McCain celebrates Southern win
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Republican John McCain called his victory in South Carolina's presidential primary on Saturday evidence that his campaign "can carry right through" Florida into the giant round of caucuses and primaries on Feb. 5. "I know it's not easy," he told The Associated Press, "and we've got a long way to go."
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee were locked in a close battle in South Carolina's U.S. presidential contest on Saturday after Democrat Hillary Clinton gained momentum with a victory in Nevada.
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Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana Saturday.
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John McCain's hold on the Republican nomination  tightens with former rival's backing
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After losing last night, Mike Huckabee and Senator John McCain each need a victory in the state to keep their momentum from flagging.
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Republican John McCain proved Tuesday night he is not just the darling of independents. In a presidential primary closed to all but registered Republicans in Florida, the Arizona senator rolled past Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor.
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The US election race shifts focus to two southern states, after important wins for Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
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Republican Sen. John McCain won a big victory in the Republican delegate race over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Super Tuesday, extending his lead by capturing nearly all the delegates in California.
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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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Invigorated by a win in Florida, Republican front-runner John McCain will woo conservatives and independents with an upbeat message lauding Reagan-era economic values and a pledge to defeat Islamic extremism, strategists say.
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John McCain staved off a spirited challenge by Mike Huckabee, exorcising the ghosts of the attack-filled primary in the same state that derailed his campaign eight years ago.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.
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Once a loser here, Republican Sen. John McCain desperately wants to avoid the same fate in this Southern state's primary &#151; a shellacking that marked the beginning of the end of his first presidential campaign.
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, gaining strength in an unpredictable White House race where no candidate has been able to sustain momentum.
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Senator John McCain had the state of New Hampshire to himself on Saturday.
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FLORENCE, South Carolina  - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee touted their economic credentials in South Carolina on Friday on the eve of the South's first vote for U.S. presidential nominees, as rival Mitt Romney pressed his advantage out West in Nevada.
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Republican John McCain  and Democrat Hillary Clinton won heated presidential nominating  battles in South Carolina and Nevada on Saturday, picking up  strength in an unpredictable White House race where no  candidate has been able to sustain momentum.