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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 1995 photo, Marianne Gingrich, wife of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, is photographed in Jerusalem, Israel. Dredging up a past that Newt Gingrich has worked hard to bury, the GOP presidential candidate's ex-wife says Gingrich asked for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress. In an interview with ABC News' "Nightline" scheduled to air Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, Marianne Gingrich said she refused to go along with the proposal that she share her husband with Callista Bisek, who would later become his third wife. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Gingrich's ex-wife says he wanted an 'open marriage'

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 12:45pm

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- In an up-and-down kind of campaign day, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement Thursday from former rival Rick Perry but also faced new accusations from one of his former wives that he had asked her permission to have an "open marriage" after she learned he was having an affair.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gives a campaign speech in Bedford, N.H. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Romney says Gingrich can't take heat of a campaign

Kasie Hunt, Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 10:27am

BEDFORD, N.H. -- Continuing a nasty dispute over negative campaign tactics, Mitt Romney said Wednesday that if Newt Gingrich can't take the heat generated by attack ads during the GOP presidential primary, he'll wilt going up against President Barack Obama.

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(CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, right, during the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, “The only reason you didn’t become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.”

Gingrich, Romney begin final pitches

Kasie Hunt, Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:58pm

WASHINGTON — Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich doubled down on his criticism of federal judges and the Supreme Court on Sunday as chief rival Mitt Romney defended his record against likely Democratic attacks. With close to two weeks before GOP voters start choosing their nominee, Gingrich is courting the conservative primary voters he will need to win in Iowa and sustain his campaign against Romney, whose superior organization and pile of cash has him seeming ever more confident as he looks ahead to the general election.

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GOP race shifts following Cain decision to suspend campaign

Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 9:16am

ATLANTA -- A defiant Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday amid a drumbeat of sexual misconduct allegations against him, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.

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Cain to make 'major announcement' Saturday

Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 5:14pm

ATLANTA -- Rapidly becoming a mere footnote in the presidential race, Herman Cain sent mixed signals Friday on whether he would abandon his beleaguered White House bid on Saturday after a woman's allegation of an extramarital affair.

He said he would make a "major announcement" on whether he would press on -- at an event still being billed as the grand opening of a new headquarters.

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(PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/The Associated Press) In this file photo taken Oct. 31, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about sexual harassment allegations. Sharon Bialek, a Chicago-area woman, accused Cain on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, of making an unwanted sexual advance against her in 1997. Cain’s campaign instantly issued a denial. “All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are completely false,” it said.

Cain vows to “set the record straight”

Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 8:32am

ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is vowing to “set the record straight” at a news conference one day after a fourth woman — and the first to reveal her identity — accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior a decade ago, the latest in a string of claims that have rocked his presidential campaign.

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(MARK HUMPHREY/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, left, shakes hands as he campaigns on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011, in Cookeville, Tenn.

Cain: I’ll challenge Perry for evangelical votes

Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 15, 2011 - 5:07pm

HARRIMAN, Tenn. — Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Saturday he’ll go toe-to-toe with Rick Perry for the GOP primary’s critical evangelical vote.

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Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivers a speech at the Georgia Legislative Briefing, Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Perry attacks Romney in policy speech

Kasie Hunt, Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 5:37pm

ATLANTA -- Rick Perry said Friday anyone with doubts about how he would govern as president should simply look at Texas.

In his first domestic policy speech as a candidate for the White House, Perry touted his record on taxes, health care and the environment during a decade at the helm of the Lone Star state. But he used the brief outline of his tenure to bludgeon his political rivals.

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