Independents a key to NH
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Independents found New Hampshire's Democratic primary the most attractive place to vote on Tuesday and gave Barack Obama a boost. Women, lower-income voters and senior citizens favored Hillary Rodham Clinton, exit polls showed. Immigration was a defining issue in the Republican contest, as John McCain far outdistanced the field among voters friendlier to illegal immigrants while Mitt Romney scored among voters who want them deported.
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The Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries are history, but both presidential races are still wide open. Despite pre-election polls giving Barack Obama the lead, Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Sen. John McCain won the Republican New Hampshire primary.
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Republican Sen. John McCain grabbed an early lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday night as he sought to climb back into contention for the presidential nomination. Sen. Barack Obama dueled with Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic contest.
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Republican and Democratic presidential candidates set off Sunday to make their final arguments in person to as many New Hampshire voters as they could find.
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A group of citizens in the swing state of New Hampshire, including Democrats, Republicans and one undecided voter, gave a slight edge to Democrat John Kerry in Thursday's first presidential debate.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in New Hampshire.
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New Hampshire Democrats have given the Republicans a potent issue that's ready to burst into the open just before the leadoff presidential primary: gay civil unions.
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At opposite sides of New Hampshire, John McCain faced two corporate audiences in two college towns earlier this month. Only one topic came up in both places when he starting taking questions: illegal immigration.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a 90 percent chance of winning the New Hampshire primary election and is likely to capture his party's nomination, online traders say.
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A look at how independents compare to Republicans and Democrats, according to Associated Press-Ipsos polling conducted this summer.
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As Democrats and Republicans prepare to spar for any advantage in the narrowly divided Senate starting next month, Joseph I. Lieberman, whoÃ¢ÂÂs describing himself these days as an independent Democrat, has made it plain that he does not feel all that indebted or beholden to either major political party.
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Democrats seeking a tough challenger to heavily favored two-term Republican Rep. Jeb Bradley in New HampshireÃ¢ÂÂs 1st District have ended up with an unexpectedly competitive contest for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary, with Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Jim Craig fighting off a challenge from community activist Carol Shea-Porter.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in New Hampshire
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Independent groups didn't usurp the role of the major parties, but they did wield influence at key moments.
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Republican John McCain proved Tuesday night he is not just the darling of independents. In a presidential primary closed to all but registered Republicans in Florida, the Arizona senator rolled past Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor.
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Sen. John Kerry of neighboring Massachusetts is a known quantity in New Hampshire, but it's not known whether that will help or hurt him Nov. 2.
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Few people in American politics are being watched more closely than William M. Gardner, who has the power to decide when to schedule the New Hampshire primary.