And ten years later, in two thousand eight, he was one of the first top Democrats to support a young senator seeking the party's nomination for president.

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Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of computer giant Hewlett-Packard, is seeking the Republican nomination in the race against Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer.

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They are seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the November election, and were forced into a runoff when neither received more than 50 percent of the vote in a primary vote last month.

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John Edwards, 53, is seeking the Democratic nomination for the second time in as many elections.

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Mitt Romney, seeking the Republican nomination once again, is unhappy that the tax cuts have not been made permanent.

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Meanwhile, former Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion is unaffiliated but running as the Independence Party's candidate and seeking the Republican nomination.

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