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Campaign News

HeadlineFeb 16, 2004

On the campaign trail, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry won caucuses on Saturday in Nevada and Washington D.C. giving him victories in 14 of the first 16 run-offs. In Washington D.C., Kerry won with 47 percent of the vote, followed by the Rev. Al Sharpton with 20 percent. In Nevada, Kerry received 63 percent of the vote and Howard Dean placed second with 17 percent.

On Tuesday voters in Wisconsin go to the polls. Dean vowed Sunday he will stay in the race even if he loses Wisconsin but the New York Times is reporting that his own national campaign chairman Steven Grossman plans to shift his support to Kerry if Dean loses in the primary.

While the Democratic presidential candidates were in Wisconsin for a debate on Sunday, President Bush appeared in Florida for the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s biggest car race of the year. The Washington Post reports the White House described the visit as non-political which means taxpayers will pay for the trip’s expenses. But analysts say the trip was a clear political attempt to reach out to a demographic known as NASCAR Dads. At the race track, the Republican National Committee set up a large voter registration drive.

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