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In this Monday, April 9, 2012 file photo, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Khairat el-Shater talks to reporters during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt. The head of Egypt's elections commission says 10 presidential hopefuls, including ex-spy chief, key Islamists, were disqualified from the race. Farouk Sultan, the head of the Supreme Presidential Election Commission says Saturday ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman, Muslim Brotherhood chief strategist Khairat el-Shater, and a hardline lawyer-turned-preacher Hazem Abu Ismail have been excluded. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

10 Egyptian presidential hopefuls barred from race

Last updated Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 4:22pm

CAIRO — Egypt’s election commission disqualified 10 presidential hopefuls, including Hosni Mubarak’s former spy chief and key Islamists, from running Saturday in a surprise decision that threatened to upend an already tumultuous race and plunge the Arab world’s most populous nation into a new political crisis.

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Davis County calls on churches to provide polling locations

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 4:58pm

FARMINGTON — For this year’s presidential election, Davis voters will have a prayer.

A wide range of church houses in select areas of Davis County are being recruited by Davis election officials to serve as polling locations to handle the anticipated onslaught of voters Nov. 6.

The county currently is making arrangements with officials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for four church buildings, and is also working with a handful of other churches to secure their buildings for polling places. In some instances, the churches are the only buildings large enough to meet the county’s space needs in a certain area, Davis County Election Clerk Pat Beckstead said.

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Republican presidential candidate, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife Ann wave as they leave an election night rally in Schaumburg, Ill., after winning the Illinois primary in March. Romney is starting to sharpen his appeal to women voters, acutely aware as he pivots towards the general election that he’ll need to narrow President Barack Obama’s commanding lead among that critical group to beat him.

Attack on Ann Romney latest 'idiotic statement'

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:49am

OGDEN -- Leah Murray always watches with interest when someone puts a foot in their political mouth.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the spring reception for the Republican Committee of Chester County Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in Mendenhall, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

Charles Babington The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 8:49am

MENDENHALL, Pa. — The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won’t be pretty.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum pauses while speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Presidential Kick-Off in Pewaukee, Wis., in March. Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee.

Santorum suspends GOP presidential campaign

William Douglas McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 5:10pm

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Rick Santorum, who shocked the political world by emerging from the back of the Republican presidential pack to pose a formidable challenge to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, suspended his campaign Tuesday.

Santorum's announcement in Gettysburg, Pa., effectively ends the Republican presidential primary season with Romney holding a sizable lead in delegates over Santorum, a former two-term Pennsylvania senator, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Ron Paul.

"We made a decision to get into this race at our kitchen table against all the odds, and we made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race is over for me and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting," Santorum said.

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In this Feb. 1, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane en route from Tampa, Fla. to Minnesota and Nevada. Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee: raise more money, hire more people to work states critical in the fall race, hone his message for broad-spectrum appeal, while fending off GOP challengers who refuse to quit, thinking about a running mate, and refining a strategy to win the 270 electoral votes needed for the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Romney faces lengthy to-do list as likely GOP pick

Thomas Beaumont The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 9, 2012 - 11:02am

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney faces a daunting to-do list as he transitions into the role of likely Republican presidential nominee.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, flanked by campaign volunteers Jordan Furr, left, and Sherrie-Kaye Miller, both of Mechanicsburg, Pa., telephones a potential voter from a call center at his Pennsylvania campaign headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Challenges facing Romney in wooing female voters

Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 5:08pm

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is starting to hone his appeal to female voters, acutely aware as he turns to the general election that he has little choice but to narrow President Barack Obama’s commanding lead among this critical constituency.

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(M. SPENCER GREEN/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney declares victory in the Wisconsin presidential primary at the Grain Exchange, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Milwaukee.

Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 9:28am

MILWAUKEE — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.

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In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, right, spar during a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Perry, still nursing wounds from his failed presidential campaign, did himself a world of good with his self-deprecating jokes at a dinner in Washington in March. First, he joked that his time as the GOP front-runner had been “the three most exhilarating hours of my life.” Then he perfectly skewered Romney by quipping that during the GOP debates, he’d been tempted to turn to his rival and ask, “Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?” (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Humor can help candidates; ouch when it doesn’t

Nancy Benac The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:55pm

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney hit an off note when he told a “humorous” story about his dad shutting down a factory.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Romney wealth in focus on campaign trail

Beth Fouhy, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:50pm

APPLETON, Wis. — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday defended his personal wealth amid intensifying criticism from his main GOP rival and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, unlikely allies working to portray the former businessman as out of touch with most Americans.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses an audience during a campaign stop on the campus of Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wis., Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mitt Romney campaigns as a winner in Wisconsin

Michael Finnegan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:45pm

APPLETON, Wis. - Mitt Romney opened his campaign Friday for Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primary as though victory were a foregone conclusion.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. At left is Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno, and at right is Ann Romney. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney wins Puerto Rico, GOP campaign continues

Ben Fox, Phil Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 5:51pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mitt Romney scored an overwhelming win Sunday in Puerto Rico’s Republican presidential primary, trouncing chief rival Rick Santorum on the Caribbean island even as the two rivals looked ahead to more competitive contests this week in Illinois and Louisiana.

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Romney may look better in general election

Steve Thomma McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 8:19pm

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney looks like the weakest front-runner for a party’s presidential nomination in decades right now, one who could limp to the Republican nomination, then drag the Republican Party down to defeat in the fall.

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In this March 6, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Boston. With six Super Tuesday victories and a big delegate lead, Romney says he has a plan to wrap up the Republican presidential nomination before the party convention opens next summer. Rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich show no sign of surrender as the marathon campaign makes the turn toward contests in five states over the next week. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Romney wins Wyoming; Santorum wins Kansas

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 6:14pm

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney has won the Republican presidential delegate vote at Wyoming’s county conventions. That adds to his advantage in the party’s race for the nomination.

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Romney faces tough road in upcoming evangelical states

Jennifer Agiesta, Rachel Zoll The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 4:02pm

Romney faces tough road in upcoming evangelical states

By RACHEL ZOLL AND JENNIFER AGIESTA

The Associated Press

Mitt Romney's struggle with white evangelical voters doesn't bode well for him as he moves through the GOP presidential primary, with Mississippi and Alabama just ahead.

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