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VIEWPOINTS: PAUL COOPER Electorate involvement critical to: It's now local election season and last month, I focused on elected offices in the Pleasant Hill community open for voter confirmation in November. Six seats are available in two public agencies and were expected to attract new candidates. Many electors welcome an opportunity to evaluate incumbent performance...; Tags: board, Cooper, incumbent; Research articles 2008-09-03
Campaign filings show fundraising lopsided in Utah: GOP Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has spent a whole lot of campaign cash. His Democratic challenger, Bob Springmeyer, hasn't, the latest campaign financial filings show. Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who may need extra money this year as he literally is hobbled in his personal campaigning efforts following...; Tags: Democrat, FINANCE, Governor, incumbent, Leadership, re-election, Rep., Republican, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-09-03
Larsen deserves our support in November: In a race for the House of Representatives, it's often tough to beat an incumbent. Especially one who is popular, who sits on a few powerful committees and has not given the public any glaring reason to evict him. In the case of Rep. Rick Larsen, this is the...; Tags: Bellingham, Editor, incumbent, NOAA, sheriff, Transportation; Research articles 2008-09-01
VIEWPOINTS: PAUL COOPER: Most of us are well aware that there will be important national, state and local elections this November. Many folks may not realize, however, just how many electoral contests will take place right here in Contra Costa County. After a quick review, I discovered that there are 185...; Tags: CAREER, Cooper, incumbent, MARKETING; Research articles 2008-08-12
Outsiders fund Utah incumbents' campaigns: Utahns may elect their members of Congress. But someone else is paying the bills for their campaigns this year. In the case of incumbents, it is outsiders -- 87 cents of every dollar they have raised this two-year cycle has come from outside of Utah. In...; Tags: FINANCE, incumbent, Republican, U.S. Congress, Utah; Research articles 2008-05-01

Most Democratic state House incumbents fare well: Veteran lawmaker Harold James lost his bid for reelection to the state House of Representatives yesterday, thanks to a well-organized campaign by community activist Kenyatta Johnson. Few could boast James' credentials when he came into office in 1989. He was a former city police officer who had been personally touched...; Tags: aide, Democratic Party, incumbent, officer, South; Research articles 2008-04-23
Editorial: U.S. Senate: The decision by Camden County congressman Rob Andrews to challenge Sen. Frank Lautenberg in the Democratic primary is good for the party and for New Jersey voters - no matter who ultimately wins the election. The conventional wisdom in politics is that you don't take on an incumbent in your...; Tags: congressman, Democrat, incumbent, Leadership, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-04-07
Utahns not so happy with legislators: The Utah Legislature gets overall good marks from voters on its work in the 2008 session. And Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is absolutely adored by voters. But all is not sunshine this election year. Many voters say their state senator and/or representative should not be re-elected. Rather, someone...; Tags: Democrat, incumbent, job, Jones, Republican, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-03-25
Senate bill a big boon for incumbents: SB71's effects on the June 24 special election for the new east- and west Jordan District school boards: -- No one can run against anyone already on the Jordan Board of Education. They've been grandfathered in. -- Anyone who filed to challenge an incumbent will receive...; Tags: board, incumbent, U.S. Senate; Research articles 2008-03-22
Letters to the editor: Jobs should be ours Leaders from the Department of Defense shocked Kansans when they announced that a company abroad had been selected instead of Wichita- based Boeing to build a new generation tanker aircraft. I am very disappointed by this decision. The defense sector brings...; Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Boeing Co., Cypress Semiconductor Corp., FINANCE, Government, incumbent, SOFTWARE, trauma; Research articles 2008-03-12
CRANK, LAMBORN, RAYBURN GO AT IT AGAIN: The three Republicans running for the 5th Congressional District seat have a lot in common: They're conservative, evangelical Christians who back the war in Iraq. They also know each other pretty well from two years ago and don't seem to enjoy each other's company very much. ...; Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Government, incumbent, occupation, Republican, Taxes, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2008-02-03
