Obama, McCain get early votes
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Residents of two tiny towns stayed up late to give Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain early victories in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
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Call it the political battle along the Potomac: Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold primaries today. Coming off his weekend sweep, Sen. Barack Obama is hoping for a hat trick over Sen. Hillary Clinton. And Mike Huckabee aims to show the GOP race with Sen. John McCain "is not over."
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican John McCain speak following their successes in the latest primaries
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An Associated Press-Ipsos poll shows Democrat Barack Obama would narrowly defeat John McCain if the presidential election were being held now. If Hillary Rodham Clinton were the Democratic nominee, she and the Republican front-runner would be about even.
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Democratic presidential hopeful  Barack Obama surged to a big lead over Hillary Clinton in  California hours before "Super Tuesday" voting began in 24  states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on  Tuesday.
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&#8226; Sen. Barack Obama sweeps Democratic contests, giving him considerable momentum  &#8226; Sen. Hillary Clinton unfazed, continues to present herself as the most viable candidate  &#8226; Sen. John McCain's camp says former Gov. Mike Huckabee threatens only to chip away at McCain's substantial lead
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Early voting began Monday in closely watched Florida and three other states with the election little more than two weeks away. Texas, Colorado and Arkansas joined Florida in casting
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Once Tuesdayâs voting is behind them, the candidates can look forward to a comparatively relaxed primary and caucus schedule ahead.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain, poised to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination, has widened his lead over his remaining rivals while Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are statistically tied in their contest, a new Newsweek poll found.
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Senator Barack Obama was lifted to victory by a high turnout. On the Republican side, Mike Huckabee defeated the better funded Mitt Romney.
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Georgia and Alaska joined the growing list of states pushing up their presidential primary voting to Feb. 5, a date clearly shaping up as a national primary day for Republicans and Democrats.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, the Democrats' leading liberal voice, is endorsing Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination on Monday while a new poll found Republican John McCain with a slim lead on the eve of a crucial Florida nominating contest.
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Blacks helped Barack Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Louisiana's racially polarized Democratic primary Saturday, while John McCain made little headway among the most conservative, highly religious voters as he battled Mike Huckabee in their first head-to-head Republican matchup, exit polls found.
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Early voting for next month's  presidential election began in Florida on Monday, with  Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early  ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in  the 2000 election.
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In one hopeful sign for the Democrats, their voters have outnumbered Republicans at the  polls in the early primaries by almost 2-1
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Voters line up to check in before using the electronic voting booths, foreground, on the first day of early voting Monday, Oct. 18, 2004 at the Supervisor of Elections Office in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain are buoyed ahead of key New Hampshire primary.