Obama, Keyes cast early votes in Illinois
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The candidates for the US Senate in Illinois hit the polls early Tuesday morning with their families in tow amid drizzly weather. Republican Alan Keyes, accompanied by
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton scored early victories over Barack Obama on the biggest day of voting in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, with networks projecting wins in states including Massachusetts and New Jersey.
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A victory for Barack Obama in his battle for the US senate in the state of Illinois could spell hope for his ancestral Kenyan farming community, fractured by AIDS, years of poverty and illiteracy, villagers hope.
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Even before being sworn in today as Illinois' new senator, Barack Obama was asked Monday about his place in history. "I haven't done anything yet," said the media favorite, the first black male Democrat elected to the Senate.
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Obama appears the early favorite as Democrats from London to Jakarta help choose their party's candidate for the first time
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While most of the nation's politics watchers are focused on the presidential race, Illinois is rather inconspicuously kicking off the congressional primary season on Tuesday. If Feb. 5, nine months before the Nov. 4 general election, seems incredibly early to hold a congressional primary election -- well, that's because it is.
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Failed presidential candidate Alan Keyes said on Sunday he would wage a campaign against favored Democrat Barack Obama in the race for a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat from Illinois.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10 -- Raising questions about his judgment and risking the ire of the national press corps, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) held fast on his first major campaign decision: to conduct his announcement speech in the frigid outdoors here on Saturday.
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DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 12 -- The opening days of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign have displayed all the promise of his candidacy, with large crowds, pulsating energy and a charismatic leading man. But the Illinois Democrat faces several serious challenges if he hopes to convert potential into...
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Alan Keyes blamed the media and fellow Republicans on Thursday for his lopsided loss to Democrat Barack Obama in the US Senate race in Illinois.
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, perhaps as early as the weekend, two officials said Wednesday.
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Sen. Barack Obama sparked an early frenzy Sunday during his initial visit to the nation's first presidential primary state, but said he still hasn't decided whether to run and questioned whether all the hype was just part of his "15 minutes of fame."
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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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Democrats living overseas became the first to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, casting ballots at the stroke of midnight in Indonesia, where Sen. Barack Obama lived as a child.
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Sen. Barack Obama has declared he wants to be the 2008 Democratic pick for president. He stood outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and said he wanted to follow Abraham Lincoln from the state legislature to the White House. "It's time to turn a page, right here and right now," Obama told a cheering and chanting crowd. "Let's get to work."
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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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Democrats in four states are casting ballots this weekend, and the Illinois senator is likely to increase his delegate lead