Hillary Dispatched to New Jersey

Hillary Dispatched to New Jersey

NewsMax Wires
Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004

TRENTON, N.J. -- President Bush's daughters and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., were scheduled to make campaign appearances over the weekend in New Jersey as the parties make a final push to win the state's 15 electoral votes.

The president's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, will headline three GOP campaign rallies on Saturday to cheer on volunteers. Mrs. Clinton is tentatively scheduled to speak at a Baptist church in Trenton on Sunday morning.

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Several polls say Bush and Democrat John Kerry are locked in a surprisingly close race in New Jersey, a traditionally Democratic state.

Bush himself visited earlier this month, as have several GOP surrogates. Kerry last visited New Jersey in June, but has not attended a campaign event since becoming his party's nominee.

Most recent polls have shown Kerry with a small but steady lead over Bush in New Jersey.

Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll put the margin at 45-38 percent, but said 11 percent of voters appear to still be undecided.

A Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday put Bush and Kerry in a 46-46 percent deadlock. That poll indicated that 6 percent of likely voters remained undecided.

Jenna and Barbara Bush are scheduled to visit the GOP headquarters in Hamilton, Mercer County, on Saturday afternoon, then head to Toms River North High School in Ocean County and a third rally in Hackensack, Bergen County.

Hillary Clinton is tentatively scheduled to speak at Trenton's Metropolitan Baptist Church on Sunday morning in a campaign appearance for Kerry.

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