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Although remarkably close, the 2008 Minnesota Senate Race is not the closest in state history. That honor goes to another disputed election, almost a half century ago.

After months of delay, Minnesota finally has a winner declared in its U.S. Senate race that was almost too close to call.

The inspirational words of Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy are remembered forever. Will Obama's inaugural reach those heights? And what does Sorensen say about JFK?

The mass media plays an important part of the political process and this is very evident when we look at what happened on election day in the United States.

A peek into the life and times of one of New York's bravest mayors.

The first half of Woodrow Wilson's 8 years in office focused on Domestic policies such as the tariff, the money issue, and antitrust legislation, along with keeping Ameri

Honest Grover Cleveland won the popular vote in three consecutive presidential elections, a feat shared by Andrew Jackson and exceeded only by Franklin Roosevelt

In a hotly contested, close presidential election, James Blaine lost the crucial swing state of New York due to three words used days before voters went to the polls.

Few presidential elections have been quite as close, as dramatic or as controversial as the 1960 election between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy turned out to be.

Years before the outbreak of the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners were sharply divided over whether the territories taken from Mexico should be opened to slavery.

Henry Clay was a major candidate on three unsuccessful occasions, promoting his American System against Andrew Jackson and the Democrats.

American Presidential elections generally produce a clear preference among candidates. But the winners of close races have produced history-altering results.

Grover Cleveland's path to the White House did not truly begin until elected Mayor of Buffalo, New York in 1881. Three years later, he would be President.

The Democratic Party's nominating process this year may be one of the most un-democratic processes to hit the Presidential selection cycle since Gary Hart in 1984.