Tuesday, January 13, 2004

Clark surges into the lead in 2-person Arizona race


Clark beats Dean in Ariz. poll | The Arizona Daily Star ®

The latest Eyewitness News 4/Arizona Daily Star poll shows the retired Army general marched past Howard Dean to command the support of 39 percent of state voters. Dean, former governor of Vermont, has the backing of 32 percent
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The nearest challenger is Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, with 8 percent. Sen John Kerry of Massachusetts has 5 percent.

"Gen. Clark has spent a lot of time on television in the last few weeks and we haven't," Dean said. "We have a great organization in Arizona. We have the help of (U.S. Rep.) Raúl Grijalva, who has a tremendous organization in Southern Arizona. We think we'll be very competitive - in fact we're going to do everything we can to try and win Arizona."

Mark Riddle, the director of Clark's Arizona campaign, said momentum has been building here since late December, when Clark visited Kino Community Hospital. The poll, he said, "shows Arizona is a two-person race."

Arizona is certainly a priority for Clark. He sent his son, Wesley Clark Jr., to Tucson on Saturday to open his Southern Arizona campaign office. His wife, Gert, was in Green Valley on Monday. And Clark will likely return to the state after the Jan. 27 New Hampshire primary, Riddle said.

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