Bush, Kerry race to up-for-grabs states
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US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry focused their attention on the crucial Midwestern region as they began criss-crossing key battleground states 18 days before the election.
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White House contenders fanned out Thursday as the gripping presidential race headed into a series of battleground states, from gritty Michigan to lush South Carolina and the deserts of Nevada.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry hit the campaign trail running, courting voters in battleground states after their hard-fought second debate left the race for the White House in a dead heat.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 31  - The race for the White House was wide open late Saturday as it headed down to the wire with President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry scrambling for decisive votes in Florida and the US Midwest.
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In the last hours before the US election Tuesday, President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, are campaigning hard for voters&#39; support in populous states where the race is most closely contested.
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When rival political camps start attacking each other&#39;s credibility, you know an election is looming. That&#39;s where things are now in the presidential race between Republican President George Bush and his challenger, Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
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President Bush and John Kerry are returning Friday to hotly contested states, with Bush unveiling sharp new criticisms of his challenger in Pennsylvania and Kerry traveling to the battleground of Wisconsin.
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TAMPA, United States : Each claiming victory in their first debate, President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry courted voters in key up-for-grabs states 32 days before the election.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry battled on Wednesday over missing explosives in Iraq as they raced across vital swing states in the last days of a deadlocked White House race.
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The presidential candidates are hitting big battleground states again today. President Bush will be on his second bus trip in Florida in four days.
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As President Bush stumped through the 2000 battleground state of Florida, Senator John Kerry sought to expand turnout among the growing Hispanic population in the Southwest.
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George W. Bush and John Kerry threw a flurry of swipes at each other Sunday as they prepared for a frenzied final day of campaigning today through a handful of swing states that could decide the US presidency.
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On the eve of the final faceoff between the two major party candidates, President Bush stumped in Colorado and Arizona Tuesday, while Sen. John Kerry holed up with aides in a New Mexico
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Washington DC, Nov. 1 -- With one day left in the final campaign dash for the White House, US President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John F. Kerry spent Sunday in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida.
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(CBS) Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry went on a waterfowl hunt to try to win votes in Ohio, while President Bush planned to campaign in nearby Pennsylvania, a state he has often visited as much as his beloved ranch.
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President Bush and Senator John Kerry campaigned today in Wisconsin, yet another of those crucial swing states.
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Two weeks before the Nov. 2 election, the White House race between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry has come down to a fight for about 10 states -- with Florida and Ohio topping the battlegrounds.