Obama, McCain post wins in Illinois
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Buoyed by voters embracing his message of change, Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in the Illinois primary on Tuesday, a home-state victory that also offered them one of the richest prizes in the nation. Sen. John McCain defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on the Republican side.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Wisconsin  vote to pick a U.S. Democratic presidential candidate on  Tuesday, handing rival Hillary Clinton a ninth straight defeat  and leaving her White House ambitions hanging on the upcoming  contests in Texas and Ohio, media projected.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won endorsements from the Philadelphia Enquirer's editorial board.
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CHICAGO | There was little doubt Barack Obama would defeat Alan Keyes Tuesday -- the question was by how much. &quot;We can look forward to the future.
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Sen. Obama has solid victories over Sen. Clinton in La., Neb. and Wash. as two contenders battle for delegates; on GOP side, Huckabee wins two contests but leaves McCain with slight victory in Wash., with nearly all precincts reporting.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton beat back a strong challenge from Barack Obama on Tuesday to win her adopted state, and Sen. John McCain defeated Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to claim all of New York's Republican delegates.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama won elections in Wisconsin and Hawaii, solidifying his front-runner status for the Democratic presidential nomination and turning next month's showdowns in Texas and Ohio into must-win contests for rival Hillary Clinton.
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Barack Obama won the Maine Democratic caucuses Sunday, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, a huge boost to his bid for the U.S. presidential nomination just months after his campaign was being written off as a lost cause.
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Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama and New York Senator Hillary Clinton each claimed victories in two states, according to early network projections, on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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com. Candidate for the US Senate Barack Obama (D-IL) and his daughter Malia (L), wife Michelle and youngest daughter Sasha (R) celebrate his victory with supporters over Repulican rival Alan Keyes November 2, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama defeated New York Senator Hillary Clinton in Georgia's primary, networks projected, gaining the first victory on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama won Wisconsin's Democratic presidential primary, extending his streak of victories over rival Hillary Clinton.
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Illinois State Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat, won the US Senate seat of retiring Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald, CNN and MSNBC reported.
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Landslide margins among black voters fueled Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the edge that Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was projected to win the Nevada caucuses, her second victory in a row over Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.