Parliament's lower house gave final approval to new election laws that critics have said would further erode democratic competition and shore up parties loyal to President Vladimir V. Putin in advance of parliamentary elections next year.
North Shore Democratic congressional candidate Dan Seals' campaign on Tuesday defended using an Iraq War veteran with ties to the 9/11 conspiracy movement in a new TV ad attacking Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk for supporting the war.
Mathias' seat was also more likely to stay under Republican control, unlike Morton's seat, which was located on the socially conservative but Democratic-voting Eastern Shore of Maryland.
In recent years, the aid's key purpose has been to stabilize the countries, shore up democratic institutions, and offer economic development to address the conditions that send the desperate fleeing north in the first place: violence and poverty.
Majority PAC, which is focused on shoring up Democratic control of the Senate, has received nearly $3.3 million from labor groups, including $300,000 from the American Federation of Teachers, records show.
The new numbers also meant that Mr. Green, who had planned to spend his day reaching out to Ferrer voters and shoring up Democratic support as he heads into the general election against Michael R. Bloomberg, instead found himself reiterating that he believed he really had won the primary.
In the Detroit suburb of St. Clair Shores, some Democratic officials said that turnout appeared to be low, suggesting that might be the result of polls showing Mr. Kerry with a big lead in the state, and the absence of other candidates here.
Has this aid been directed to alleviating poverty, or shoring up democratic forces?
Two days after a boatload of Haitian migrants made a desperate journey for the Miami shore, Bill McBride, the Democratic candidate for Florida governor, swept through the Miami neighborhood known as Little Haiti on Friday to denounce their detention and perhaps pick up a few votes.
If coupled with the elimination of the Social Security payroll ceiling, it would surely garner significant Democratic support as well as shore up our currently insolvent primary saving system.
