The state election in November will be the last such ballot before next year's presidential contest.

11月的州选举将是明年的总统竞选前最后一轮这类投票。

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ONE of Barack Obama's riskiest decisions, on winning the presidential election, was to choose Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state.

巴拉克·奥巴马竞选获胜最冒险的决定之一就是选择了希拉里·克林顿做国务卿。

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American media flocked to the small town of Fairfield, Iowa, last week for one of the strangest scenes in the US presidential race: the Iowa State Fair.

上周美国媒体蜂拥进入爱荷华州小镇费尔·菲尔德，因为这里正在上演美国大选最新奇的一幕之一——爱荷华州博览会。

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In the American presidential system, whoever wins the most popular votes in a state usually gets all the electoral votes of that state.

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In Florida, Governor Jeb Bush has signed a bill that would allow any party which holds a national convention, and which has registered with Florida's secretary of state, to place its presidential candidate on the state ballot with no petition and no fee.

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In a state like Ohio, this is a place where the Romney team has spent the last few weeks essentially putting up tents and moving into the state, having both their presidential nominee and vice presidential nominee in the state, and they have been unable to move the margin.

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LANSING, Michigan (CNN) -- With less than three weeks before the 2004 presidential election, many Michigan State University students say they are putting their focus on the presidential candidates, not their running mates.

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