WASHINGTON -President Bush and challenger John Kerry sweated out a tension-packed conclusion to the race between an embattled incumbent and a Democrat who questioned the war he waged in Iraq. Ohio loomed as this year's Florida, the deciding state, with Kerry's options dwindling.
The race for state representative of the 92nd District was easily won by Republican incumbent Jimmy Stewart despite Democratic challenger Pat Lang taking 49 percent of the vote in Athens County.
Walking through Athens during an election, I was filled with a sense of pride I have never quite before experienced as an American. In an election year, with America split into armed camps, the democratic process was in full force.
(U-WIRE) -When President George W. Bush claimed he would be a uniter not a divider, he wasn't entirely wrong. During his tenure, Bush somehow managed to unite the divided against each other. Or did he?
Many Americans worst fears have come true. Election Day has come and gone -and the smoke is far from clearing, with the world again left wondering who the next president of the United States will be.
A tense and attack-riddled campaign for the Ohio Senate came to an end last night with incumbent Sen. Joy Padgett defeating her democratic challenger, Terry Anderson, by a margin of about 12,000 votes.
The Ohio University School of Theater is performing George Bernard Shaw's satirical comedy Arms and the Man as the second production of the 2004-05 season.
Republicans solidified their year-old voting majority on the Ohio Supreme Court early today, but the races were closer than the vast campaign fund-raising advantage over Democratic rivals would indicate.
Now that the presidential election has passed, we can return our attention to the things that really matter.
Republican incumbent Michael Ward defeated Democrat Robert Shostak to win the position of Athens County Court of Common Pleas Judge in yesterday's election.
WASHINGTON -Republicans extended their decade-long hold on the House for another two years and seemed likely to slightly expand their majority, knocking off four veteran Texas Democrats along the way.
Republican incumbent Bob Ney defeated Democratic challenger Brian Thomas by about 33 percent in the race for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Athens voters decisively rejected the controversial building moratorium on yesterday's ballot by a vote of 5,766 to 2,576, but people on both sides of the issue remained upbeat after hearing the results.
From baseball caps to short shirts, different county school districts take different approaches on student dress codes.
More than 100 colleagues, friends and family members of Ohio University administrators Kathy Gebard and Bridget Wagner gathered yesterday for a memorial service in Irvine Hall.
Marjorie Thompson has been playing guitar since the 1960s but did not learn fingerstyle guitar until five years ago.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -Ohioans backed up the nation's toughest law banning gay marriage with an even broader constitutional amendment against civil unions yesterday.
On Oct. 11, 1999, an underground newspaper called The Lockdown was distributed at Nelsonville-York High School.
Some students are not receiving the maximum financial aid they are eligible for because they are not completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid applications.
Democratic incumbent Ann Trout won the race for Athens County Clerk of Courts last night, defeating Republican challenger Miles Wolf by a sizable margin.
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