Civil-rights veteran wins Mass. governor primary
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Deval Patrick, a former top U.S.  civil-rights enforcer, will try to become Massachusetts' first  black governor and break a 16-year Republican hold on the  office after winning the liberal state's Democratic primary on  Tuesday.
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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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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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'There are no incumbents' says primary participant as voters turn out in force
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Democrats seeking a tough challenger to heavily favored two-term Republican Rep. Jeb Bradley in New HampshireÃ¢ÂÂs 1st District have ended up with an unexpectedly competitive contest for TuesdayÃ¢ÂÂs primary, with Democratic state Senate Minority Leader Jim Craig fighting off a challenge from community activist Carol Shea-Porter.
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Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary Tuesday night
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In a Republican state that has never refused a governor of either party a second term, Democrat John Lynch is running a surprisingly strong campaign against freshman Republican Gov. Craig Benson. Polls show the race about even.
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MANCHESTER, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the early Republican front-runner whose campaign imploded last summer, handily won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, dealing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney his second loss in the GOP nomination contest.
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Mel Martinez, the former Bush administration housing secretary, decisively won the Republican nomination for Senate Tuesday in a primary that saw a mostly trouble-free test of the touchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in 2000.
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Did you hear the one about the gubernatorial candidate up for a literary prize?
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A conservative former state lawmaker whose campaign targeted illegal immigration and border security won the GOP primary for an open U.S. House seat, despite a lobbying push by the National Republican Congressional Committee to defeat him.
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Massachusetts Democrats believe they have a good chance this November to end one of the nationÃ¢ÂÂs most unusual political anomalies: Though their party holds all 12 of MassachusettsÃ¢ÂÂ seats in Congress and dominates both the stateÃ¢ÂÂs legislature and its presidential voting, Republicans have won the past four races for governor dating to 1990.
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Randy Graf, a conservative activist and former state representative, won a bruising Republican primary in ArizonaÃ¢ÂÂs open 8th Congressional District, despite the opposition of popular retiring Republican Rep. Jim Kolbe and much of the state and national Republican Party establishment.
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Deval Patrick rode a populist wave to become Massachusetts' first Democratic governor in 16 years and the second African American elected governor in U.S. history.
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The president nominated Mike Johanns, a Republican who grew up on a farm and has fought against tax hikes as governor.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Virginia primary Tuesday night and reached out for victories in nearby Maryland and the District of Columbia, determined to erode or even erase Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegate lead in the Democratic presidential race.
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Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in the racially-charged South Carolina primary Saturday night