Candidates rush to remote Nevada gold town
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ELKO, Nevada  - The remote mining town of Elko became the unlikely center of the battle to lead the United States on Friday as several candidates came to town on the eve of Nevada's presidential nomination contests.
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The presidential campaign trail is looking a bit like Hollywood Boulevard. Or a rock 'n' roll stage.
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Nevada is about to get its first true taste of what it's like to be an early presidential testing ground, as Democratic hopefuls descend on the state capital for the kickoff candidate forum of the 2008 campaign.
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Republican and Democratic candidates are ramping up TV ads, racking up endorsements and heading West to stump for votes ahead of next week's Super Tuesday contests.
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A key back-room battle in the contest  to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate is raging far  from the gaze of TV cameras in places like the workers'  cafeteria of the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
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HOBBS, NM -- President George W. Bush and John Kerry are campaigning in the West ahead of their third and final debate on Wednesday.
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'There are no incumbents' says primary participant as voters turn out in force
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Searchers looked in the mountains of western Nevada for Steve Fossett, known for his quests to set world records.
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SALT LAKE CITY &#151; The race for governor of Utah is a contest between two men from families that might be the closest thing to royalty in this state.
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So many states, so little time. There are only so many hours in the day and so many miles in even the fastest airplane, so presidential candidates are scrambling to find ways to boost their profile in the many states they'll have to skip or brush lightly before next Tuesday's virtual national primary.
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The candidates made their final pitches to voters in a state that has not previously had a starring role in the early stages of the presidential nomination process.
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Vote-by-mail ballots go out this week in the nation's most populous state, forcing presidential campaigns to consider using scarce dollars to lure early California voters while contests unfold in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
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Voters had a glimpse into  Mitt Romney's marathon strategy for winning the Republican  nomination and the White House when he leapt up onto the back  of a flatbed truck shortly before he won in Nevada.
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The upstart miner has won a huge round as part of its hostile takeover bid for Gold Fields. It&#39;s not money in the bank yet, though.
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Voters in Nevada and  South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S.  presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both  states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
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In Nevada, a state of mostly  desert, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is quickly  nurturing a grass-roots campaign, with a rally on Thursday  showing such efforts are generating enthusiasm.
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Republican Mitt Romney, who surprised his presidential rivals last month with his one-day, $6.5 million haul, chased more cash Thursday as candidates faced the reality that dollars distinguish the legitimate hopefuls from the pretenders.