Competitive Race Lies Beneath Flurry of GOP Activity in Calif. 11
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Usually, the heightened competitiveness of an election contest can be detected by the increased visibility of the challenger candidate. But sometimes, it is an unusually big investment by the incumbent party thatÃ¢ÂÂs the giveaway.
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A concentrated burst of advertising is putting the candidatesâ strategies out in the open and is highlighting the diverging financial fortunes of the two parties.
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New Yorkâs Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the stateâs most competitive since 1992.
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The race for the Republican nomination remains remarkably fluid, with key constituencies having yet to settle on a candidate.
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The Republican candidate hasn't been able to muster much support for his bid within the crowded field.
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By ROBERT TANNER  An embattled Senate incumbent in Rhode Island and an open House seat in Arizona gave Republican primary voters a choice Tuesday between moderates and conservatives, as both parties watched the races with eyes on the larger fight for control of Congress.
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The two candidates are running neck and neck before the Republican primary Tuesday.
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California, the big prize in presidential politics, may be about to give up its eight-year quest for more clout in picking presidential nominees.
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Politics as usual? Hasta la vista, baby. The radical center has flexed its muscle in California, short-circuiting the parties and going directly to the people. Now it could sweep the nation. By Jill Stewart from Wired magazine.
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Six Republican candidates, one strikingly jumbled GOP race and a ton at stake in the heat of the primary season. It's the recipe for Thursday night's debate.
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By Lisa Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 17--The campaigns of GOP Rep. Richard Pombo and Democratic  challenger Jerry McNerney seem to spin in parallel universes.
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Senator John McCain racked up victories in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, but he appears to be locked in a tight battle with Mitt Romney for California.
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Presidential candidates are making an early and furious run at voters in delegate-rich California.
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The chaotic nature of the Republican race was on display over the weekend as Mike Huckabeeâs sudden rise to the top tier rippled across the field.
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If any prediction is safe in this turbulent and closely contested election, it is that Republican candidates and their affiliated national party committees will raise more money than their Democratic counterparts.
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California's battle for jobs gets down and dirty
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Now, the Republican presidential nomination battle shifts from the typical tack of achieving inevitability to one where candidates work to amass the most delegates.