Word: colorado
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...what all the candidates are counting on is the growing evidence that even if Dole stays lucky he will have trouble winning the 996 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination before the convention. According to intricate computer models by Steve Grand of Wilson Communications, if Dole wins Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, most of Maryland, all of Maine, all of Vermont, half of New York, half of Missouri, most of Florida, half of Texas, two-thirds of Illinois, half of Michigan, all of Ohio and almost all of Wisconsin, he still arrives in California with only 634 delegates. Even...
With primary wins in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont and a caucus win in Minnesota, Dole surged ahead in the delegate count with at least 276 at press time...
...earlier, Dole now has 290 (or more than one-fourth) of the 996 delegates he needs to lock up the nomination. At a Washington rally, a beaming Dole read the roll call of the states that came through for him Tuesday: "Thank you Colorado, thank you Connecticut," said the Kansan as he ran through the list, which included Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia and Maine. Dole's win last night was so decisive that Alexander, once considered formidable, and Lugar, who only last night broke into the double digits, withdrew from the race today and endorsed Dole. Buchanan...
...total of 208 delegates are at stake in today's contests, which include the Yankee Primary, primaries in Colorado, Georgia and Maryland and party caucuses in Washington and Minnesota...
...take-all contests or modified versions of that system. As long as Dole, Alexander and Forbes are carving up the non-Buchanan vote, Buchanan can win large chunks of delegates without ever having to reach beyond an irreducible 30% base. As the campaign moves from New England, Georgia and Colorado on March 5 to Texas and Florida on March 12, the percentage of delegates awarded on a proportional basis shrinks. No wonder Dole strategist Don Sipple wants Alexander gone by then. "If we can have a two-person race by the time we get to the 12th,'' he says...