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But his main opponent, John McCain, can rattle him by appealing to California's independent minds.
ECONOMIST: Wooing California
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His main opponent in the election, Laurent Gbagbo, proclaimed himself president, but rival candidates called for new elections amidst more violence.
ECONOMIST: Guei outed
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His main opponent, Nawaz Sharif, a two-time former prime minister and supporter of the judges, piled in by calling for the government to fall.
ECONOMIST: Pakistan's political crises
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GARCIA-NAVARRO: His main opponent, Felipe Calderon from the right, has tried to paint him as a demagogue who will scare off investment and ruing the economy.
NPR: Mexican Candidate Resists Comparisons with Chavez
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After a recount of half of the vote, Mr Pena Nieto was declared the winner of July's election, with 38.2% of the vote to 31.6% of his main opponent.
BBC: Latin America & Caribbean
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So another way of looking at it is that Mr Ma's support has shrunk by three quarters of a million votes, his main opponent's rose by almost the same amount.
BBC: Taiwan backs Ma, but unease over China remains
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PRI, or his main opponent, Vicente Fox.
ECONOMIST: PRI-election nerves
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At the start of the election campaign, Mr Berlusconi trailed far behind his main centre-left opponent - Pierluigi Bersani, leader of the left-wing Democrats.
BBC: Silvio Berlusconi makes Italy property tax pledge
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And the reason this is relevant to the campaign is because my opponent, Governor Romney, his main calling card for why he thinks he should be President is his business expertise.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a Press Conference
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The Alliance's path was smoothed by the fact that the president's main opponent, General Sarath Fonseka, was forced to conduct his group's campaign from under heavy guard in a navy camp.
ECONOMIST: Another romping success for the Tiger-slayer