Arizona headed into this year's mid-term elections uncertain of almost every issue from the neck-in-neck gubernatorial race to the plethora of propositions. While it was still too early to call at ...

Why did the Democrats lose? Forget the tactics. Forget the fund raising. Forget even the President’s popularity. This election was about Sept. 11. And just as no one saw 9/11 coming, no one saw the ...

Candidates, like cat burglars, step more carefully when they are carrying a loaded gun. So when South Dakota’s Republican Senate candidate John Thune challenges Tim Johnson for opposing missile ...

The 2002 election was not a referendum on health care issues. A post-election survey by pollster Dr. Whit Ayres found only 9 percent said health care was the issue that had the most influence on their ...

On the Web More information on the 2002 election campaigns in Maryland is available on The Post's Web site, at www.washingtonpost.com/mdgovt. The site features ...