Kenya presidential campaign winds up with huge rallies: NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's closest fought presidential election campaign ever wound up Monday with huge rallies which saw the incumbent and his opposition challenger make a final push ahead of the December 27 polls. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has consistently led President Mwai Kibaki in pre-vote polls, accused...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, ballot, Government, incumbent, president, unrest, violence; Research articles 2007-12-24
Republican Retirement Toll continues in Congress: Another Republican announced his retirement from the House last week, make it increasingly unlikely that the GOP will regain control of the lower chamber in next year's elections. Mike Ferguson, who narrowly won a fourth term last year, said he wants to spend more time with his wife and...; Tags: Democrat, incumbent, Republican, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-11-26
Incumbents being investigated raise $1.2M: WASHINGTON -- Seven lawmakers seeking re-election while under federal investigation raked in nearly three times as much in campaign donations as their opponents in the latest fundraising period, records show. The incumbents raised more than $1.2 million, while six challengers raised almost $425,000 in the three...; Tags: Alaska, Federal Election Commission, Government, incumbent, Rep., Republican, Transportation; Research articles 2007-11-19
FCC adopts second order further preempting local video franchising authority.(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief article): Despite opposition from NLC and its national partners, the Federal Communications Commission FCC decided last week to extend many of the findings from its original Video Franchising Order to incumbent cable providers. In a 3-2 decision, the FCC commissioners found that the 5 percent...; Tags: FCC, Government, incumbent, MARKETING, video; Research articles 2007-11-05
Regulating duct access for NGA in Europe: lessons from the U.S. regulatory framework: Aside from Portugal, which has regulated access to the incumbent's ducts since 2004, most European countries are only now examining duct access as a potential new SMP remedy to help regulate next generation access NGA networks (1). Is duct access a "silver bullet" in terms of regulating NGA? Certainly not....; Tags: conduit, FCC, fiber, Government, incumbent, MARKETING, network, NETWORKING, pole, Pricing, telecommunications, U.S.; Research articles 2007-10-01
Rail Freight in Europe: different perspectives on achieving higher service levels: In 1991 the European Commission EC, the legislative body in the European Union, initiated the liberalization process of the European railways (EC 2001). Its aim was to promote and develop rail freight and intermodal services as an alternative for and in addition to road transport, to cope with growing environmental...; Tags: asset, European Commission, Government, incumbent, logistics, M., Transport, Transportation; Research articles 2007-09-22
Editorial | Primary 2007: Incumbency is a hard habit to break.So it's no small thing that three sitting members of Philadelphia City Council lost their jobs Tuesday night in the Democratic primary.Two of those who lost, Carol Ann Campbell and Daniel Savage, gained their seats through typical Democratic Party machinations last year. So their...; Tags: Democratic Party, FINANCE, incumbent, Taxes; Research articles 2007-05-17
Ronald L. Rardin, Ph.D., was named as the inaugural incumbent of the John and Mary Lib White Systems Integration Chair in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas.(KUDOS CELEBRATING MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS)(Brief article): Ronald L. Rardin, Ph.D., was named as the inaugural incumbent of the John and Mary Lib White Systems Integration Chair in Industrial Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Prior to his current role as distinguished professor and chair in industrial engineering at UA, he was a...; Tags: incumbent, professor, Purdue University; Research articles 2007-04-01
Labor helps shape election.(Briefs)(Richard M. Daley re-elected as mayor of Chicago, Illinois)(Brief article): Mayor Richard M. Daley was re-elected to a sixth term, garnering his lowest vote total ever but still easily defeating his opponents, Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown and community activist and businessman William "Dock'' Walls. In the City Council, three incumbents were defeated -...; Tags: AT&T Corp., businessman, downtown, incumbent, U.S. Circuit Court; Research articles 2007-03-05