Senator Bayh Drops Out of 2008 Presidential Field
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Senator Evan Bayh, Democrat of Indiana, said he had concluded his hopes of winning were too remote.
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Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan BayhÃ¢ÂÂs statement Sunday that he is forming an exploratory committee for a possible 2008 presidential bid represented more of an affirmation than an announcement.
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Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party's side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008.
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Democratic jockeying for the White House in 2008 intensified on Sunday with Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh taking the first official step toward a run and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gauging support among fellow New York lawmakers.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday he is not ruling out a run for the 2008 presidential nomination, but that he is not a candidate now. A decision to run, if one should come, would not be made for at least two years, said McCain, speaking only a few weeks after the 2004 campaign ended with President Bush winning a second term.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is endorsed by Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana. Barack Obama gains the support of a former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, who is a fixture on the Iowa political scene.
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is dropping out of the race to become Democratic candidate for U.S. president, cable news channels MSNBC and Fox News reported on Wednesday.
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An attorney who was seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate withdrew Friday and threw her support to former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen as the best chance to defeat incumbent Republican Sen. John Sununu.
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U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, under scrutiny in an influence peddling scandal involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, announced Monday that he was abandoning his re-election campaign.
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Republican Sen. Sam Brownback abandoned his 2008 presidential bid Friday, his White House aspirations dashed by a lack of support and money.
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Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who is more conservative than many of the other Democratic White House hopefuls, said on Sunday he will form a presidential exploratory committee within a few days.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2008, the most high-profile campaign dropout among Republicans more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.
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Imprisoned uprising leader Palestinian Marwan Barghouti pulled out of the race for presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Description: Jailed Palestinian Marwan Barghouti opts not to run in next January&#39;s presidential election, throwing his support behind former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who has been nominated by the ruling Fateh movement.
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Republican John McCain's top two aides quit his struggling presidential bid on Tuesday, dealing a sharp blow to the Arizona senator and casting the future of his 2008 campaign in doubt.
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Sen. Evan Bayh on Saturday ended his White House bid while 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards finalized plans to get in, fast-paced jockeying in a Democratic race under the shadow of two unannounced candidates.
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When Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh announced Saturday that he would not run for president in 2008, he reiterated a Biblical metaphor he had often used for what had turned into a longshot candidacy: He called himself a Ã¢ÂÂDavidÃ¢ÂÂ in a Democratic presidential field that includes Ã¢ÂÂGoliaths.Ã¢ÂÂ