Election 2012: All eyes on Wisconsin governor's recall election

Click to View in Browser 06/5/2012 All eyes on Wisconsin governor's recall election MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin voters decide on Tuesday whether to throw Governor Scott Walker out of office in a rare recall election forced by opponents of the Republican's controversial effort to curb collective bargaining for most unionized government workers. California primary sets off political scramble SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California voted on Tuesday in a primary contest set to launch the biggest political scramble in the state in at least a decade following adoption of an open primary system and the redrawing of U.S. Congressional district boundaries. Obama, Bill Clinton court New York elite to raise millions NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama enlisted Bill Clinton to campaign alongside him in New York on Monday, tapping the popular ex-president's star power to rake in cash for his re-election bid from Wall Street investors and show-business elite. Top Republican woman to lead Romney's House team WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday named his party's top woman in Congress, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, as his campaign's point person in the U.S. House of Representatives. Obama, Romney hobnob for cash at fundraisers WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With economic turmoil unsettling the 2012 U.S. presidential race, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney spent Monday tending to their own campaign wallets, mingling with big-money donors on the East and West Coast. Obama, Romney campaign advisers trade blame on job creation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Advisers to President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney squared off on Sunday over job creation in a debate which, following Friday's weak jobs report, promises to be a deciding factor in the November vote. Insight: From Alabama, an epic challenge to voting rights CALERA, Alabama (Reuters) - Four years ago, in this small city of gentle hills, tall oaks and nine stoplights, an invisible line was drawn a few miles north of the center of town. It stretched up beyond Highway 22 and looped west across Interstate 65, sweeping in recent housing developments, the brown-brick Concord Baptist Church and a new Wal-Mart. The narrow five-square-mile rectangle enlarged Voting District 2. Sarah Jessica Parker plans Obama fundraiser LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker is borrowing a tactic from the George Clooney fundraising book, planning a campaign dinner for President Barack Obama and offering a chance to win two tickets with $3 online donations. Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado DENVER (Reuters) - Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn't exactly been a friend to marijuana users. Florida weighs warning against voter purge (Reuters) - Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will decide in the coming days whether to heed a Justice Department warning to stop its campaign to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday. Related Video Former senator John Edwards found not guilty of one count; mistrial declared Illinois lawmaker loses his temper during legislative debate Tales from the Trail Deborah Charles Census info at your fingertips Eric Johnson Obama campaign TV spot hits Romney as governor The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend