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Republicans - Moving westward, Mitt Romney picked up the state's caucus delegates...
...reputation for conservatism, Mormons such as Stewart Udall (Secretary of the Interior) and Esther Peterson (Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau) have served the country in the Kennedy, Johnson, and Carter administrations. In January 2005, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and others organized the Mormon Democratic Congressional Caucus in hopes of tapping into this progressive tradition of politics among Mormons...
...celebrities such as Robert DeNiro, who appeared today with Obama at a New Jersey rally, Kerry Washington, Usher, Chris Rock, Brendan Routh, Kate Walsh, Kal Penn and Tate Donovan speaking on Obama's behalf. Voters in California are getting phone calls from Ed Norton and Alfre Woodard; caucus-goers in Colorado might hear from Forest Whitaker. Enrique Marciano, who stars in CBS's Without a Trace, is campaigning for Obama with Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. Minnesotans might be shocked to see Scarlett Johansson knocking at their door...
...registered more than a million young voters. A number of celebrities have appeared in the group's ads, including Justin Timberlake, Madonna and Leonardo DiCaprio. The organization sponsors its own channel on YouTube. The group's name has since become part of the public lexicon. After the Iowa caucus earlier this month, Rolling Stone called the surprisingly young voter turn-out "a Rock the Vote political wet dream...
...States shall allocate district level delegates and alternates in proportion to their percentage of the primary or caucus vote won in that district, except that preferences falling below a 15 percent threshold shall not be awarded any delegates...