Republican McCain edges into Florida lead: poll
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Republican John McCain opened a narrow lead on rival Mitt Romney ahead of a critical Florida primary after picking up the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A new poll shows President George W. Bush continues to hold aa slight lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in Florida following the first presidential debate.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain has surged  in New Hampshire in the past month and is now tied with former  Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the state race for the  Republican presidential nomination, a poll showed on Thursday.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain dominated the Super Tuesday race for delegates, scoring victories in California, New York, New Jersey and Missouri and taking a commanding lead for the Republican presidential nomination.
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John McCain has vaulted from long shot to the front-runner to win the Republican nomination for U.S. president. The reason? Voter confidence he can beat the eventual Democratic candidate in November's election, according to interviews with some of his supporters.
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Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain (R) leads Massachusetts Senator John Kerry (D) 53% to 36% in a hypothetical Election 2008 match-up. McCain is the preferred candidate across all gender and age demographics in this contest and he even pulls nearly one-quarter (24%) of Democrats&#39; votes away from Kerry.
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Riding the momentum of an overwhelming primary victory, Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist has grabbed an early, commanding lead over Democrat nominee Jim Davis in their quest to be governor, a new poll shows.
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Rasmussen Reports - Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist has opened up a wide lead over Democratic Congressman Jim Davis.&nbsp; The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Crist ahead 54% to 38%. &nbsp; Crist led Davis 45% to 40% earlier this month.
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Republican candidate John McCain emerges as the party's clear frontrunner after winning the key state of Florida, while a despondent Rudy Giuliani trailed in third place
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Bloomberg - Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain has opened a lead over rival Mitt Romney in the campaign for Michigan's Jan. 15 primary election, according to a poll released today.
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John McCain scored a hard-fought win in Florida's presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing the front-runner's role in a heated Republican race and possibly ending one-time favorite Rudy Giuliani's White House bid.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain pulled out a win Saturday in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, edging former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee by 3 percentage points in nearly complete returns and easily outrunning the rest of the GOP field.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican Mitt Romney climbed into a tie with John McCain three days before a critical presidential primary in Florida, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
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Sen. John McCain savored his victory Saturday in the state that derailed his 2000 presidential bid. "We are on our way tonight," he declared as he set his sights on Florida, the next crucial contest. "I feel very good about our chances."
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The former New York mayor has pulled far ahead of McCain in the Republican race, while Hillary Clinton's lead over Obama has narrowed, according to a new voter survey
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On the eve of Tuesday's primary in Florida, the one-time national GOP front-runner is still running strong among Cuban-Americans, who represent 10 to 12 percent of the state's GOP electorate.
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Bloomberg - Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken the lead over Senator Hillary Clinton among Florida voters in a head-to-head match-up of the 2008 presidential candidates, a Quinnipiac University poll found.