States race to set earlier primaries
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Eager to field stumping presidential candidates, nine states are jockeying for front-of-the-pack dates.
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The Supreme Court said yesterday it will consider the constitutionality of a statewide primary election system in which the top two finishers advance to the general election even if they are from the same party.
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One Republican presidential nomination. Two primaries.
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As many as seven states are expected to flout Republican rules Tuesday and schedule their presidential primaries or caucuses before Feb. 5, establishing an unprecedented early start to the nominating process.
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Call it the political battle along the Potomac: Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold primaries today. Coming off his weekend sweep, Sen. Barack Obama is hoping for a hat trick over Sen. Hillary Clinton. And Mike Huckabee aims to show the GOP race with Sen. John McCain "is not over."
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Mitt Romney and John McCain traded attacks in a state that could produce a Republican front-runner before a virtual national primary next week.
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Sen. Barack Obama carries momentum from a sweep of weekend contests into this week's primaries in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia. Sen. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is coming off a campaign shake-up, while her advisers are seeking to lower expectations for this month's Democratic contests.
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With unified primary date of Feb. 12, region could play major role in choosing presidential nominees.
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Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday set Nov. 6 and Dec. 11 as the dates for special primary and general elections to pick a successor to U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, a Republican who died earlier this month.
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Â· Disastrous week after loss of aides and cash crisis  Â· Republican to focus on three key primary states
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Republican candidates opened a final assault in Florida before the stateâs presidential primary on Jan. 29.
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Campaigns are reconsidering strategies as they gird for the prospect of a 20-state national primary day on Feb. 5.
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Maryland is a state where politicians get elected and tend to settle in. But Tuesday's party primaries are the first step in a dramatic reordering of the political hierarchy, one that will mean a new U.S. senator for the first time in decades and could result in new faces in every statewide office.
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Mitt Romney edged ahead of Republican rival John McCain in early vote counting Tuesday, seeking to revive his weakened presidential candidacy with a hard-fought victory in his native state. No matter the winner, the state's GOP primary promised to further roil a volatile nomination fight that lacks a clear favorite.
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In a pivotal day for the Democratic and Republican White House hopefuls, voters are heading to the polls in 24 states today. Super Tuesday is virtually a national primary day, and some of the biggest prizes of the primary season -- California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri and Georgia -- are up for grabs.
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Four US states are to hold presidential campaign elections, the first polls since Super Tuesday.
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Florida, which held up the results of the  2000 presidential election by more than a month, holds a  primary this week that many regard as a test of the state's  readiness to avoid another fiasco in November.