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MA: How Clinton Won It
Hillary Clinton was propelled to victory in Massachusetts by women around the state, blue collar workers in old mill towns and a formidable political organization that delivered voters precinct by precinct. --Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 6, 2008 at 12:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Clinton Wins 46 Delegate Advantage
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) scooped up a 44-delegate advantage in her home turf of New York state based on Tuesday's voting, winning 138 delegates to 94 delegates for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), according to a preliminary estimate by the New York State Democratic Party. --Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Giuliani Gave McCain the State
For his convincing win in the New Jersey GOP primary, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) owes at least a nod to his ex-rival, Rudy Giuliani. --Joby Warrick
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 11:31 PM ET | Comments (2)
Clinton Praises Supporters; Ca. Still Undecided
NEW YORK -- Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, Sen. John Kerry and Gov. Deval Patrick all went for Barack Obama after long courtships in which they were wooed by both Clintons. But the Massachusetts voters chose Hillary Clinton. --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 11:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Romney Camp Gears Up for Long Haul
Despite victories so far in only two states where he had a clear advantage -- Massachusetts and Utah -- the Mitt Romney campaign remains optimistic. --Glenn Kessler
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: McCain Swamps Romney
Exit polls showed McCain won New York by outpacing Romney by a wide margin among Republicans, even while lagging behind Romney among "very conservative" GOP voters by 20 percentage points. --Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 09:51 PM ET | Comments (0)
At Romney's Party, Waiting for More Victory
Mitt Romney's "victory party," being held at the Boston convention center, is still awaiting its second win.--Glenn Kessler
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 09:49 PM ET | Comments (0)
DE: McCain, Obama Win
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain won solid victories on a day of unusually heavy voter turnout in the First State. --Rick Weiss
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 09:44 PM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Clinton Wins in Garden State
The Washington Post is projecting that Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) has won the New Jersey Democratic primary.--Joby Warrick
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 09:43 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Clinton's Homework Pays Off
Clinton maintained her strong pre-election day lead over Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) across most demographic lines in the state that twice elected her to the U.S. Senate. Exit polls showed Clinton held onto a greater share of African American voters in N.Y. than elsewhere, while also carrying men and triggering a high turnout among women. --Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 09:11 PM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Garden State Goes for McCain
Exit polls showed McCain drawing strong support among moderates and independents. He even ran well among evangelical voters, with only conservative voters reported to be backing Romney. --Joby Warrick
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 08:17 PM ET | Comments (0)
DE: Turnout No Longer 'Abysmal'
Voter turnout appeared good -- "not overwhelming," but also "not abysmal," as it was four years ago, a state elections official said. --Rick Weiss
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 06:50 PM ET | Comments (0)
MA: University Polls Give Edge to Clinton
An NBC-Suffolk University poll of three Boston suburbs that have historically proved good predictors of election day outcomes, gives Hillary Rodham Clinton the win. --Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 05:52 PM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Rusty at This Primary Business
Poll officials say they're having to turn away an unusually large number of would-be voters who had either failed to register with a political party or wanted to vote for a candidate from a different party. --Joby Warrick
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 05:19 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Heavy Turnout, Few Problems
Voting in New York was reportedly heavy statewide, with isolated accounts of machine malfunctions in Brooklyn, a major battleground between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. --Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 04:06 PM ET | Comments (0)
WV: Huckabee Wins
Mike Huckabee won the race for West Virginia's 18 at-large delegates today in that state's first "GOP Presidential Convention," a caucus-like affair in Charleston that assigns the bigger half of the state's 30 delegates. --Rick Weiss
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 03:05 PM ET | Comments (0)
CT: 'Astounding' Showing for Primary Vote
George Cody, registrar of voters in New Canaan and president of the state's association of registrars, has been running polling places for 20 years and says he's never seen anything like this primary.--Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 02:51 PM ET | Comments (0)
WV: Romney Top Vote-Getter in First Round
The first round of Republican delegate voting is complete in West Virginia. But with no candidate winning a majority, the process is set to go into a second round with the first round's top three vote-getters: Romney, Huckabee, and McCain. Ron Paul is toast.--Rick Weiss
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 01:28 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: A Baby for the D'Amatos
Former New York Sen. and his wife announce the birth of a son. --Spencer S. Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:56 PM ET | Comments (0)
CT: Steady Turnout
Turnout in Connecticut has been steady through the morning and could set a primary record, elections officials said. --Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:51 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Brooklyn Neigborhood Loves Obama
Turnout is high at one polling station in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Voters came in the light rain of a foggy day, and came out smiling. Almost all said they voted for Sen. Barack Obama in informal exit polls over several hours here. --Robin Shulman
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:28 PM ET | Comments (0)
Romney Seeks W.V. Momentum
