Republican Primary News--4.12.12

Republican primary to decide new NC District 105 rep South Charlotte Weekly by Mike Parks Republicans Ken Gjertsen and Jacqueline Schaffer are squaring off to take the District 105 seat Rep. Ric Killian is giving up for a shot at a bigger chair in Washington, DC With no Democrats in the running for District 105, the candidate ... See all stories on this topic »

How Mitt Romney became the presumptive nominee CBS News He garnered about 15 to 20 percent of Republican primary voters throughout the fall of 2011. While his support never dropped the way it did for other candidates, he was unable to expand it during that time either. But once the primaries began, ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Franklin Lakes Republican primary election for Borough Council uncontested NorthJersey.com BY PHILIP DEVENCENTIS FRANKLIN LAKES — The Republican primary election for nominations to run for two three-year seats on the Borough Council will be uncontested on Tuesday, June 5. Council president Charles Kahwaty and Thomas Lambrix are seeking the ... See all stories on this topic »

Wikipedia and the Republican primary: How the candidates' pages changed during ... ABC News The mammoth user-generated online encyclopedia includes extensive biographies of the candidates for the Republican nomination. Millions of Americans use Wikipedia as their primary source of information about politicians, and in most respects the site ... See all stories on this topic »

Lugar And Mourdock Debate For Indiana Senate Primary TPM Dick Lugar (R-IN) and his challenger in the Republican primary, state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, met Wednesday night for their only debate before the primary on May 8. And for a race that has been consumed by a variety of personal attacks, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rick Santorum says primary outcome largely because of money The Hill (blog) By Daniel Strauss - 04/12/12 12:24 PM ET Rick Santorum explained Mitt Romney's success in the Republican primary and his own decision this week to suspend his campaign as largely because of money. Santorum said that his electoral chances seemed to dim ... See all stories on this topic »

ADL: Current Republican primary worst in 20 years Jerusalem Post By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST CORRESPONDENT Anti-Defamation League head tells 'Post' that in terms of mixing religion, politics, this year's primary was worst campaign in a generation. BOSTON – This year's Republican primary was the worst campaign in ... See all stories on this topic »

Lugar strong, but Mourdock more poised in debate Indianapolis Business Journal AP After struggling at times during the early Republican primary campaign, US Sen. Richard Lugar sounded more like the legislator he's been for the past 35 years in a debate Wednesday night with Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock. See all stories on this topic » Indianapolis Business Journal