Sweepers stir up dust as they clean the reflecting pool in front of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
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Clay Aiken performs a special one night only concert at the Progress Energy Performing Arts Center in Raleigh, N.C., in March 2010. Jim R. Bounds/AP hide caption
U.S. Rep. Mike Honda speaks during the City of Fremont Legislative Brunch at Tesla Motors in Fremont, Calif., in May. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Yard signs supporting U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock in Columbus, Ind., on April 23. Mourdock went on to beat incumbent Sen. Dick Lugar in a primary race that received national attention, and a flood of money from outside Indiana. Curtis Tate/MCT /Landov hide caption