Presidential Candidates Hit Midwest
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CANONSBURG, Pa. - The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day promises of job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November's election...
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Republicans have chosen the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul &#151; in the politically pivotal Midwest &#151; for the 2008 presidential convention, GOP officials said Wednesday.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry combed the Midwest for the last few uncommitted voters on Thursday, each carrying severe warnings
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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The US presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these so-called battleground states.
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The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail
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The stops on John Kerry's cross-country campaign trip are hardly Democratic bastions. So much so, that on Wednesday he and President Bush campaigned just a few blocks from each other in this Iowa city.
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The presidential candidates and their running mates fanned out across the Midwest with Labor Day messages promising job creation, appealing for votes in the territory pivotal to winning November's election.    President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were heading to three states between them Monday; Democratic candidate John Kerry and running mate John Edwards were venturing to six...
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - With the presidential race tightening and little time before the first party nomination contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, candidates are trying to woo voters without trampling on their holidays.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry stormed through the critical Midwest yesterday, stressing economic themes in a region hit hard by the recent recession.
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US presidential candidates George W Bush and John Kerry tour states seen as important to win November's poll.
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Chicago Tribune - As the campaign for president becomes increasingly vitriolic, Sen. John Kerry and President Bush visited north-central Iowa on Wednesday, with each portraying the other as incompetent to lead the war against terrorism.
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The race for the White House is well underway in the Heartland
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US presidential candidates George W Bush and John Kerry head to Wisconsin, one week before election day.
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In a seesaw campaign, President Bush has opened a lead over John Kerry in their drive to White House victory by making gains in the Midwest and solidifying his Southern base.
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- As the November election draws closer, the candidates are pulling off the gloves to win the battleground states.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead...