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January 19 - Uniform Poll Closing Studied: Members Cautiously Praise TV Vote-Projection Limits

January 26 - Indiana 8th District

January 26 - National Committee Will Vote Feb. 1: Democrats Seek a Chairman To Help Redefine the Party

February 2 - Coungress and the Country House Politics: Reliving the Good Old Days

February 2 - Democrats Elect Kirk as National Chairman

February 9 - House Again Refuses to Seat McIntyre

February 16 - Action Called Political Retaliation: Union Chiefs May Be Punished For Supporting Mondale in '84

February 16 - Long's Widow Favored

February 16 - McIntyre Sues Democrats Over Contested Seat

February 16 - Two Seek Governorships

March 2 - Edwards Indictment

March 2 - McIntyre Suit

March 9 - 45 Democratic Districts Targeted

March 9 - Benefits From Husband's Legacy: Cathy Long Seen as Favorite To Win Louisiana 8th Seat

March 9 - Communication Is the Key: Democrats Gain Camaraderie But No Consensus on Message

March 9 - House Democrats Help Breed GOP Rebels

March 9 - House Floor Scuffle

March 9 - House GOP Again Fails to Seat Indiana Republican

March 9 - Officials Seek Moderation in Party's Image

March 9 - Republicans Announce Election Drive

March 9 - Select Committees Kept

March 23 - FEC Sues Two PACs Linked to Sen. Helms

March 23 - Rules on Draft Protest, Public Employee Rights: Court Strikes Down Limits On Independent PAC Outlays

March 30 - Court to Rule on Legality of Gerrymandering

March 30 - House Committee Reports FEC Authorization

April 6 - Long, As Expected, Wins Louisiana 8th Race

April 13 - Congress and the Country: Legislative Districts and Judicial Tinkering

April 13 - Final Returns for Governor, Senate and House

April 13 - GOP Gains Limited Despite Reagan Landslide

April 13 - Official 1984 Presidential Election Results (chart)

April 13 - PAC Funding Up, Candidate Spending Down

May 25 - Democrats Vie in N.J. Gubernatorial Primary

June 1 - Special Election Set in 1st District of Texas

June 8 - Incumbents Relied More on PAC Gifts in 1984

June 8 - Shapiro Wins Jersey Gubernatorial Primary: A 'New Ideas' Democrat Will Face Kean in November

June 8 - Top 15 PACs in 1984 -- chart

June 15 - GOP Seeks 'Great Leap Forward' in East Texas

June 15 - Party Conventions Nominate Slates: Diversity Meets Conservatism In Virginia Statewide Contests

June 22 - Reagan Tax Plan Targets 'Checkoff' System

June 29 - House Rejects FEC Reauthorization

June 29 - New Party Chairman Takes Control: DNC Approves Kirk's Plans To Alter Democrats' Image

June 29 - Six-Year Itch?

June 29 - Will the 'Six-Year Itch' Strike Again in 1986?

July 6 - Hargett Faces Chapman in Texas 1st Runoff

July 13 - Congress and the Country: Mideast Politics a Local Issue in New York

July 13 - Proposed Regulations Stir Complaints: Opposition by Conservatives Snags FEC Authorization Bill

July 20 - GOP Aims to Elude Senate Takeover Bid in '86

July 27 - Justice Department Challenges Texas Election

July 27 - Rebounding From a Presidential Campaign: Home-State Political Trouble Can Hit White House Seekers After Their National Plans Fail

August 10 - New Member Profile: Jim Chapman, D-Texas

August 10 - POLITICAL NOTES: GOP's 'Open Door' Effort Draws to a Close

August 10 - POLITICAL NOTES: Ohio Adjusts District Boundaries

August 10 - POLITICAL NOTES: Trickle of Retirements Continues

August 10 - Texas 1st Clings to Tradition, Elects Democrat

August 17 - A Suburban GOP Fiefdom: All-Powerful Machine of Yore Endures in New York's Nassau

August 17 - CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY: Minnesota's GOP: A Flair for Party-Building

August 17 - Liberal Democrats Fill Political Vacuum: Influence On National Policy Chief Aim of California Allies

August 17 - Machines: Something Old, Something New

August 24 - His 'Basque Soul' Overrules Party Pleas: Laxalt Departure From Senate Complicates GOP's 1986 Task

August 24 - Many Democrats Cool to Redoing Party Rules

August 31 - Congress and the Country -- Seattle-Area Politics: A Media Takeover?

September 7 - Kindness to Seek Glenn Senate Seat

September 14 - 1986 Election Calendar

September 14 - Congress and the Country: House GOP Jittery About Midterm Elections

September 14 - Democrats' Link With Gays Comes Under Fire

September 14 - Gay Rights and the Democrats: A History

September 14 - Hunt Will Not Seek Senate Seat in North Carolina

September 21 - Lingering Illness Forces Retirement: Scuffle for Senate Under Way As North Carolina's East Exits

September 28 - Democrats Eye Pickup in Maryland: Ranks of GOP Moderates Thin As Mathias Leaves Senate Seat

September 28 - Democrats Learn to Woo Business Support

September 28 - GOP Rep. McKernan Seeks Maine Governorship

September 28 - Image Builder, Not Coattail Lender

September 28 - Reagan Nurtures His Adopted Party to Strength

September 28 - Sanford Out, Broyhill In N.C. Senate Race

September 28 - Supreme Court Tackles Line-Drawing Issue: Judgment on Gerrymanders Expected From Indiana Case

October 5 - More Changes in Maryland Congressional Lineup

October 12 - Gubernatorial Election: Wide Lead for Kean in New Jersey Contest

October 12 - House '86 Outlook: Bipartisan Pessimism

October 12 - House Panel Approves Uniform Poll-Closing Time

October 12 - Louisiana GOP Endorses Successor for Rep. Moore

October 19 - Baliles Mimics Robb in Virginia Governor Bid

October 19 - Snelling to Seek Vermont Senate Seat

October 26 - Congress and the Country -- Political Parties: A Renaissance of Power?

October 26 - House Committee Approves Uniform Poll-Closing

October 26 - Louisiana's Long, Colorado's Kramer to Leave House

October 26 - Party and Elected Officials Get More Clout: Democrats Alter Rules Slightly In Effort to Broaden Party Base

October 26 - Stevenson Seeks Governorship; Kerrey Shuns It

November 9 - Congress and the Country: Political Rhetoric vs. the Reality Principle

November 9 - Gov. Brennan Aims for House, Rep. Mikulski for Senate

November 9 - Kean's Popularity Lifts GOP Fortunes

November 9 - Virginia Voters Open the Door to Diversity

November 16 - Anatomy of a Crisis: Why Farmers Struggle

November 16 - Contests Take Shape in S. Carolina, Illinois and Nevada

November 16 - Mood of Rural Midwest Keeps GOP on Edge

November 23 - Academia: No Republican Monolith

November 23 - Congress and the Country: 'Feel Good' Themes vs. 'Micropolitics'

November 23 - New Generation Poised to Tip Voting Scales

November 23 - Non-Student Youth: Quiet Majority

November 23 - Senate to Vote on Limiting PAC Contributions

November 30 - Commission Says No Big Electoral Changes Needed

December 7 - A New Breed of Consultant Joins the Fray

December 7 - A Tactical Revolution Engulfs Campaigns

December 7 - Senate Sidesteps Decision on PAC Spending

December 7 - Whitley Decides Against Sixth Term

December 7 - Zschau Announces Senate Candidacy

December 14 - Ferraro, Thornburgh Decide Against Senate Bids

December 14 - Rep. Dannemeyer Enters Senate Race in California

December 21 - Congress and the Country: Georgia Politics: A World Unto Itself

December 21 - Dorgan Bows Out of N.D. Senate Race

December 21 - Illinois Candidates File

December 21 - Will Seek Senate Re-Election: Kennedy Declares He Is Out Of 1988 Presidential Contest