Huckabee wins round one but bruising fight ahead
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an affable Baptist preacher, won over Iowans with his religiosity and charm, outfoxing rival Mitt Romney who heavily out-spent him.
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Mike Huckabee, a Baptist preacher turned politician, grabbed a slight lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses, first test in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards vied for the Democratic victory.
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Both John McCain and Mike Huckabee have vowed not to go negative in the battle for the state's primary, but it looks like they will have a hard time keeping that promise
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Polls indicate the contest is neck-and-neck between Mitt Romney and Senator John McCain, with Mike Huckabee further back.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Huckabee swept to victory in the Kansas Republican presidential caucuses, beating his party's presumptive nominee John McCain by a margin of almost 3-1.
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John McCain and Mike Huckabee in tight battle for first place in South Carolina's Republican primary
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee slipped past ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on the second ballot at the West Virginia Republican presidential nominating convention, taking a narrow majority to overcome Romney's first-round plurality and claiming the state's 18 at-large national convention delegates in the winner-take-all contest.
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Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, surging in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination, faced criticism by two rivals yesterday.
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Louisiana Republican primary on Saturday, notching up another Southern victory in his bid to become the party's presidential candidate in the November general election, CNN projected early Sunday.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa  - With two days left in a tight Iowa race, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee defended on Tuesday his unorthodox and heavily criticized handling of an attack ad against rival Mitt Romney.
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Monday challenged the results of his party's weekend caucus in Washington state, where he ran a close second to likely Republican nominee John McCain.
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Under fire, Mike Huckabee countered mounting criticism from GOP presidential rivals Thursday by playing the woe-is-me card Â and then hitting back by suggesting they lack substantial agendas of their own.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Huckabee roiled the Republican presidential contest last night as the former Arkansas governor, who barely registered in polls only a few months ago and had little money, won the party's Iowa caucuses.
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Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee won 18 delegates here Tuesday as backers of rival John McCain threw him their support to prevent Mitt Romney from capturing the winner-take-all GOP state convention vote.
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Mike Huckabee said on Saturday he was not quitting the Republican Party's nomination race to contest the presidential election in November, despite trailing far behind rival John McCain.
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Mike Huckabee is reported the Republican winner in Iowa's caucuses, the start of the 2008 US presidential race.
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John McCain sought to keep his momentum going strong. Mitt Romney looked to keep his candidacy afloat. And Mike Huckabee simply wanted to keep defying expectations.