http://www.post-gazette.com/election/ PG election news and opinion en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:09:48 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208238-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml LAS VEGAS -- Voters in Nevada have their chance to weigh in on the Republican presidential contest today with caucus votes. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208134-454-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml HARRISBURG -- The April 24 primary date may be in jeopardy after the state Supreme Court on Friday explained its rejection of new legislative maps and Republicans filed suit to prevent voting under the old districts. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:57:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208176-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml LAS VEGAS -- A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12035/1208178-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml WASHINGTON -- The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are already in trouble with the government. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207920-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml HARRISBURG -- The state Supreme Court issued a lengthy opinion this afternoon regarding the state's legislative redistricting plan they rejected last week, offering its first details on that decision. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207853-178.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Bowing to Gov. Tom Corbett and his party's hierarchy, Washington County businessman Tim Burns announced yesterday that he had withdrawn from the Republican competition to challenge Democratic Sen. Bob Casey. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12034/1207773-84-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml For an event so politically fraught, it flashed by in what seemed like a New York minute. Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday in a brief joint appearance at Mr. Trump's Las Vegas hotel, an occasion more notable for its odd brevity and lack of theater than anything either man said. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207746-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate today rejected a permanent end to earmarks but its leadership consented to a one-year extension of a temporary ban already in place. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207610-84-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Newly disclosed details of the millions of dollars flowing into political groups are highlighting not just the scale of donations from corporations and unions but also the secrecy surrounding super-PACs seeking to influence the presidential race. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12033/1207611-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml EAGAN, Minn. -- The Republican presidential contest shifted Wednesday to the West and Midwest, as an exultant Mitt Romney dueled with the man he hopes to meet in November, President Barack Obama, but found himself sidetracked when an infelicitous remark was seized upon by his opponents. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207353-100-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml HARRISBURG -- Seeming to summarize his morning on the witness stand, Democratic state Rep. Bill DeWeese left the jurors with two parting words as he stepped down: "Holy mackerel." Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207371-42.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Democratic state Rep. Eugene DePasquale proposed legislation this morning that would direct $30 million to 18 academically and fiscally distressed school districts to be used for research-based methods of improving academic achievement. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207303-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml TAMPA -- Florida was the sunniest of sunshine states for Mitt Romney as he rebounded from a South Carolina rebuff to a commanding victory Tuesday in the largest contest so far in the GOP nomination race. Mr. Romney's advantage, heralded by multiple public polls in recent days, was apparent early as he charged to a big lead as the early votes were counted. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 01:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12032/1207220-176.stm?cmpid=elections.xml WASHINGTON -- A temporary ban on Congressional earmarks could become an enduring law of the land under a bill amendment sponsored by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500