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AUSTIN, Texas mdash; Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas, who isn t seeking re-election amid allegations of sexual harassment, won t appear on 2018 primary ballots after Democrats unsuccessfully tried Wednesday to leave his name in place.Democrats argued that Farenthold s name should have to remain on the ballot since he missed the deadline in Texas for candidates to withdraw. But they quickly dropped a lawsuit Wednesday after losing before a federal judge.Farenthold announced last week he would retire while denying 3-year-old accusations that he d subjected a former aide to sexually suggestive comments. Fellow Republicans urged him not to run again, and Farenthold apologized for an office atmosphere
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Farenthold s decision came four days past the Texas deadline for candidates to withdraw, prompting the Texas GOP to file its own lawsuit last week to remove his name. The party claimed victory Wednesday, saying state elections officials had signaled they couldn t force Farenthold s name to remain on the ballot.In 2006, Democrats sued to keep former U.S. House Majority Tom DeLay on the ballot when the powerful Republican resigned after being indicted. Republicans weren t allowed to repla
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By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus and Lucy MadisonAs President Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in their third and final presidential debate tonight, a new poll from CBS News shows the president leading Romney on foreign policy, the focus of the debate, by a nine-point margin. According to the poll, conducted from October 17-20, the president leads Romney 50-41 percent among likely voters on the question of who would do a better job on general foreign policy. Likely voters also viewed Mr. Obama as stronger on terrorism and security: 49 percent said Mr. Obama would do a better job, and 42 percent said Romney would. On U.S. policy toward Iran, Mr. Obama edged Romney 46 percent to 43 percent among likely voters.
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On U.S. policy toward China, a frequent Romney discussion point on the campaign trail, the two candidates are even at 44 percent. On Israel, Romney has an edge over the president, with 46 percent to Mr. Obama s 42 percent.Mr. Obama also holds a lead on which candidate would better handle an international crisis: 38 percent of likely voters said they had a lot of confidence in him to do so, compared with 30 per
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cent who expressed the same level of confidence in Romney. Still, a majority of voters express at least some confidence in both the President 62 percent and Romney s ability 58 percent to handle an international crisis. Nearl
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