States poised to flout GOP primary rules
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As many as seven states are expected to flout Republican rules Tuesday and schedule their presidential primaries or caucuses before Feb. 5, establishing an unprecedented early start to the nominating process.
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For Saturday's crucial primary, the GOP candidates are busy reframing the issues and shoring up their conservative credentials
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New Hampshire is known for turning Republican presidential primaries upside down.
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In a pivotal day for the Democratic and Republican White House hopefuls, voters are heading to the polls in 24 states today. Super Tuesday is virtually a national primary day, and some of the biggest prizes of the primary season -- California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri and Georgia -- are up for grabs.
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There are four states holding presidential primaries on March 4, with 370 Democratic and 256 Republican delegates up for grabs.
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Leading presidential contenders tried to nail down support from New Hampshire voters Â and mapped out contingencies for the contests that follow Tuesday's primary.
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Republican presidential candidates are to hold a debate in Florida ahead of a key presidential primary on Tuesday.
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Florida, which held up the results of the  2000 presidential election by more than a month, holds a  primary this week that many regard as a test of the state's  readiness to avoid another fiasco in November.
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The crowd on the Republican convention floor couldn't be more aware of how close the race for president is, from reminders at breakfast to speeches that run until nearly midnight. But few feel the pressure more than governors of states where the contest could go either way.
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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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DISPUTE: The national Democratic Party is poised to strip Florida of delegate votes in the 2008 nomination battle because state Democrats want to hold their primary too early.
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Republicans will play defense in this fall's state legislative races to avoid a "tsunami" that could alter the political landscape in statehouses around the country, the head of the GOP's legislative campaign committee said Wednesday.
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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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Michigan comes a step closer to moving its primary election forward, as states jostle to be first in the calendar.
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ORLANDO, Jan. 28 -- The front-runners in the Florida Republican primary exchanged some of their sharpest criticisms of the campaign on Monday, with each seeking a win on Tuesday that would provide a big haul of delegates and a burst of momentum heading into a Feb. 5 mega-primary.
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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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Maryland is a state where politicians get elected and tend to settle in. But Tuesday's party primaries are the first step in a dramatic reordering of the political hierarchy, one that will mean a new U.S. senator for the first time in decades and could result in new faces in every statewide office.