Blow for Kerry as Nader wins Florida battle
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Democratic hopes of winning the White House have suffered a blow after a court ruled that independent candidate Ralph Nader would appear on ballot papers in Florida.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Florida's highest court on  Friday ruled that Reform Party presidential candidate Ralph  Nader must be allowed to compete in the 2004 election in the  state, delivering a possible boost to President Bush's  re-election chances.
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Florida election officials on Monday declared Republican Vern Buchanan as the winner of the race in the stateÃ¢ÂÂs southwestern 13th District. But Democratic nominee Christine Jennings is formally challenging the results, arguing that voting machine errors in one county account for BuchananÃ¢ÂÂs apparent lead.
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Long-shot US presidential candidate Ralph Nader suffered another setback in his quest to get on the November ballot in as many states as possible.
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Voting ended in a tight Florida presidential primary battle between Republicans John McCain and Mitt Romney on Tuesday that could also spell an end to one-time favorite Rudy Giuliani's White House bid.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Florida  - Florida voters cast their ballots on Tuesday in a contest that could anoint a front-runner among Republicans in the White House race and spell trouble for onetime favorite former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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Sen. John Kerry lost his battle to make Missouri a battleground state.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., urged the Florida Supreme Court to allow Ralph Nader on the state ballot after it hears an appeal Friday by the independent presidential candidate.
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US presidential contenders George W Bush and John Kerry are fighting to win over voters in Florida, the US state which narrowly decided the 2000 polls.
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A state court knocked Ralph Nader off Pennsylvania's presidential ballot Wednesday, citing legal problems with his nomination papers that left him thousands of signatures short of the number he needed.
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Democrat John Kerry leads President Bush 47 percent to 41 percent among registered voters in Florida, according to a poll released on Thursday that showed independent Ralph Nader with 4 percent.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Florida's top court on  Wednesday allowed the inclusion of independent presidential  candidate Ralph Nader on absentee ballots, but told the state  not to mail any of the ballots until it had made a final  decision on the validity of Nader's candidacy.
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Judges in New Mexico and Arkansas on Monday denied Ralph Nader access to the Nov. 2. ballot in those states, but the independent presidential hopeful won a spot on the ballot in Maryland.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida: The Florida Supreme Court has ruled Ralph Nader can appear on state ballots as a presidential candidate, increasing the chance the maverick contender will again influence the outcome of the presidential election.
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Struggling US presidential hopeful Ralph Nader was dealt a fresh blow to his White House bid when Oregon's Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ruling and struck him from the ballot.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Florida's highest court on  Friday ruled that independent presidential candidate Ralph  Nader must be allowed to compete in the 2004 election in the  state, delivering a possible boost to President Bush's  re-election chances.
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Florida's highest court on Friday ruled that independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader must be allowed to compete in the 2004 election in the state, delivering a possible boost to President Bush's re-election chances.