Alaska, Georgia move up primary contests
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Georgia and Alaska joined the growing list of states pushing up their presidential primary voting to Feb. 5, a date clearly shaping up as a national primary day for Republicans and Democrats.
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Get ready for the primary with the Herald-Tribuneâs special news section profiling all the federal, state and local candidates in races in Tuesdayâs election.
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Highlights from the eight states that held primaries Tuesday:
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Georgia.
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Chart how the main Republican and Democrat contenders are faring in the polls ahead of the first key primary.
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As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama  battle to be the Democratic presidential nominee, the winner  could be determined by primaries held weeks ago in Florida and  Michigan, even though the party decided to ignore their  results.
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THE RACE: The presidential primary in South Carolina for Republicans and Democrats.
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There are just eight weeks until Nov. 7, the Election Day on which the nationÃ¢ÂÂs voters will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate and House and 36 of the 50 state governorships. Yet today, Sept. 12, is one of the busiest days on this yearÃ¢ÂÂs primary calendar, with nine states Ã¢ÂÂ Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin Ã¢ÂÂ holding their primary contests.
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Sometimes your own partyÃ¢ÂÂs support isnÃ¢ÂÂt enough Ã¢ÂÂ a fact of political life being borne out again in the competitive Republican-versus-Republican special election campaign for the vacant House seat in GeorgiaÃ¢ÂÂs 10th Congressional District.
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Voters will head to the polls and caucus sites Saturday in South Carolina and Nevada, contests that could propel two candidates to front-runner status in this year's wide-open presidential races.
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Parties Swap Senate Seats in Ga., Ill. As Isakson, Obama Win; Sen. Bunning Struggles in Ky. WASHINGTON Nov 2, 2004 - Republicans and Democrats swapped seats in Georgia and Illinois Tuesday night as they
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Obama narrowly leads McCain in general election matchup, Clinton and McCain even in AP poll ... McCain challenges idea of trouble with conservatives, picks up nod from Bauer ... Clinton says replacement of campaign manager reflects need for more staff ... McCain turns down public matching funds for primary ... Obama, Clinton to start ads in Ohio ... Huckabee brushes off calls to abandon GOP presidential race
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It has been well-known for some time that the 2008 presidential campaign will be heavily Ã¢ÂÂfront-loaded.Ã¢ÂÂ A compressed schedule of primary and caucus elections, held earlier than ever in the presidential year, will culminate in events in upwards of 20 states next Feb. 5; that is fully nine months before the November general election.
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Alaska Republican Sarah Palin, a former mayor of Wasilla, likely salvaged her partyÃ¢ÂÂs hopes of retaining the governorship when she easily won the Aug. 22 primary Ã¢ÂÂ in which incumbent Frank H. Murkowski, whose trouble-plagued term had left him virtually unelectable in November, finished third.
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Leading presidential contenders took to the hustings and the airwaves today in the key states of tomorrow's Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, a round of contests that offers the biggest one-day haul of delegates en route to the Republican and Democratic nominations.
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With California leading the stampede, states are rushing to get more clout in the 2008 White House race by moving their primaries to early February -- a shift that could aid front-runners with big names and big bank accounts.
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In most states, congressional primaries in 2008 will be held from March to as late as mid-September. So even most incumbents who face the possibility of primary challenges next year must view full-scale campaigning as still a quite distant prospect.