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      <excerpt>...-- North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr will have some competition in the Republican primary for his seat.  Asheboro City Council member Eddie Burks filed his paperwork Monday to get on the ballot as a GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate. Burks runs a small-b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...But McConnell said he could not sign off on the package because many of his members had not yet seen the details. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said he is unhappy that the bill would add to the budget deficit - the tax provisions and a few spending cuts wo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...state fundraiser for President Obama, is one of three leading Democrats seeking to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Richard Burr. Another black Democrat, Nathaniel Cooper, has raised just $1,600 to compete in the May 4 Democratic primary. In Georgia,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> One of the most high profile races in our state this year will be the battle for Senator Richard Burr&amp;#39;s senate seat. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> North Carolina: Republican Senator Richard Burr is up 47%-37%. North Dakota: They renamed the state John Hoevenland in honor of their Republican governor. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Kenneth Lewis, a former state fundraiser for Obama, is one of three leading Democrats seeking to challenge GOP Sen. Richard Burr. Another black Democrat, Nathaniel Cooper, has raised just $1,600 to compete in the May 4 Democratic primary. In Georgia, fo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Hill attorney Kenneth Lewis, a former state fundraiser for Obama, is one of three leading Democrats seeking to challenge GOP Sen. Richard Burr. Another black Democrat, Nathaniel Cooper, has raised just $1,600 to compete in the May 4 Democratic primary. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> By AP RALEIGH, NC (AP) &#8212; Sen. Richard Burr will address the issue of new Food and Drug Administration rules on cigarettes when he speaks at the annual ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>#5: North Carolina - Richard Burr. NO NEW UPDATE: A mid-January Public Policy poll shows Senator Burr continuing to build on his lead against all of his Democrat challengers. He now leads Kenneth Lewis 46-34 and Secretary of State ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Mike Easley and ex-U.S. Sen. John Edwards, are subjects of federal grand jury probes. Republicans again are trying to hammer the issue home. Chris Hayes, senior legislative analyst at the conservative Civitas Institute, ... Since 1974, the  U.S. Senate sea</excerpt>
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