Candidates slug it out in key states
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If the size of the crowd yesterday in this famously liberal city is any indication of how many core Democrats will turn out to vote for Democratic candidate Sen.
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Two weeks before the Nov. 2  election, the White House race between President Bush and Sen.  John Kerry has come down to a fight for about 10 states -- with  Florida and Ohio topping the battlegrounds.
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In an election that could be decided by late events in close states, 10 states stand out as potentially the tightest as the 2004 presidential campaign enters its final weekend.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the November election draws closer, the candidates are pulling off the gloves to win the battleground states.
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Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battled to a draw on "Super Tuesday" and John McCain took charge of the Republican race in coast-to-coast presidential nominating battles in 24 U.S. states.
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President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead.
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Term-limited state politicians and presidential campaign consultants bring high-level intensity to a city race.
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Tuesdayâs presidential election might be won or lost in eight states where the race is too close to call. What could tip the balance is jobs â-r the lack of them.
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Democrat candidates squeezing out votes in east coast battlefield states ahead of Super Tuesday
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With most of the states having made up their mind on the presidential race in February, less than a quarter of them can truly be regarded as still in play.
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Colorado, New Mexico and Florida are three of the most competitive states in the presidential election. USA TODAY reporters and photographers followed President Bush and Sen. John Kerry as they bounced around those states - and three time zones - Saturday, 10 days before Election Day. Here is a look at their day on the road.
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WASHINGTON - The presidential candidates are hitting big battleground states again today. President Bush will be on his second bus trip in Florida in four days...
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The latest results from The Associated Press in states voting in presidential contests Tuesday.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry raced through a frenzied last day of campaigning Monday, pressing hard for support in Ohio, Wisconsin and other narrowly divided states in a presidential election
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With their campaign treasuries running on empty and only weeks to attract support in the nearly two dozen states that will cast ballots on Feb. 5, candidates for president are scrambling to find creative and unorthodox ways to grab the attention of voters with the funds they have remaining.
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls fanned out across the nation Saturday as they made their final push for votes heading up to the Super Tuesday primaries.