CHARLESTON, W.V. -- Hoping for some early momentum on Super Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney this morning sought support from a GOP convention that will award 18 delegates to the national convention. The roll call of 1,200 delegates will take place before noon, meaning the results will be reported before polls close in primary states.--Glenn Kessler
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:20 PM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Gov. Corzine Waits to Vote
Gov. Jon Corzine's is delayed in casting his vote when two voting machines malfunction. --Joby Warrick
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 12:06 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Clinton, McCain Start Early
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) voted near her home in Chappaqua, N.Y. and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) rallied at Rockefeller Center with former mayor Rudy Giuliani. --Spencer S. Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 11:20 AM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Lowey Recovering from 'Coronary Incident'
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) is feeling better and hopes to leave the hospital tomorrow after suffering a minor coronary incident during a campaign rally Saturday. --Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 10:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Clinton On Message, and On Television
NEW YORK -- Appearing on the "Late Show with David Letterman," Sen. Hillary Clinton, asked by Letterman about what role her husband would play her administration, said, "in my White House, we will know who wears the pantsuits." --Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 10:59 PM ET | Comments (0)
WV: GOP Contest Could Be Earliest to Report
Only Republicans are casting votes in West Virginia on Tuesday (the Democrats will do so in May), but residents need not bother going out to the polls. The big event in this 30-delegate state is neither a primary nor a caucus but rather a "GOP Presidential Convention," which is not open to the public. Some 18 At-large Republican national delegates are at stake on Tuesday, with an additional 12 to be selected later.--Rick Weiss
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 08:29 PM ET | Comments (0)
NY: Clinton's Home-Field Advantage
Even without a well-known native son, New York is poised to honor hometown favorites on Tuesday, throwing a tickertape parade in Manhattan for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants and awarding home-state Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) the bulk of 281 Democratic delegates in her race with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).--Spencer Hsu
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 08:01 PM ET | Comments (0)
CT: Small Prize, But Big-Name Visits
Just 60 Democratic delegates are at stake in Connecticut -- a sliver of the 2,025 needed to secure the nomination. But Obama and Clinton are neck and neck and battling hard there, giving it the kind of attention normally reserved for states with bigger jackpots.--Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 07:43 PM ET | Comments (0)
NJ: Obama in Striking Distance of Garden State
The crowds were smaller than he's accustomed to, but Barack Obama had to like his showing among New Jersey Democrats today. Obama's visit to the Garden State coincided with the release of two statewide polls putting Obama for the first time within striking distance of Hillary Clinton.--Joby Warrick
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 07:34 PM ET | Comments (0)
MA: Obama on the Move in Bay State
Obama is quickly eating away at large leads enjoyed by Clinton in heavily Democratic Massachusetts. --Lyndsey Layton
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 07:21 PM ET | Comments (7)
In Patriot Country, Clinton Hopes For a Win
In a speech at Clark University here, Sen. Hillary Clinton appealed for a détente, but not with her rival, Barack Obama.--Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 05:32 PM ET | Comments (5)
McCain Stumps in Beantown
BOSTON, Mass. -- Staking his claim in former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's backyard, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) sounded like a general-election candidate than someone fighting for his party's nomination as he addressed supporters in the city's historic Faneuil Hall this morning. --Juliet Eilperin
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 01:00 PM ET | Comments (2)
Empty Seats Greet Obama at the Meadowlands
Obama has been rising in the polls in New Jersey, which had been considered solid territory for the senator from neighboring New York, Hillary Clinton. Could the poor turnout be a sign of how much ground he still has to make up here? Or is just a sign of how much people dislike coming to the Meadowlands, the unsightly sports complex marooned among interstates and swampland? --Alec MacGillis
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 12:25 PM ET | Comments (29)
Obama Ups Contrast at Wilmington Rally of 20,000
Barack Obama expanded on his customary stump speech by including a new section arguing that he would make a stronger opponent against Sen. John McCain in the general election because he had opposed the war in Iraq from the start and would thus be less conflicted than Clinton in debating that issue with McCain. --Alec MacGillis
Posted on February 3, 2008 at 05:58 PM ET | Comments (63)
In Boston, It's McCain or the Game
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) might be smart enough to know he should avoid competing with the Super Bowl, but he decided to cut it close this afternoon. --Juliet Eilperin
Posted on February 3, 2008 at 05:25 PM ET | Comments (1)
Romney Woos Illinois Conservatives
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. -- DuPage County is about as solidly Republican a county as can be found in the United States. The Chicago suburb has produced reliable conservatives like Rep. Henry Hyde and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and is now the kind of place where Mitt Romney is making his last stand. --Glenn Kessler
Posted on February 3, 2008 at 04:58 PM ET | Comments (7)
Biden to Stay Neutral
Despite aggressive courting by Obama and both Clintons, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden has informed both Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton that he's staying neutral. --Shailagh Murray
Posted on February 3, 2008 at 10:57 AM ET | Comments (24)
Obama's Grassroots New York Campaign
New York may be Sen. Hillary Clinton's home turf, but the Obama campaign is targeting four heavily African American congressional districts in New York City, says State Senator Bill Perkins of Harlem, an Obama supporter, as well as ethnically mixed and majority-white areas throughout the state. --Robin Shulman
Posted on February 2, 2008 at 11:11 AM ET | Comments (25)
Harlem Divided Over Presidential Race
Harlem -- a legendary black neighborhood in the Clintons' home turf -- is contested country. --Robin Shulman
Posted on February 1, 2008 at 06:49 PM ET | Comments (8)
