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Both campaigns plan get-out-the-vote efforts in the run-up to Tuesday's primary.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
DAYTON — The nearly monthlong marathon to woo voters for Ohio's hotly contested March 4 Democratic primary will become a sprint for the candidates starting today, March 1.
Sen. Barack Obama will appear at a rally in Parma Heights. Sunday, March 2, he plans on visiting southeast Ohio and Columbus, his campaign said. They were still arranging details of those stops late Friday.
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Clinton will be back in the state Sunday after campaign stops in Texas, whose voters also cast ballots on March 4.
She planned to stop in Columbus, Youngstown, Akron and Cleveland on Sunday and stay in the Buckeye State on Monday, March 3. The campaign was finalizing details on specific locations.
The Clinton campaign is also staging an "88 Hours, 88 Counties to Victory" push during the last 88 hours before the polls open Tuesday. President Bill Clinton was to begin the events with a rally in Mansfield on Friday.
The campaign aimed at enlisting supporters including Gov. Ted Strickland and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt at campaign events. Phone banks and "honk and wave" events are to be included.
Obama's campaign is also launching a massive door-to-door campaign, the campaign announced Friday, with the goal being to knock on 1 million doors in the days leading up to Tuesday. Among those helping are former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and Washington, D.C., Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Republicans were focusing their efforts elsewhere. Sen. John McCain will be in Arizona this weekend and in Texas next week. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be in Texas this weekend, their campaigns said.
