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    New Yorkers Too Busy Enjoying Summer to Vote in PrimaryWho wants to participate in the electoral process when it’s nice outside?
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Charlie Rangel Survives Primary ChallengeThe embattled incumbent will run for a 22nd term.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Hakeem Jeffries Wins Eighth District Democratic Primary [UPDATED]Jeffries wins and wins big.
    By Brett Smiley
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    Will Anyone in New York Go Out and Vote Today?The congressional primaries are being held much earlier this year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
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    Inside the Biggest Fight of Charlie Rangel’s CareerThe 21-term Harlem congressman heads into a primary showdown.
    By Chris Smith
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    Paladino Wins GOP Primary for Governor“If there’s anything we learned, it’s that New Yorkers are mad as hell.”
    By Josh Duboff
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    Espada Concedes Election to Rivera; Maloney and Rangel Victorious (Updated)Gillibrand wins Democratic Senate primary.
    By Josh Duboff
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    Can Carl Paladino Really Pull This Off?On primary day, we asked political consultants for their predictions.
    By Dan Amira
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    Mayor Bloomberg Robo-Calls to Support Charlie RangelMichael + Charlie 4Eva.
    By Nitasha Tiku
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    Mike Tyson Says He Did Drugs Near, But Not On, Candidate’s BoatTyson was on a boat! But not, he says, doing drugs.
    By Lindsay Robertson
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    Linda McMahon Victorious, Lamont Upset in Connecticut PrimariesObama-backed Michael Bennet wins in Colorado.
    By Josh Duboff
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    Good Showing for Palin’s Pick in Georgia PrimaryKaren Handel receives most votes, but doesn’t avoid runoff.
    By Josh Duboff
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    The Armies Didn’t Gather in Time to Help Rick BarberTea party candidate soundly defeated in primary.
    By Josh Duboff
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    South Carolina GOP Makes Strides With Haley, Scott VictoriesAnti-incumbent trend continues.
    By Josh Duboff
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    What Did We Learn From Today’s Big Primary Contests?Blanche Lincoln pulls off a big upset.
    By Dan Amira
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    What Did We Learn From Alabama Yesterday?The lessons from yesterday’s primaries.
    By Dan Amira
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    It’s a Tough Primary Day for Establishment CandidatesSpecifically, in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Oregon.
    By Dan Amira
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    Sarah Palin Insults All-Important, Self-Important IowaDamn you, Iowa, you arrogant sons of bitches.
    By Dan Amira
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    Smith: Who Really Flexed Muscle in Yesterday’s City Primaries? The New York TimesThe results show that the paper’s endorsements still carry weight.
    By Chris Smith
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    Go Be One of the Few People to Vote TodayIt’s not as unimportant as you think!
    By Dan Amira
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    Don’t Forget to Vote Tomorrow!We’ve been captivated by national politics lately, but what’s going on locally is pretty exciting, too.
    By Jessica Pressler
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    What We Can Learn From the Clinton MemosMuch of the revelations from the memos aren’t exactly new, but some of the details can be fascinating, allowing us to look into the thoughts, nay, the very souls, of Team Clinton.
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    If It’s Over for Hillary, It’s Over for Her Hamptons CupsAt the Monogram Shop in East Hampton, the plastic cups bearing Hillary’s name are about to be banished to the basement. And that’s not just a metaphor.
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    Hillary Wants Something. Does She Even Know What It Is?Like genius ‘Lost’ mastermind Ben, does Clinton have some kind of crazy scheme up her sleeve (or a time-travel chamber?) to wrest control of the nomination from Obama? Or is it simply that she’s angling for a spot on the ticket?
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    Last Night’s Three Victory SpeechesSnippets from all three candidates’ speeches last night.
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    The Associated Press Hands Obama the NominationThe news agency, using private tallies, discovers that Obama already has enough delegates to seal the deal.
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    Latest: Senior Clinton Officials Say Hill Will Cede Delegate Victory to Obama TonightShe won’t be dropping out, but she will concede that he may have it in the bag.
