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The vets’ votes
Posted at: Monday, February 23, 2004, 12:04 PM
The war over veterans’ votes is particularly intense this year. The 2000 census indicated the nation has roughly 26.5 million veterans, about a third of whom served during the Vietnam era.
—Staff and wire reports
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By the numbers…
Posted at: Saturday, February 7, 2004, 02:33 AM
Fifteen current members of the U.S. Senate who have run for president. Sens. John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina are still vying for the 2004 Democratic nomination while Sens. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Bob Graham, D-Fla., have dropped out. Others who have run in the past are Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Joe Biden, D-Del., Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Ernest Hollings, D-N.C., Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Richard Lugar, R-Ind., John McCain, R-Ariz., and Arlen Specter, R-Penn.
— Associated Press
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By the numbers…
Posted at: Friday, February 6, 2004, 02:09 PM
Two presidents have been elected in the last 100 years who came directly from Congress: Sens. Warren G. Harding in 1920 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. Currently, John Edwards and Kerry are senators; Dennis Kucinich is in the House.
— Associated Press
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Millionaires on the trail
Posted at: Thursday, February 5, 2004, 01:07 PM
Four Democratic presidential candidates are millionaires: Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards, retired Gen. Wesley Clark and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.
— Associated Press
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