears to be an inevitable outc...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/303398552/AR... For Superdelegates, 'Huge Relief' at End of Primary Season- June 3, 2008 The novelty of famous suitors and media interviews long ago eroded into exhaustion, and now state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter of South Carolina is just plain sick of all this. An undecided superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention in August, she opens her e-mail inbox each morning and delete...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/303375804/AR... Clinton Wins Easily in Puerto Rico- June 2, 2008 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 1 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) won the Puerto Rico primary comfortably on Sunday, claiming perhaps her last triumph in the race for a Democratic presidential nomination that increasingly appears to be out of her reach.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/elections/index_xml/~3/302671852/AR... |