<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Elections</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/elections?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><description>Elections</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax GOP To Probe Voting Card Procedures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26547-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26547-2004Nov4.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Fairfax County's Republican chairman said the GOP is investigating whether some voters, who had checked in and received cards allowing them to vote, were allowed to leave polling places on Tuesday and return when lines were shorter.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter School Measure Slips Into District Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23626-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23626-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Without consulting D.C. officials, Congress approved legislation that requires the city to offer surplus school property to public charter schools for less than appraised value.]]></description><author> Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending Nears $7 Million For Senate Race in Md.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23746-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23746-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ E.J. Pipkin spent $2 million of his own money for the roughly 714,000 votes he received Tuesday in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski.]]></description><author> Miranda S. Spivack Washington Post Staff Writer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latino Voice to Be Heard On District School Board]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23612-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23612-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Local activists say Victor Reinoso, born to Peruvian immigrants, is the first Latino to win a major elected post in the city.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan  and Debbi Wilgoren</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Md., Focus Shifts To Governor's Race]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23607-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23607-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Even as voters swarmed to the polls Tuesday to elect a president, Maryland's political leaders were turning their gaze to the state's next major political showdown: the 2006 race for governor.]]></description><author> Matthew Mosk</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush's Win Highlights Va. Divisions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23674-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23674-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush's Election Day romp in Virginia reminds Democrats of a political reality as they seek to retain control of the governor's mansion: Winning the inner suburbs of Northern Virginia is simply never enough.]]></description><author> Michael D. Shear</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax No Longer a GOP Given]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23613-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23613-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry Fairfax County was Lyndon B. Johnson, when he defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964. A county economic boom was underway, with families moving to ramblers in commuting distance of federal jobs.]]></description><author> Lisa Rein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manassas Park Voters Beat Betting Measure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23615-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23615-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Manassas Park voters soundly defeated a contentious off-track betting measure Tuesday that would have allowed the first horse-race wagering parlor in their community and in Northern Virginia.]]></description><author> Michele Clock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Defeated in Rancorous Contest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23669-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23669-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A West Virginia judicial campaign considered one of the nastiest in the nation ended with the defeat of a Supreme Court justice who had been targeted by mining executives, business interests and physicians groups.]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voter Turnout Either Sizzled or Fizzled]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23666-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23666-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Voters in the District, Maryland and Virginia  went to the polls at record rates Wednesday -- or not. It depends on how you compare them with those who did not vote.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr and Eric Weiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determined Voters Line Up to Be Counted]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21203-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21203-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The red and blue paint felt dry even before the first vote was cast. The pollsters had given Maryland and the District to Sen. John F. Kerry, and they said Virginia belonged to President Bush. These weren't battlegrounds; they were foregone conclusions.]]></description><author> Monte Reel and Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 School Board Incumbents and 2 Newcomers Win]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20171-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20171-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Southern Maryland chose school board members, voted to retain the way Calvert County is governed and gave the longtime Chesapeake Beach mayor a tough path to reelection.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critics Document Handful Of Glitches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20161-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20161-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The phones began ringing early yesterday at Linda Schade's Takoma Park home, jangling regularly through the morning and afternoon as frustrated voters called  to complain about long lines, short tempers and -- most important for Schade -- problems with the state's electronic voting machines.]]></description><author> David Snyder</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mikulski Is Victor for a 4th Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20172-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20172-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Barbara A. Mikulski (D) beat back a well-financed challenger to win her fourth term in the U.S. Senate yesterday, as Democrat John F. Kerry easily won Maryland's 10 electoral votes in the presidential race.]]></description><author> Cameron W. Barr</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$200 Million for Metro, Road Projects Resoundingly Approved]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19977-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19977-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Residents of Fairfax and Arlington counties were overwhelmingly approving ballot measures that would raise nearly $200 million for transportation projects, most of which would go toward fixing chronic problems on Metro.]]></description><author> Steven Ginsberg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial Challengers Unseat 2 Incumbents]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20047-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20047-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Challengers ousted two incumbent judges in the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court race, while a third sitting judge held on to her seat, according to virtually complete election results.]]></description><author> Christian Davenport</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mikulis, Sigaty Capture School Board Seats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20043-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20043-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Diane B. Mikulis and Mary Kay Sigaty won seats on the Howard County Board of Education yesterday, according to late results.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changes to Council Rejected]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20042-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20042-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Voters in Prince George's County last night resoundingly defeated an initiative that would have altered the size of the County Council, eased the term limits they imposed on county lawmakers a dozen years ago and allowed them -- not council members -- to elect the council chairman.]]></description><author> Ovetta Wiggins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abrams Ousts Lange; Ballot Issues Defeated]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20041-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20041-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Montgomery County voters unseated a member of the school board yesterday and rejected three ballot questions that proposed far-reaching changes to county government.]]></description><author> Tim Craig  and  Rebecca Dana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Van Hollen, Fellow Incumbents Victorious]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20039-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20039-2004Nov2.html?nav=rss_metro/elections</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:52:02 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland's eight House incumbents swept to easy victories yesterday.]]></description><author> Miranda S. 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