And Democrats, who often form a circular firing squad, are weary and divided after a bruising mayoral campaign in 2001.

The question to Fernando Ferrer, posed amid a bruising mayoral campaign, seemed easy enough to answer: What is your middle name?

It's been a tough and bruising campaign, with the backgrounds of both candidates coming under intense scrutiny.

The two fought a tough, bruising campaign, based largely on Cain's record in the Senate.

His press secretary, Edward Skyler, said the mayor is simply starting to show the personal style he kept under wraps after his first bruising campaign.

After losing, is it a relief to end a bruising campaign?

The long and bruising primary campaign between Obama and Clinton was probably more beneficial than harmful to his presidential campaign.

Once inside the system, he thrived, relishing the give-and-take of politics and the bruising campaigns for office.

Democratic primary voters last week set the stage for a bruising and colorful campaign, nominating two women for the United States Senate, a nationwide first.

The central issue in their bruising campaign was the onerous burden of taxes that the electorate now bears.