Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota Tempt Bush, Worry Kerry; the 3 States, with Their 27 Combined Electoral Votes, Are Playing a Key Role

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LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) - In 2000, political pundits summed up the race in three words: Florida, Florida, Florida. Here's three words to consider this fall: Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.

The trio of upper Mississippi River states narrowly backed Vice President Al Gore in 2000 and are, if anything, slightly more Republican four years later, raising the possibility that Democratic Sen. John Kerry could lose one or two of them. President Bush is targeting their combined 27 electoral votes - the same total as Florida, where a bitterly contested recount settled the last election.

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Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota Tempt Bush, Worry Kerry; the 3 States, with Their 27 Combined Electoral Votes, Are Playing a Key Role

"They are states we lost last time, but if we can carry one or more of them, it puts Kerry's ability to win the Electoral College i...

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