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David Sherfinski

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David Sherfinski covered politics for The Washington Times.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, greets voters with, U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., far left and Gov. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., center at the puritan Backroom Restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014 in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Shaheen gets last-minute boost from Clintons in N.H.

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is getting some last-minute help from former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in her race against Republican Scott Brown.

November 3, 2014
Incumbent Republican Rep. Michael Grimm answers reporters' questions after a recorded, televised debate for the 11th Congressional District race with his Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at WABC-TV in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Indicted GOP Rep. Michael Grimm up 19 points in re-election bid

GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, who was indicted on tax and wire fraud charges in April and in January famously threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony after President Obama's State of the Union address, is leading his Democratic opponent by 19 points in a new poll.

November 3, 2014
Election Day bought out hordes of voters in Washington, D.C., but dozens of ballots were cast using the names of people who had moved to Prince George's County years ago. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Early voting up from 2010 across 10 states

Early voting is up in at least 10 states from 2010, with Democrats outpacing Republicans in the key state of North Carolina and the GOP running out to an early advantage in Colorado.

November 3, 2014
A state trooper is stationed across from the house of nurse Kaci Hickox in Fort Kent, Maine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can't detain her without a court order signed by a judge.( AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine asks court to limit movements of nurse Kaci Hickox

Maine health officials are asking a court to restrict the movements of a nurse who worked with Ebola patients in West Africa, increasing the pressure in the high-profile case that's testing the balance between the public health response to the disease and personal freedoms.

October 31, 2014
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Warner (right) holds a lead over Republican challenger Ed Gillespie. (Associated Press)

Virginia will likely see stability in midterms

After lurching back and forth between Democrats and Republicans in elections over the last six years, 2014 is shaping up to be a year in which incumbent seats in Virginia are largely solidified and the state's purple-blue bent is confirmed.

October 30, 2014
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul stumps for Georgia Republican candidate for U.S. Senate David Perdue at a rally at McDonough Square in Henry County Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Akili-Casundria Ramsess)

Rand Paul: ‘The Republican Party brand sucks’

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky likened the Republican party to Domino's Pizza this week during a swing through Detroit, declaring that the GOP brand "sucks" as he tries to make it more palatable to minority groups.

October 30, 2014
U.S. Sen. John McCain, left, and Iowa Republican senatorial candidate Joni Ernst speak to a packed cafe about veterans and voter turn out during a campaign stop, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2014, at Ivy Bake Shoppe & Cafe in West Burlington, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Hawk Eye, Michael Noble Jr.)

Joni Ernst’s campaign bus hits deer in Iowa

The campaign bus of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst plowed into a deer Wednesday with Ms. Ernst and Arizona Sen. John McCain on board, the Des Moines Register reported.

October 30, 2014