Open Congress : News Articles for Ben Chandler

Weather extremes voted top Kentucky story of 2012

2012-12-25T01:00:00Z

...year by easily defeating Williams. Three stories tied for No. 6 the decline of coal-mining jobs, the ouster of U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler in the November election and the struggles of former UK basketball star Richie Farmer. Hundreds of miners found themse

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Campaign video tracking becoming year-round practice, and it's here to stay, experts say

2012-12-16T01:00:00Z

...case, Emmons said he had muzzle a tracker who blurted out repeated questions to disrupt a news conference by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler of Kentucky. Rowley has seen trackers pummel a male candidate with questions about women the trackers named, j

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After Jim DeMint's resignation shocker, what comes next?

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...Hell, one governor wound up getting impeached as a direct result of the appointment mess!) The State suggests she could tap Rep. Tim Scott (SC-01), who just won a second term last month. Scott is apparently DeMint's preferred choice, and he'd become the

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Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...Joe Donnelly (D).> • IA-03: Rep. Tom Latham (R) defeated Rep. Leonard Boswell (D). • KY-06: Andy Barr (R) defeated Rep. Ben Chandler (D). • NY-27: Chris Collins (R) defeated Rep. Kathy Hochul (D). • PA-12: Keith Rothfus (R) defeated Rep. Mark Cr

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Republicans Are Running Scared--From Each Other

2012-12-05T01:00:00Z

...Georgia, Rep. John Barrow won in a solidly Republican district because of that background and a weak opponent. Just-defeated Rep. Ben Chandler might fit the bill against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. But they’re not many out there. (An

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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Jo Ann Emerson becomes second to announce resignation from House

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

..."insurgent wingnut" to run as well. • SD-Sen: If Dem Sen. Tim Johnson decides to retire rather than seek re-election, the bench of possible replacements is short, but here's one more name: U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson, who is Tim's son. While it's no

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Israeli Strategy Sinking The DCCC Again?

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...defeated in primary Bill Owens (New Dem-NY)- 35.44 Mark Critz (PA)- 35.43-- defeated Mike McIntyre (Blue Dog/New Dem-NC)- 32.81 Ben Chandler (Blue Dog-KY)- 32.58-- defeated Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX)- 31.06 Jim Costa (Blue Dog-CA)- 24.61 Jason Altmire

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Yarmuth won't run against McConnell

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...Alison Lundergan Grimes as the two most likely candidates to run against the Senate minority leader. Asked about outgoing Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., a centrist Democrat who lost his re-election bid, Yarmuth said he'd "certainly be a tough candidate" but

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Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Luckily There’s No “Funder Cliff” – Holiday Parties, a Potato Festival and More!

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...partytime@sunlightfoundation.com! This Week in Debt Retirement Rep.-elect Andy Barr, R-Kent., upset his incumbent opponent, Ben Chandler, and now he's trying to recover from a hard-fought campaign. He's throwing a Debt Retirement Luncheon at Capitol Hil

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Republicans Will Stick to Grover Norquist's Tax Pledge

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

...is ultimately responsible. It is they who have the final say on whether a pledge-breaking tax hiker like Kentucky Rep. Ben Chandler is returned to office or sent to the unemployment line. The language, which is simple enough, is intended to preserve the

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Joseph Gerth | It's political turkey time again

2012-11-25T01:00:00Z

...bodies of women who are victims of it can prevent pregnancies, saying they can just shut it all down. Next up is U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, who surrendered a double digit lead in the final weeks of the campaign to Republican Andy Barr. Chandler, the scion

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Commentary: Longing for the days of Murrow, Cronkite and the old GOP

2012-11-25T01:00:00Z

...carved the corpses up nicely by now. So, I'll leave my scalpel in the drawer instead of using it to dissect what U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler did wrong, why "minority" remains the operative word when referring to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell's leadership positio

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When the Civil War wasn't

2012-11-24T01:00:00Z

...things calmed once play began. The game featured all-coast peformers Pec Huntley and Chief Keck of OAC and multisport stars Ben Chandler, Carl Fenton and Homer Jamison of Oregon. At the half, OAC fans uneventfully serpentined across the field, as was tr

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North Suncoast: Sunday morning quarterback

2012-11-24T01:00:00Z

...saved the shutout with an interception in the end zone in the final minutes. He also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Ben Chandler. Looking ahead to Pasco-Robinson 1. Although Pasco exorcised some Tampa demons with last year's 31-7 win over Jesuit i

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Norquist responds to senator's break with no-tax pledge

2012-11-23T01:00:00Z

...said the pledge belongs to the candidates who have signed it, including some Democrats. "Mr. Chandler from Kentucky was elected, Ben Chandler, taking the pledge. He broke the pledge and he was defeated in the last election. People were unhappy that he p

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Fewer family ties in next Congress

2012-11-23T01:00:00Z

...West Virginia Russ Carnahan, son of Jean Carnahan and former Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan; grandson of former Rep. A.S.J. Carnahan Ben Chandler, grandson of Albert B. Chandler, who also served as Kentucky governor and commissioner of Major League Baseball

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Moving Forward, Will Congress Treat Grover Norquist As Just Another Rapacious K Street Lobbyist?

2012-11-16T01:00:00Z

...Nebraska reactionary and corporate whore Ben Nelson was driven from office and will return to lobbying and Kentucky Blue Dog Ben Chandler was defeated despite hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted on his race by the DCCC. Not that big a deal in Norqui

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Yarmuth to have big say on judges

2012-11-14T01:00:00Z

...Kentuckys U.S. senators are Republicans, leaving Yarmuth, of the 3rd District, as the likely kingmaker after fellow Democrat Ben Chandler lost his 6th District seat on Tuesday to Republican Andy Barr. It is rare to have only one person from the presiden

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Colorful Characters: New U.S. Congress – Democrats Full Of Women And Minorities, GOP More Old White Men

2012-11-14T01:00:00Z

...Patrick Murphy, although West refuses to concede and demands a recount. Blue dog Democrats Leonard Boswell of Iowa, Ben Chandler of Kentucky and Larry Kissell of North Carolina all lost their races. The House’s congressional makeover occurs as a battl

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King Coal hasn't abdicated throne in Kentucky

2012-11-12T01:00:00Z

...economic conditions that have cost the jobs of some 2,000 miners over the past year, isn't so feeble after all. Just ask U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler , the Democrat from Versailles who was pummeled in last week's general election by coal-backed Republican And

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