Malaysians began two days of voting today in the most contested and bitter election in 20 years.

It is remembered as one of the bitterest elections in Minnesota political history.

What ensued was one of the most bitter primary elections in California history.

Unlike the bitter election of 1983, overt appeals to racism were generally absent from this campaign.

There is probably no worse time to begin a serious discussion about Iraq policy than two weeks before a close, bitter election.

Enter, stage left, nine new representatives, still more or less shell-shocked from often bitter elections.

Fifteen years ago there was a specially bitter general election.

Kline parlayed this into a run for office in a bitter special election four months ago.

Q. You were talking about the value of the presidency after a close and bitter election.

To some degree, the turmoil can be traced to the bitter quadrennial election in the summer of 1995.