Battleground State of Michigan a Key
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Michigan, the ancestral home of so-called "Reagan Democrats," is back to its old ways. The Great Lake State is filled with blue-collar workers stung by the ailing economy but wary of Democratic stands on social issues such as abortion, gay rights and gun control.
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Mitt Romney scored his first win in the 2008 presidential race Tuesday with a victory in the Republican primary in his home state of Michigan. Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed the top spot in a largely uncontested Democratic race. The national Democratic party stripped Michigan of its delegates as punishment for the state's decision to move up its primary.
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Republican presidential hopeful prepares to learn his fate in the make-or-break Michigan primary
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Mitt Romney campaigned frantically across the state of Michigan yesterday, presenting himself as the local boy made good in an attempt to avoid defeat at the hands of his main rival, John McCain - and with it, probable electoral oblivion.
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SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Mitt Romney scored a breakthrough win over rival John McCain in Michigan on Tuesday, reviving his struggling campaign and scrambling a chaotic Republican presidential race with no clear front-runner.
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There's not much consensus over the significance of Republican Mitt Romney's victory in Michigan's primary on Tuesday. The only thing that's clear is that the race on the GOP side is still a muddle.
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The battleground now shifts to states where each of the leaders believes he holds advantages.
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Republicans have won a string of legal victories over recent days in cases involving important election disputes in battleground states such as Ohio, Florida and Michigan.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans in Michigan.
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The US presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these so-called battleground states.
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Despite embracing Michigan as the heart of his bid to revive his campaign, Republican Mitt Romney was greeted by anemic crowds Friday as he began his final push for votes in the crucial primary.
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YPSILANTI, Michigan  - Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain clashed on Saturday over how to revive the depressed economy of Michigan, the former manufacturing powerhouse that hosts the next contest in the presidential race that still has no clear front-runner.
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Despite embracing Michigan as the heart of his bid to revive his campaign, Republican Mitt Romney was greeted by an anemic crowd Friday as he began his final push for votes in the crucial primary.
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White House contenders fanned out Thursday as the gripping presidential race headed into a series of battleground states, from gritty Michigan to lush South Carolina and the deserts of Nevada.
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The 2004 presidential campaign nears the finish line with Florida, New Hampshire and six battleground states in the Upper Midwest and the Great Lakes up for grabs, according
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GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan  - Republicans in Michigan voted in the presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.
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Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who scored his first major win in Michigan, told The Associated Press: "It's a victory of optimism over Washington-style pessimism. The people of Michigan said they believe in someone who is going to fight for them."