http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/ELECTION News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56297879-68/ahmadinejad-mashaei-president-iran.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56297879-68/ahmadinejad-mashaei-president-iran.html.csp">2 divisive figures enter Iran’s presidential race</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/AP/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56297879#2013-05-11T22:53:43.66-06:00/MAI/sltrib56297879#2013-05-11T22:53:43.66-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By ALI AKBAR DAREINI</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Associated Press</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-11T22:53:43.66-06:00">Updated May 11, 2013 10:53PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">A pair of powerful and divisive figures registered Saturday to run in Iran’s presidential election, jolting the political landscape ahead of next month’s vote to pick a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confident of Ahmadinejad, submitted their official paperwork just before Saturday’s deadline. Each has a good shot at winning the vote, raising a tough challenge to co...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="#license-562978792013-05-11T22:53:43.66-06:00" id="#license-2013-05-11T22:53:43.66-06:00"> Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56297879@www.sltrib.com Sat, 11 May 2013 22:53:43 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56296524-68/sharif-pakistan-party-vote.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/56296524-68/sharif-pakistan-party-vote.html.csp">Former Pakistani prime minister declares victory</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/AP/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56296524#2013-05-11T19:06:26.569-06:00/MAI/sltrib56296524#2013-05-11T19:06:26.569-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and REBECCA SANTANA </span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Associated Press</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-11T19:06:26.569-06:00">Updated May 11, 2013 07:06PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Islamabad • Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile. The 63-year-old Sharif, who has twice served as premier, touted his success after unofficial, partial vote counts showed his Pakistan Muslim League-N party with an overwhelming lead. The party weathered a strong campaign by former cricket star Imran Khan that energized Pakistan’...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="#license-562965242013-05-11T19:06:26.569-06:00" id="#license-2013-05-11T19:06:26.569-06:00"> Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56296524@www.sltrib.com Sat, 11 May 2013 19:06:26 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56286681-82/sanford-republican-congress-god.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56286681-82/sanford-republican-congress-god.html.csp">Collins: Guess who’s back</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56286681#2013-05-10T01:01:05.98-06:00/MAI/sltrib56286681#2013-05-10T01:01:05.98-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By GAIL COLLINS</span></span> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn"> The New York Times</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-10T01:01:05.98-06:00">Updated May 10, 2013 01:01AM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Right now you are undoubtedly asking yourself: What does the return to Congress of the disgraced ex-governor Mark Sanford mean to me? Well, we now definitely know that 21st-century voters are willing to overlook not just a moral lapse but also bad judgment of epic proportions. This is useful information if you happen to live in a city where Anthony Weiner is thinking about running for mayor. “I want to acknowledge a God not just of second chances but third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth ...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56286681@www.sltrib.com Fri, 10 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56275362-82/obama-democrats-2014-control.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/56275362-82/obama-democrats-2014-control.html.csp">Will: For Obama, 2014 is his number</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56275362#2013-05-09T01:01:05.572-06:00/MAI/sltrib56275362#2013-05-09T01:01:05.572-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By George F. Will</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Washington Post</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-09T01:01:05.572-06:00">Updated May 9, 2013 01:01AM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">WASHINGTON -- Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On Oct. 23, 2010, he said: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” He meant that America needed conservative change from the statist course of Obama’s presidency (the stimulus, Obamacare, etc.), therefore America needed a president who would not veto such change. B...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56275362@www.sltrib.com Thu, 09 May 2013 01:01:05 MDT