Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race (AP)
AP - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations that a bank owned by their candidate's family may be nearing collapse.
Brown team to apply winning strategy elsewhere (AP)
AP - The political team that helped Scott Brown stage his improbable victory in the Massachusetts Senate race wants to apply its winning strategy elsewhere this election year. First stop: Rhode Island.
Pa. Dems pick Critz as nominee to fill Murtha seat (AP)
AP - Pennsylvania Democrats have chosen former congressional aide Mark Critz as the nominee for a special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by late Rep. John Murtha.
Poll finds blacks motivated to vote in November (AP)
AP - Democrats facing strong headwinds this election season have at least one reason for optimism, according to polling that found the party's large African-American voting bloc eager to stay involved even without Barack Obama on the ballot.RI mayor faces new questions in Congressional run (AP)
AP - Mayor David Cicilline claims he has cleaned up Providence after the corruption of his predecessor, but his family relationships and connection to a former staffer could raise new questions about his reformer credentials.Just one job now for ex-Va. Gov. Kaine Dem chief (AP)
AP - Tim Kaine spent President Barack Obama's first year in office pulling double duty as Virginia's governor and the Democratic National Committee chairman mdash; and weathering criticism that he was an ineffective, absent party leader.