McCain projected to win South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, strengthening his claim to the Republican U.S. presidential nomination by beating rivals in a Southern state that traditionally has favored their socially conservative message, U.S. media projected.
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John McCain won his home state's GOP primary Tuesday, beating Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee by overcoming anger from conservatives who oppose his stance on illegal immigration. Hillary Rodham Clinton won on the Democratic side.
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The Christian Science Monitor - John McCain's victory in the Florida primary sends the Arizona senator into Super Tuesday with a burst of momentum, but the race for the Republican presidential nomination remains highly competitive.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican Mitt Romney climbed into a tie with John McCain three days before a critical presidential primary in Florida, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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Senator John McCain is hoping to translate his ascendancy in recent polls in New Hampshire into some momentum in a state where he has struggled.
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John McCain is welcoming his Wisconsin win as a sure sign he'll be the Republican presidential nominee. The Arizona senator told a victory rally in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday night that he's a superstitious man but can "claim with confidence and humility" that he'll be taking his party into the presidential election.
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NORFOLK, Virginia  - Sen. John McCain, his victory as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
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Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain (R) began the Election 2008 season as the presumed frontrunner for the GOP nomination. Now, he is struggling to stay ahead of Mitt Romney for third place in the hearts and minds of Republican Primary voters. The trends aren&#39;t encouraging for the war hero who challenged then-Governor Bush for the nomination eight years ago.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday that despite his second-place finish in Michigan's GOP primary he intends to win this state's first-in-the-South contest.
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the early Republican front-runner whose campaign imploded last summer, handily won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, dealing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney his second loss in the GOP nomination contest.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in South Carolina
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Sen. John McCain won the Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, defeating rival Mitt Romney in a close contest that gave momentum to his effort to become the party's U.S. presidential candidate, U.S. media projected.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - The U.S. presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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Republican  presidential candidate John McCain predicted on Sunday he would  do well in the Florida primary election this month after  winning South Carolina and took a swipe at rival Rudy Giuliani.
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A confident John McCain was hoping for a decisive victory in the Republican presidential primaries despite sharp attacks from the party's right flank in the lead up to Super Tuesday.
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Republican John McCain raised nearly $12 million in January. Propelled by victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina, he solidified his place as the leading candidate for the GOP presidential nomination.