Moderates Defeated In Va. Primary
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Conservative Republican challengers prevailed against moderate incumbents in key legislative primary elections across Virginia yesterday, setting the stage for a bruising fall election in which Democrats will try to take over the GOP-controlled General Assembly by capturing the political middle.
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Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski conceded defeat in his bid for a second term on Tuesday, with the unpopular incumbent trailing in the three-way GOP primary election.
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Barack Obama easily  won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential  primary with the aid of heavy black support on Tuesday, dealing  a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of political  brawling.
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Some moderates, including Senator Chafee of Rhode Island, emerged winners in intraparty contests Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Huckabee won the Georgia Republican presidential primary, according to projections by the Associated Press and Fox News.
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President's final State of Union address is overshadowed by close-fought primary contest
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Arizona Sen. John McCain won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, strengthening his claim to the Republican U.S. presidential nomination by beating rivals in a Southern state that traditionally has favored their socially conservative message, U.S. media projected.
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Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:
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RICHMOND, Feb. 1 -- A fragile Republican-brokered deal on transportation funding collapsed Thursday after a Virginia Senate committee endorsed a competing proposal with dim prospects in the House of Delegates, increasing the chances that the session's key issue could go unaddressed in an election...
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Barack Obama won South Carolina's bitterly contested Democratic presidential primary with the aid of heavy black support on Saturday, dealing a setback to rival Hillary Clinton after a week of harsh political brawling.
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Incumbent governors in Vermont and North Carolina won re-election Tuesday night, while the Democratic candidate in West Virginia kept the governor&#39;s office in the party&#39;s hands.
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John McCain won his home state's GOP primary Tuesday, beating Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee by overcoming anger from conservatives who oppose his stance on illegal immigration. Hillary Rodham Clinton won on the Democratic side.
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So much for the quick victory the early primaries were expected to bring.
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Mitt Romney defeated his principal rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, by winning a clear plurality of Republicans and conservatives.
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Some candidates moderated their stance in light of a consensus proclaiming the election, while not problem-free, a success.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 6--It seems like only yesterday Virginia and the rest of the nation overhauled election technology after Florida's contested 2000 results. Electronic, touch-screen devices were supposed to solve the problems and restore electoral faith.   They failed.
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Call it the political battle along the Potomac: Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold primaries today. Coming off his weekend sweep, Sen. Barack Obama is hoping for a hat trick over Sen. Hillary Clinton. And Mike Huckabee aims to show the GOP race with Sen. John McCain "is not over."