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WASHINGTON (CP) - President George W. Bush inched closer to a second term on Wednesday as aides to Democratic challenger John Kerry considered conceding the state of Ohio after an election cliffhanger that ultimately showed Americans were wary of dumping
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PRESIDENT George Bush secured a major bounce from his party convention, putting him in a commanding lead in the election race, according to a new poll.
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Variety - NEW YORK -- In one of television's most counterintuitive twists, none of the broadcast news divisions or cable news nets proclaimed George W. Bush the victor until sometime after 11 a.m. Wednesday. That's when Democratic challenger John Kerry ended a tense standoff and conceded the fraught race in a phone call to Bush.
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The gloves stayed off yesterday as both presidential campaigns claimed victory in Friday&#39;s bruising debate. President Bush&#39;s campaign said he reversed most of the self-inflicted
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President George W. Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry were neck and neck in six major battleground states, a weekend CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found.
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Sen. John Kerry and President Bush alighted in New Mexico yesterday, taking their campaigns to a state with five precious electoral votes and an electorate
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Although the election is not until November, President Bush and his Republican party have bested John Kerry and the Democrats as far as U.S. television ratings are concerned, research showed on Friday
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President George W. Bush led John Kerry by 5 percentage points among likely voters in a Washington Post daily tracking poll. A Reuters/Zogby International poll taken during the same period showed the candidates about even.
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President Bush defeated John Kerry in Florida on Tuesday, staking a claim to the nation's top battleground state four years after it was the epicenter of a turbulent postelection drama.
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President George W. Bush beat Senator John Kerry in the US state of Ohio in a November 2 vote, according to official results.
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WINNER-TAKE-ALL: The popular vote for president is interesting, but the real electing ballots are cast by the members of the Electoral College.
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President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry by 8 percentage points among likely voters, the latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. That is a smaller advantage than the president held in mid-September but shows him maintaining a durable edge in a race that was essentially tied for months.
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President Bush will begin his second term with an advantage he did not bring to his first: a mandate. Unlike in 2000, Bush won a popular-vote victory - a convincing one, unencumbered by judicial involvement.
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ONALASKA, United States  - George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry traded blows over Iraq and taxes as they headed into the final week of their tight presidential race scrambling for late votes to swing the outcome.
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Three days after Election Day 2004, the last remaining state has been called in favor of President Bush. The Associated Press on Friday reported that Bush won in Iowa, defeating challenger John Kerry
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President Bush has gained ground over Democratic nominee John Kerry in Florida, a key battleground state, extending his lead to nine points in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of likely voters released on Wednesday.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry stayed on the offensive in swing states Sunday as the presidential race entered its final full week. In a television interview, Bush said it is "up in the air" whether the nation can ever be fully safe from another terror attack and suggested terrorists may still be contemplating ways to disrupt the election.