Fresh from a victory in Iowa and enjoying a lead in the polls, Mitt Romney is nevertheless facing history that suggests New Hampshire is not a done deal.

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Political Memo: Front-Runner Role Could Thwart Romney in New Hampshire

The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s mainstream Islamist party, edged closer to winning a majority of seats in the lower house of Parliament as voters went to the polls Tuesday.

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Egyptians Vote in Final Round of Parliamentary Elections

Rick Santorum is rejoicing in his recent rise in the polls, yet confronting some stark realities that his campaign cannot ignore.

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Santorum Seeks to Broaden His Appeal Beyond Evangelicals

Newt Gingrich’s vow to stay positive draws applause at campaign stops, but his drop in the polls raises questions about that strategy.

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AMES, Iowa—Mitt Romney unveiled plans Thursday for an aggressive finishing sprint in Iowa designed to lock down a victory in next week’s caucuses that would leave his rivals scrambling to catch up. Romney is far from a clear favorite in Iowa: Rep. Ron Paul of Texas continues to show strength in the polls and is banking on a well-regarded organization, and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is on the rise. But no campaign can match Romney’s for the breadth and depth of its infrastructure, and for the first time the weapons he can deploy are all on display. Read full article > >

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Romney prepares aggressive Iowa finish

As he fades in the polls.

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CAIRO — Egyptians lined up at the polls in large numbers Tuesday for the second day in a row, part of a landmark parliamentary election that Egyptians hope will usher in democracy after decades of autocratic rule.  The voting follow mores than a week of anti-military council demonstrations and a violent crackdown by security forces that left at least 42 people dead. Despite the unrest, Egyptians turned out in droves both Monday and on Tuesday to choose representatives for their first post-Mubarak parliament. The voting will be conducted in stages over a period of three months. Read full article > >

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Tahrir Square crowd dwindles as Egyptians head to the polls

Amid widespread anxiety about their prospects at the polls next year, President Obama and Democrats found a rare kernel of hope in the off-year election results Tuesday night. It came in Ohio, a perennially crucial battleground, where voters repealed a Republican-backed law curbing collective bargaining rights for many union members. Read full article > >

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In Ohio collective-bargaining vote, Democrats see some hope for 2012

What if Virginia held an election and nobody came? The outlook for Tuesday isn’t quite that stark. But owing to the quirks of the state’s calendar — which produces a ballot every four years featuring no federal or statewide races to drive turnout — there is a good chance that fewer than one-third of Virginia’s voters will show up at the polls. Read full article > >

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Virginia election forecast: High stakes, low turnout

Nicaraguans are set to go to the polls to elect a president, with incumbent Daniel Ortega seen as a favourite to secure another term in office.

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Ortega eyes Nicaragua re-election

A controversial law sharply curtailing collective-bargaining rights for Ohio’s public employees is sinking in the polls, raising Democratic hopes that the measure’s defeat could boost their prospects in the crucial swing state in 2012. The law’s diminishing poll numbers have coincided with a decline in the approval ratings of Republican Gov. John R. Kasich, the measure’s most visible proponent. The drop is coming as the law’s union-led opponents have waged an energetic campaign against a measure that they say represents an overreach by the state’s Republican political leaders. Read full article > >

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Ohio ballot measure raises Democrats’ hopes for 2012

When Virginians go to the polls next month , candidates for state Senate and House of Delegates will have D’s and R’s by their names. But that county council candidate who got the nod from the local Democrats? The aspiring sheriff backed by the GOP? If voters can’t remember the candidates’ party affiliations, the ballot won’t clue them in. Read full article > >

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Virginia ballots skimp on party affiliation

Welcome to Rick Perry 2.0. The Republican Texas governor is retooling his presidential campaign, shuffling staff and touting a bold but controversial new tax plan , hoping to rebound from a recent plunge in the polls. The Perry campaign announced Monday that it has hired several veteran operatives with national campaign experience to augment a team that had been dominated by people who had long work histories with Perry in Texas. Read full article > >

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Rick Perry moves to recharge campaign with flat-tax plan and new hires

Not long before the Senate voted to block his $447 billion jobs package on Tuesday, President Obama described the impending roll call as a “moment of truth.” He meant for Republicans, whom he blames for quashing his attempts to improve the economy and who voted as a bloc against the plan . But he could also have been talking about those moderate Democrats who face reelection fights next year, and who will be deciding in the coming months how closely to ally themselves to a president who is sinking in the polls. Read full article > >

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Why some Democrats oppose Obama’s jobs bill

Looking to capitalize on their historic gains last year, Republican lawmakers in several states are rewriting their election laws in ways that could make it more difficult for Democrats to win. They have curbed early voting , rolled back voting rights for ex-felons and passed stricter voter ID laws. Taken together, the measures could have a significant and negative effect on President Obama’s reelection efforts if they keep young people and minorities away from the polls. Read full article > >

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Republicans rewriting state election laws in ways that could hurt Democrats