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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
NOVEMBER 3, 2004
WEDNESDAY,
A SUSPENDED NATION Bush, Kerry await final count,
presidency hinges
WASHINGTON
looming ident to
as
With Ohio
W
Bush
declare re-election
the
early
in
John Kerry
Kerry
fight
for every
vote,”
mate
running
John
Edwards. After
pulling
er
for
a
second
claim
laying
was
over
‘We will a
and votes
required
Bush
Ohio’s 20
on
Nevada
16 electoral
winning
of the 270 term,
to
Kerry’s objections.
not
base
our
decision
concession,” said Bush advis-
Ceding
nothing,
patched running to
tell
Kerry
mate
John
supporters
Edin
“We’ve waited four years
for this
victory.
We
can
wait
one
The 92-word
that
the
call—setting
to
and
recount
Court
“We will Edwards
ruling
fight
said,
sidered
that
a
put
of
vote
clare
in
a
to
line
a
campaigns
con-
and
political
Ohio,
already
lawsuits
dueling
the
over
ballots.
provisional With
for every vote,”
borrowing
sending
teams
legal
majority
of the
hand, Bush
popular
plans
to
de“We
victory early Wednesday.
are
convinced that President Bush
has
won
re-election,” White House
chief of
staff Andrew
58,
with
took
state
just
Florida
said
first
to
and
switch
this
Kerry
ease.
from
Hampshire
New
has
won
relative
Bush —the
only
Card
before dawn in the East.
Bush, time
it
night.”
Democrat A1
Bush in office.
dis-
Boston:
more
close
36-day
a
Supreme
shordy
Dan Bartlett.
wards
off
and
supporters
too
was
scene
within
Bush
told
Ohio
from Gore. Both
concede.
to
“We will said
prepared victory
race
hours ofWednesday and
Democratic rival Sen. refused
Gore
Florida redux, Pres-
a
George
both
to
Ron Fournier
by
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
on
perhaps
parties —but
four electoral
votes.
statement was an
eerie echo of 2000 when advisers
Campus
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8
President George W. Bush supporters wait for him
watches results roll in THE CHRONICLE
Senior a
Aparna Krishnaswamy
long
election
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was
the
2004 party in
Washington, D.C., Tuesday.
GOP Senate seat
night
be-
Kerry
supporter her
after
night volunteering
restless
Durham
at
where
volunteers
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showed Burr
the chronicle
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spent
County voting precincts, and
Seyward Darby
by
worried about this
so
morning
she
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election,” she said. The
the Republican
day.
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at
appear
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by
had
to
a
that
race
down
came
Burr,
ture
to
Libertarian candi-
Bailey garnered
Burr will left
cap-
fill the
Edwards’
Senate
seat
Democratic run
dent.
seat.
one
vote.
by
vacant
John
North Carolina’s
U.S. Senate
Tom
Bowles 52
topping
percent.
percent of the
defeated
R-N.C.,
Democrat Erskine Bowles
47
date
to
Tuesday night, Rep.
the wire late Richard
to
for vice
The
Sen.
presi-
win
also
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served
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age of 70 percent
voter
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to
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said.
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it.
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small
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bothers
not
the
not
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political and
to
view the most recent results of the 2004 election races
Tuesday night.
a
and
U.S.
me
she
when
privilege make
use
campaigntraditional awareness
to
in
Tuesday’s
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CAMPUS
ON PAGE
16
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is,” Burr
200
gathered sity’s the
said
ate
poll
early
in
the
meeting
supporters
Stadium
to
watch
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numbers
Wednesday
their
through
is
a
making
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“I
ran
brighter
interests
his
policy-
decisions, for the U.S. Senate
roll up my sleeves
and
for me.”
poll
ing
Burr
the
results roll in.
special day
rd
Wake Forest Univer-
Groves
to
invest his
olinians and protect-
over-
really
cheering
at
victory
needs of North
to
hold
Burr to
energies
M
after 11 p.m. “This
his
pledged
hometown
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for
Senate,
speech,
victory
whelming,
margin
Republican
on
five-term
of Winston-Salem just
Final
comput-
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the
Congressman,
nearly
Duke’s
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secure
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former sales-
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care
helped
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Burr,
hard—everyone
engagement
to
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re-
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election,”
have
precincts predicting
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the
citizen, but I
this
decide It’s
an
a
really
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vote
of
not
about
people
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the
to
Kerry supporters. “I’m
a
turnout.
..
With 64 percent of
aver-
to
to
work for
a
future for my children
yours,”
Burr said.
“I’ll
start
released
morning
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