Read more election stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23324/election.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:35:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74621/filipino-gunmen-kidnap-kill-21-filing-election-papers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPhilippine troops found 21 bodies in the country's restive south today, after dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy of politicians and supporters filing their nominations for next year's elections, officials said. The victims, 13 women and eight men, were found in southern Ampatuan township, three miles from where they were...http://www.newser.com/story/74621/filipino-gunmen-kidnap-kill-21-filing-election-papers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 8:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73651/burmese-junta-says-it-will-release-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPro-democracy activists are responding skeptically to news that Burma’s ruling junta is considering releasing Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader who has been under house arrest for 14 of the last 20 years. "There is a plan to release her soon so she can organize her party," a government...http://www.newser.com/story/73651/burmese-junta-says-it-will-release-suu-kyi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73448/tuesday-proves-obama-victory-was-a-fluke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe outcome of Tuesday's elections dispel the myth of a great political re-alignment supposedly heralded by the election of Barack Obama last year, writes Charles Krauthammer . Believers swore young and minority voters would establish a new liberal majority and bury the GOP. But Republican victories in Virginia and New Jersey...http://www.newser.com/story/73448/tuesday-proves-obama-victory-was-a-fluke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 7:37:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73294/blame-weak-candidates-not-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe numbers are in, now it's time to make sense of them. Nate Silver breaks down last night's election results: Don’t blame Obama; Creigh Deeds and Jon Corzine were probably just weak candidates. In New Jersey, 57% of voters approved of Obama, but 27% of those supporters voted Republican anyway....http://www.newser.com/story/73294/blame-weak-candidates-not-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 8:36:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73278/sorry-dems-2008-is-so-last-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast night’s gubernatorial defeats proved to Democrats that whatever magic they harnessed last November has left the building. Off-year elections aren’t usually great predictors, but with the Democrats’ winning 2008 coalition essentially absent, the warning signs are clear, writes Dan Balz in the Washington Post . Most notably, Democrats lost the...http://www.newser.com/story/73278/sorry-dems-2008-is-so-last-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 7:45:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73252/christie-takes-nj-for-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Christie scored the second big victory for the Republicans today, taking the governorship of New Jersey from incumbent Jon Corzine. Christie, 47, had 50% of the vote to Corzine’s 44% with nearly three-quarters of precincts reporting. He’s the first Republican to win a statewide race in more than a...http://www.newser.com/story/73252/christie-takes-nj-for-gop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73249/bloomberg-wins-3rd-nyc-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Bloomberg has won a third term tonight as New York’ mayor, outdistancing Democrat William Thompson in a race that saw the incumbent spend an estimated $100 million of his personal fortune—the largest sum in US history. Bloomberg won by nearly 20% in 2005, but early returns showed his...http://www.newser.com/story/73249/bloomberg-wins-3rd-nyc-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73243/gops-mcdonnell-elected-va-governor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans wrested political control of Virginia from the Democrats today, with Bob McDonnell scoring a landslide victory over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. Independent voters swung behind the GOP, a troubling sign for President Obama, who had personally campaigned for Deeds.http://www.newser.com/story/73243/gops-mcdonnell-elected-va-governor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73147/gop-its-time-to-rebrand-to-conservative.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCandidates on both sides are doing their best to hide their party affiliation but it's the Republicans who have the most to worry about, writes Nate Silver . "The Democratic brand is marginal in about half the country, but the Republican brand is radioactive in about two-thirds of it ," Silver writes...http://www.newser.com/story/73147/gop-its-time-to-rebrand-to-conservative.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 2:29:24 CST