Blanche Lincoln

Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on 09 Jun 2010 under News AP - Unapologetic union officials on Wednesday defended their decision to spend an estimated $10 million on a high-stakes gambit that failed when Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln narrowly defeated labor’s hand-picked candidate in a primary runoff. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Will the Anti-Incumbent Revolt Claim Another Senator?"Hot on the heels of primary losses by Senate veterans Bob Bennett and Arlen Specter, Blanche...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on 08 Jun 2010 under News AP - Embattled Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas won nomination to a third term Tuesday night, overcoming her labor-backed challenger as well as an anti-establishment tide. A second congressional incumbent, Republican Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina, trailed his primary rival badly and limped into a runoff. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Will the Anti-Incumbent Revolt Claim Another Senator?"Hot on the heels...Read Full Story

Posted by Yahoo! News: Top Stories on 09 May 2010 under News AP - After toppling three-term Republican Sen. Robert F. Bennett in Utah, tea party activists and other conservative critics shifted their sights Sunday to a mid-May primary in Kentucky, their next big challenge to a political establishment they have vowed to upend. Sphere: Related Content See also . . . Vulnerable Ark. Dem faces Senate primary challenge (AP)"AP - Faced with a primary challenge from Arkansas' lieutenant...Read Full Story

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter (D) has a new ad for the home stretch of his primary challenge against Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, attacking LIncoln for supporting the TARP bailout — and for being supported by a Republican business group. “Blanche Lincoln took a million dollars from Wall Street, then voted for the $700 billion bailout,” the announcer says, followed by a crowd of people shouting out a rhetorical question: “Why, Blanche Lincoln?” The announcer goes on to list another...Read Full Story

“Blanche Lincoln’s Lack of Lipstick: it could Bite her in the South”. I find the premise of this article, with this title, to be very strange indeed. Wikipedia has this to say about Blanche Lincoln: “Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the senior U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest...Read Full Story

Washington PostBlanche Lincoln held on in Arkansas, but hears 'tea party' footstepsChristian Science MonitorArkansas is ripe for 'tea party' activism to grow and target incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln – and perhaps even GOP Senate candidate John Boozman – in the November election. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark. is seen outside her office on Capitol Hill ...Lincoln's Win Juices Overhaul EffortWall Street JournalLincoln's Ark. runoff win points to power of black votersWashington PostLincoln...Read Full Story

Los Angeles TimesBlanche Lincoln in surprise win in Arkansas; GOP women triumph, tooChristian Science MonitorDemocratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, considered a vulnerable incumbent, moves on to the general election. GOP women prevail in primaries in California, South Carolina, and Nevada. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) greets supporters as her husband ...California women triumph; incumbent Lincoln wins in ArkansasWashington PostAnalysis: Winners and losers in Tuesday's racesCNNLincoln's...Read Full Story

Kansas City StarBlanche Lincoln wins Senate runoff in ArkansasUSA TodayBucking the political currents that have come to define the 2010 election season, Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln has won the state's runoff election for Senate and lives to fight for re-election this fall. Lincoln, a centrist, beat Lt. Gov. ...Lincoln Scores Upset in Runoff Election Against HalterFOXNewsBlanche Lincoln pulls through in Arkansas sprint to the finishWashington PostArkansas Democrat Sen. Blanche...Read Full Story

ABC NewsArkansas Democrat Sen. Blanche Lincoln wins primaryLos Angeles TimesThe two-term senator withstands this year's strong anti-incumbent tide but is still considered an underdog against the GOP nominee in the general election. By Mark Z. Barabak and Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Two-term Arkansas Democrat Sen. ...Blanche Lincoln wins Senate runoff in ArkansasUSA TodayLincoln Survives Close Arkansas RunoffNew York TimesLincoln wins Senate runoff in ArkansasWashington PostReuters -CNN...Read Full Story

Kansas City StarThe Fix: How Blanche Lincoln wonWashington Post1. Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln's Democratic runoff victory Tuesday night proved that conventional wisdom is often wrong. Lincoln's political obituary was written in the days after she narrowly bested Lt. Gov. ...Blanche Lincoln in surprise win in Arkansas; GOP women triumph, tooChristian Science MonitorAfter primaries, parties launch fall campaignsThe Associated PressLincoln avoids anti-incumbent rage, wins Arkansas Democratic...Read Full Story