State: Georgia Party: Democrat Candidate: U.S. House of Representatives Born: 11/16/1945, Atlanta, GA Religion: Jewish Marital Status: Married, Elyn Education: BA University of Georgia, 1968 Previous Political Experience: No prior elected office Campaign Web Site: http://www.kahnforcongress.com Click here for the Fox News Election Map

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon easily won re-election as the Likud Party leader, defeating his hawkish foreign minister by positioning himself as a centrist in a tactic that could help him in January elections against the Labor Party’s dovish Amram Mitzna. Sharon’s victory on Thursday came amid violence at home and …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union (search) may consider banning Nazi symbols in its 25 member nations after Britain’s Prince Harry (search) wore a swastika armband to a costume party, the bloc’s top justice official said Monday. Franco Frattini, the EU’s justice and home affairs commissioner, said he was open …

WASHINGTON – While the Bush administration had tried to drive down expectations for turnout in Iraq’s first legitimate election in decades, by all accounts Iraqis pleasantly surprised just about everyone as voters headed to the polls in droves on Sunday. Calling the election a resounding success, President Bush said Iraqis …

MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin (search) attorney general says a student’s lawsuit to end mandatory summer homework doesn’t make the grade. The state’s chief law enforcement official says putting limits on homework is a local issue, not a state one. The attorney general considers the complaint “unmeritorious,” and wants a court …

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats lashed out Friday against President Bush’s plan to add personal accounts to Social Security and accused his administration of improperly using the Social Security (search) Administration to promote the plan. A pair of Social Security employees told the Democratic Policy Committee that they objected to internal …

Some said Yasser Arafat, deceased PLO leader, was an “obstacle to peace.” Here’s a look at the events since his death leading up to Sunday’s election. Nov. 11: Yasser Arafat, longtime president of the Palestinian Authority, passes away of an unknown illness. Mahmoud Abbas takes over as head of the …

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (search) began his new job Monday caught in a dispute between meatpackers and some ranchers over reopening U.S. borders to cattle from Canada. He also faced reluctance in Japan to resuming imports of U.S. cattle. Johanns told reporters that in the aftermath of a …

INNSBRUCK, Austria – Avalanches killed three skiers and critically injured four others Saturday in Austria’s Alps (search), and authorities suspended a search for a missing American snowboarder. One avalanche began Saturday afternoon in the popular winter resort of St. Anton, police said. Two people suffocated in the crush of snow …

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s Central Election Commission late Monday declared Western-leaning reformer Viktor Yushchenko (search) the winner of the presidential election over Kremlin-favored Viktor Yanukovych (search). The commission announced that the final official tally of the Dec. 26 voting — which was a rerun of the Nov. 21 election that …