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By Monica Langley

ATLANTA-- Sam Nunn, one of the last Georgia Democrats to serve a full term in the Senate, had just finished watching his granddaughter win a soccer game when he turned his attention to a more pressing family contest: his daughter Michelle's run for U.S. senator.

"Keep reminding voters that President Obama's term is up in two years, but you'll be an independent and long-term investment," he counseled his daughter, who is running as a Democrat for an open Senate seat now held by the Republicans.

National Democrats have just decided to pour $1 million into this race in Georgia, a sign of how important a victory here would be to their effort to beat the odds and hold on to control of the Senate. Yet success here actually could come down to Ms. Nunn's ability to distance herself from her party and the increasingly unpopular man who leads it.

Days after the fatherly advice, the 47-year-old first-time candidate squared off against her Republican opponent David Perdue in a debate.

"We have two more years of President Obama, and then we will have another president," she said, "and we need someone who is going to work with and respect whoever is the president to actually get things done on behalf of the American people."

As Ms. Nunn strives to break Republicans' stranglehold on statewide races in the South in recent years, her party affiliation is missing in action. Her campaign website doesn't divulge that she is running as a Democrat, and bumper stickers, buttons and most materials don't list her party. During two recent campaign swings, she didn't mention her party affiliation and used the word "Democrat" only once. She is positioning herself as a bipartisan whose experience running a service organization associated with a Republican president shows she knows how to bridge divides.

Her opponent Mr. Perdue, the 64-year-old former chief executive of Adidas AG's Reebok unit and of Dollar General Corp., doesn't want voters to forget Ms. Nunn's affiliation with the Democratic Party and Barack Obama. "My race is against this failed administration and the wrong direction President Obama has taken this country," he said in a recent interview.

Polls have shown a tight race, with the most recentone the first to give a narrow lead to Ms. Nunn. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee decision to pump $1 million into advertising for the Nunn campaign came as it pulled the plug on further spending in Kentucky, where the Democrat trails in the polls. If neither candidate in Georgia wins an outright majority--a Libertarian candidate also is on the ballot--they would face a Jan. 6 runoff.

To gain control of the Senate, Republicans need to take a net of six seats from Democrats. The party is optimistic it can win six seats now controlled by Democrats, and most analysts think its chances of doing that are better than even. But it can ill afford to give back a seat such as Georgia's, currently held by retiring Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss. The South has been particularly congenial to the GOP.

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Hoping to regain ground with female voters in Virginias 10th congressional district, Democrat John Foust appeared Thursday with several women leaders to attack Republican Barbara Comstock for her positions on abortion and equal pay in the work place.

Barbara Comstocks position on womens health and rights are completely out of touch with voters here in Northern Virginia, Foust, Fairfax County Supervisor, said. He stood with Virginia state Sen. Barbara Favola, former Fairfax County board of supervisors chair Kate Hanley and several other female Democratic leaders, at an event in McLean.

She is telling us time and again that government should interfere in a womans personal and private health-care decisions, Favola (Arlington) added, citing the support by Del. Comstock (Fairfax) for a bill that, before it was amended, would have required a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo a transvaginal ultrasound.

Though planned in advance, the appearance came a day after Comstocks campaign again characterized Foust as a sexist for suggesting in August that she had never held a real job.

The leaders pounced on that accusation, calling it a cynical ploy to divert attention from Comstocks record on womens issues. They re-asserted Fousts explanation that his comments were meant as a criticism of Comstocks career as a Washington lobbyist. They also accused her of killing jobs in Northern Virginia by supporting the Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) law that forces abortion clinics to make zoning-related upgrades or face being closed.

Barbara Comstock has a wonderful way of turning what you say into something you didnt say, said Kathleen Murphy, who narrowly lost an often-bitter state delegates race for Comstocks 34th district last year.

After being attacked in that race for allegedly lying to cancer patients, Murphy added, I completely ignore everything she says.

With less than 20 days to go before the Nov. 4 election, exchanges between the two sides have become increasingly heated.

The Comstock campaign responded by called Foust sexist and dishonest about Comstocks position on equal pay, saying she supports workplace parity.

This simply is not an issue where there is any difference of opinion and Mr. Fousts repeated dishonest attacks on Delegate Comstock are becoming unseemly and more desperate, campaign spokeswoman Johanna Persing said, in an e-mailed statement.

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Hong Kong Democrat Leader: Gov #39;t Has Two Choices
Hong Kong Democrat Leader: Gov #39;t Has Two Choices.

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Concealed Carrying Democrat Lawmaker Exchanges Fire With Armed Robber
Pennsylvania state Rep. Marty Harris (D) opened fire on an armed group trying to rob him and a colleague last night. Nobody was harmed, the legislators were able to escape their attackers,...

By: Washington Free Beacon

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Democrat Irv Halter

Irv Halter, the Democratic candidate for Colorados 5th Congressional District, will likely debate a chicken on Thursday.

The outlandish notion is the latest attempt to get Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn to debate the retired Air Force general. A political-action committee called Colorado Springs Citizens For A Congressman Who Wont Chicken Out is scheduled to host a debate at the Colorado Springs Penrose Library Thursday. Members of the committee have been going around the city dressed in chicken suits handing out leaflets imploring Lamborn to debate Halter. The committee even showed up at the Colorado Springs city council meeting Tuesday.

According to a press release, if Lamborn doesnt show up to the debate, a trained chicken will take his place.

Lamborn has declined Halters challenge to a debate since besting Bentley Rayburn in the GOP primary in June. Lamborns campaign spokesman Jarred Rego told The Gazette the congressman has no desire to provide Halter with a platform to spread his deceptive rhetoric and uncivil tone.

Lamborns refusal to debate has come under heavy fire from Halter, El Paso County Democratic Party Chair Kathleen Ricker, and now the political action committee is the latest to urge Lamborn to debate.

As the race for the Colorado Springs seat nears the homestretch, Halter has continued to outpace the incumbent congressman according to Federal Election Commission records.

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (Bloomberg)

Lamborn raised $91,806.09 in the third quarter of 2014. The amount brings Lamborns total cash on hand to $171,428.77 with $100,000 of that number coming from a loan from Lamborns personal funds. The congressman loaned the money March 31.

Halter by contrast raised $191,617.55 raised with $363,425.38 cash on hand. Halter has outpaced Lamborn in fundraising throughout the entire year. Though the massive discrepancy between the funds in each camp can be attributed to Lamborn spending $150,000 in the primary. Halter ran unopposed.

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