Bush, Kerry campaigns swamp Ohio in search of decisive votes
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Nic Cochran is 16 years old, but he has already learned one of the basic truths of politics. Beyond the countless stump speeches and spin, elections are won or lost on Election Day.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry  battled on Wednesday over missing explosives in Iraq as they  hunted for votes in key swing states during the final days of a  tight White House race.
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For 12 hours or so Wednesday, the outcome of the presidential election appeared to depend on thousands of uncounted provisional ballots scattered around Ohio - and the state seemed poised to endure its own version of the Florida election crisis.
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At crunch time in U.S. presidential elections, the perennial swing state of Ohio gets plenty of attention, blitzed by the candidates and their volunteers. But this time, Ohioans are also being courted from some unusual, far-flung places.
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The deciding votes in this critical battleground state could be cast long before President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make their final pleas to voters.
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The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on  Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture  of the U.S. presidential race.
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John Kerry faces obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president.
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The final week of the campaign begins with both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry trying to reach undecided voters and motivate their respective party bases.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, trying to recover from a brass-knuckles campaign against his character, is attempting to steer the election to a referendum on President Bush's leadership.
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US President George Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry spent Sunday in the key battleground states of Ohio and Florida. Bush continued his attack on Kerry, painting his rival as untrustworthy and inconsistent
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Nearly a month after John Kerry conceded Ohio to President Bush, complaints and challenges about the balloting are mounting as activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson demand closer scrutiny to ensure the votes are being counted on the up-and-up.
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The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democrat John Kerry both claimed momentum on Friday amid a mix of polls offering a less-than-clear picture of the U.S. presidential race.
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For weeks Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has generated controversy while deciding how voters in this crucial swing state can go about choosing a president. Now the Republican is being called on to usher the presidential election to a conclusion.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry refused to surrender to George W. Bush in the decisive state of Ohio, throwing the presidential election into gridlock.
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Ohio&#39;s devoutly Republican secretary of state has finally certified the vote in favor of President Bush, but activists are seeking a statewide recount and demanding he explain voting irregularities to Congress.
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As President Bush and Sen. John Kerry hurtle into the final two days of the presidential race, the campaign has in some ways
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will switch to macho politics when he makes an atypical hunting trip to rural Ohio in a bid to woo traditionalist male voters, while President George W. Bush courts Catholics in Pennsylvania less than two week before election day.