Michigan moves primary up to Jan. 15
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday signed a bill moving Michigan's presidential primaries to Jan. 15, even though all the Democratic candidates have said they won't campaign in the state because the move breaks national party rules.
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Mitt Romney and John McCain argued about their concern for the auto industry, while Mike Huckabee spotlighted his opposition to abortion, as the Republican presidential contenders campaigned Saturday before Michigan's potentially make-or-break primary.
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With California leading the stampede, states are rushing to get more clout in the 2008 White House race by moving their primaries to early February -- a shift that could aid front-runners with big names and big bank accounts.
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Some of the top contests among Tuesday's primary elections:
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Michigan Republicans are hoping to stage a presidential debate at the Detroit auto show two days before the Michigan primary featuring the top three GOP finishers from the New Hampshire primary and Iowa caucuses.
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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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Mitt Romney scored a sorely needed victory in Michigan's GOP primary, benefiting from his ties to the state and scoring well on the voters' top issue: economic troubles. The Republican race now shifts -- for most of the candidates -- to Saturday's primary in South Carolina, a state legendary for dirty campaigning.
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The Florida Democratic Party says it will move ahead with its plan to hold its presidential primary on Jan. 29 against the wishes of the national party.
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With unified primary date of Feb. 12, region could play major role in choosing presidential nominees.
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The total vote count in Michigan's Republican presidential primary Tuesday shows that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defeated Arizona Sen. John McCain rather comfortably, by 39 percent to 30 percent. But if the race between the two had been decided based on who carried more counties rather than who won the most votes, it would have had a barn-burner.
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Michigan is to hold a primary vote tipped to make or break contenders for the Republican US presidential nomination.
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Republican White House hopefuls John McCain and Mitt Romney are in a very close race in Michigan, three days before state voters decide their pick for the party's presidential nomination, according to two new polls released on Saturday.
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Next stop: New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Jan. 8.
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Michigan is preparing to vote in its US presidential primary, with Romney and McCain the leading Republican rivals.
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GOP presidential front-runners, locked in a tight race, pledged to help turn around Michigan's struggling economy in a last-minute effort to win over voters on the eve of the state's primary.
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In a race against herself in Michigan's renegade primary, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton attracted 55 percent of the vote and strong support from whites, Democrats and women. Blacks and independents were among the 40 percent who said they wanted an alternative.
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The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to move the state's presidential nomination contests to Jan. 15, further roiling an already turbulent nomination schedule that has raised the possibility of voting before New Year's.