In the Democratic contest, Representative Hathorn narrowly defeated another state representative, Jo Carson of Fort Smith.
LAS VEGAS — The only contest Representative Ron Paul is likely to win in Florida on Tuesday is this: highest ratio of votes to time spent campaigning there.
— DALIA SUSSMAN LAS VEGAS — The only contest Representative Ron Paul is likely to win in Florida on Tuesday is this: highest ratio of votes to time spent campaigning there.
The winner of that contest, Representative Don Sherwood, a Republican, defeated his Democratic opponent, Pat Casey, a son of former Gov. Robert Casey, by only 515 votes.
In the culmination of a racially fraught Congressional campaign in Memphis, a black candidate is linking her liberal-leaning white primary opponent in Thursday's contest, Representative Steve Cohen, to the Ku Klux Klan in a television advertisement.
In the only Alabama Congressional contest, Representative Earl F. Hilliard, a four-term Democrat from a solidly Democratic district, the Seventh, won 58percentt of the vote to defeat two challengers, Arthur Davis and Wayne Sowell.
PAGE A9 Israel to Free Palestinian Prisoners A12 NATIONAL RACE TAKES CENTRAL ROLE In a Tennessee Primary A TV commercial for a black candidate for Congress in Memphis, Nikki Tinker, links her liberal-leaning white opponent in Thursday's primary contest, Representative Steve Cohen, to the Ku Klux Klan.
What causes them to dispute Senator John Kerry's valor during voluntary combat duty in Vietnam or to contest Representative Jack Murtha's war record in Vietnam?..
OKLAHOMA In one of the nation's fiercest Senate contests, former Representative Tom Coburn, a Republican, won handily over Representative Brad Carson to succeed Senator Don Nickles, a Republican who is retiring.
The one certain to remain in the game after the early contests is Representative Ron Paul of Texas, who has a fervent following.