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    Clinton Keeps Us GuessingAs Clinton reaches crunch time, the media loses its head trying to predict what she’ll do.
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    Bill Clinton: ‘This May Be the Last Day I’m Ever Involved in a Campaign’Bubba hints that maybe the end is nigh.
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    So NOW What Is Clinton Gonna Do?Will she fight the Michigan decision at the convention? Is she angling for 2012? Or will she bow out gracefully in the coming days? The country is looking for answers!
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    Hillary Clinton’s Long WeekendEverything that happened to Hillary over the weekend, in case you took one weekend off from reading the news.
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    Clinton Supporters, Women at Large Not Coming Around to ObamaObama’s new pastor problem will likely add to the resentment that many Clinton supporters already feel because of the unfair treatment they perceive Clinton was given as a female candidate.
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    Heilemann: What Hillary Wants, and Why She’s Jesse Jackson ’88Five crucial questions about her endgame answered.
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    Michigan and Florida: A Solution Is at Hand, But What Is It?The Democrats will finally end the dispute over the renegade states’ delegates when the Rules and Bylaws Committee meets this Saturday.
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    Blustery Clinton Pulls Out the Stops in FloridaClinton placed her fight for the state’s delegates in the context of the 2000 recount, the civil-rights movement, and the disputed election in Zimbabwe, and suggested she may go all the way to the convention.
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    Obama’s Problem With Working-Class Whites: Not As Bad As You Think!Why are we spending so much time on these particular white folks? The primary calendar, Democratic leaders, veteran political reporters…
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    Pundits Weigh Obama’s Kentucky DrubbingWhile he’s on the verge of officially clinching the nomination, Obama has more discouraging exit polls to ponder.
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    Hillary Crushes in Kentucky, Oregon Backs ObamaThe results from the two state primaries yesterday are in, and we’ve learned nothing new.
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    Obama Likely to Clinch Delegate Count Tonight — and Then What?Today we are reminded, once again, that the race for the Democratic nomination hasn’t yet ended, as Kentucky and Oregon hold primaries for their mostly white residents.
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    Money: Why Clinton’s Losing, Obama Winning, and What McCain Is Going to Do About ItThe ‘Times,’ ‘New Republic’ and ‘Atlantic’ take on the three candidates and their relationships with the oldest kingmaker of all.
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    The Edwards Endorsement: What Will the White People Think?Given that Barack Obama has been struggling to win over this very demographic, it probably would have helped if Edwards made his long-sought endorsement earlier in the race.
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    Clinton’s Hollow But Ominous Victory in West VirginiaObama, though, has still clearly not connected with white, working-class voters, despite drinking many beers.
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    Clinton to Roar Back, Kind of, Tonight in West VirginiaWith the race pretty much wrapped up, will today’s primary, in which Hillary Clinton is expected to cruise to a huge victory, matter at all? Of course it will!
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    Why Clinton Needs to Drop Out: Pundits Pile OnIs there really a good reason for her to stop, other than widespread impatience with the primary process? According to the pundits, there are a lot of good reasons!
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    CBS: Top Clinton Adviser Already Telling Clinton It’s OverOn the ‘Evening News’ last night, Katie Couric & Co. reported that even her closest comrades are telling her to get out of the race.
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    How the Gas-Tax Pander Brought Clinton LowOver the past week, the headlines in Indiana turned to the split between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the idea of a gas-tax “holiday.” So did the political ads flooding Hoosier airwaves. And the result was last night’s nasty surprise for Clinton.
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    What Every Last Pundit Is Saying About ClintonThe pundits are either outright declaring Obama the nominee (Tim Russert, Matt Drudge) or speculating on when her campaign will end. But what’s the range of opinion out there?
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    Media Glee at Clinton’s Fall Makes HeadlinesOur favorite titles from this morning’s “straight” news coverage of the collapse of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
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    Heilemann: Clinton Over — and Out?All in all, Clinton’s speech last night was a moment that smacked of the end of something — and with good reason, I’d venture.
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    The Official North Carolina and Indiana Primary Sobriety GameIn which we help you Democrats get through the night without alcohol. And it won’t be easy!
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