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MADISON, Wis. --Russ Feingold announced Thursday he will run to reclaim the U.S. Senate seat he lost five years ago to Republican Ron Johnson, fulfilling the hopes of Democrats who have been pushing for the liberal to return to the political arena.Feingold said in a 90-second video message obtained by The Associated Press before it was to be sent to supporters that he will run for the seat in 2016. He likely will face the incumbent Johnson, a political newcomer when he defeated Feingold by 5 points in 2010. If successful, Feingold would be only the third senator since 1956 t stanley cup o reclaim a seat.Feingold, 62, served 18 years in the Senate before losing to Johnson. He sat out the 2012 recall election against Gov. Scott Walker, the race for an open Senate seat that f stanley water bottle all, and Walker s recall election in 2014. He will be running in a presidential year, when Democratic turnout will likely be stronger in Wisconsin than it was in the 2010 midterm when he lost. In the video announcement filmed inside his home near Madison, Feingold said his desire to serve is stronger than ever and that he wants to fight to bring back to the U.S. Senate strong independence, bipartisanship and honesty. Feingol stanley tumblers d said he intends to travel the state this summer listening carefully to my fellow Wisconsinites talk about their concerns, especially when it comes to their economic well-being. His entry brings Democrats immediate credibility in the race to regain c Dhoy The USDA added, then removed, Wakanda from its list of free trade partners
Indicted Rep. Rick Renzi R-Ariz. has quietly closed his leadership PAC, the Patriot Fund, according to a new disclosure report with the Federal Election Commission.Renzi, who faces 35 federal corruption chargesrelated to his involvement in a Arizona land transfer that benefitted him personally, as well as insurance fraud, closed down the Patriot Fund in afiling with the FEC today.The PAC was never a huge success,raising slightly more than $23,000 last cycle, with a big chunk of that money coming from Native American tribes with gambling operations. The Arizona Republican, who has already announced that he will not runagain this November, is not raising any money for his re-election committee, which carries a debt of more than $106,000 from the law firm of Patton Boggs. Rick Renzi for Congress als stanley vattenflaska o owes him personally more than $350,000 from loans he gave to the committee back in 2002, although there is n cups stanley o chance that this debt will ever be paid off.Renzi s trial is scheduled to begin on April 29, but his defense team has been pushing for a delay in the case, arguing that Renzi needs more time to respond to the government charges. Renzi is stanley kubek also expected to raise Speech or Debate Clause issues in his case. The Speech or Debate Clause prevents lawmakers and aides from legal action over legislative activities, and Rep. William Jefferson D-La. , who faces federal bribery and racketeering charges, has used the congressional privilege to |
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