Kerry forgoes Ohio challenge, concedes race
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President Bush celebrated his re-election Wednesday by outlining an ambitious second-term agenda and telling Sen. John Kerry&#39;s backers: &quot;I will need your support, and I will work to earn it.
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Senator John Kerry called President George W. Bush to concede the US presidential election, a Kerry campaign source told AFP.
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The winner of the presidential race in Ohio was in dispute early on Wednesday, keeping the country again on edge four years after a recount battle in Florida delayed the outcome for five weeks.
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DAYTON, Ohio - Sen. John Kerry and President Bush began a final, two-day blitz through the most competitive battlegrounds Sunday, shuttling in opposite directions across Ohio and Florida.
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A recount shows George W. Bush&#39;s win in Ohio - the state that delivered the president his narrow victory - was a bit closer than originally thought.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry speaks at a rally Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash). SAGINAW, Mich.
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John Kerry&#39;s bid for the White House ended in disappointment today as the Massachusetts senator called President Bush at the White House to concede the presidency
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Wins deal another blow to Clinton, whose imperiled presidential candidacy now hangs on the outcome of showdowns in Ohio and Texas.
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Two major challenges are expected to unfold Monday when Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell certifies the state's final presidential election results, declaring President Bush the winner by about 119,000 votes.
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Sen. John Kerry campaigned Sunday for votes in this Democratic stronghold of Ohio, where he is still struggling to break ahead despite massive job losses under President Bush.
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Despite uncounted provisional and overseas absentee ballots that modestly exceeded the margin of John Kerry&#39;s Tuesday defeat here, he bowed to the inevitability of mathematics by conceding, political experts here said Wednesday.
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(Xenia, Ohio-AP) Oct. 16, 2004 - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry promises Ohio voters that he will work his hardest to generate new jobs to replace those that have been lost overseas.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - The US election became a tense showdown with no final result when Democrat John Kerry refused early Wednesday to concede defeat despite all indications that President George W. Bush won over Americans ultimately wary of abandoning their
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President Bush pulled within striking distance of a second term early this morning, although Sen. John Kerry&#39;s campaign vowed to stage a come-from-behind victory in the pivotal state of Ohio.
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TOLEDO, Ohio  - Democratic challenger John Kerry  turned President Bush's own words into a weapon on Thursday and  said it was the Republican incumbent who had jumped to  conclusions in Iraq, disqualifying him from being commander in  chief.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - The US election was down to the wire early Wednesday in a tight race that saw the state of Ohio become as big a question mark as Florida in 2000, with President George W. Bush winning the popular vote from an electorate ultimately wary
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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.