Super Tuesday

Voters turned out Tuesday for primaries or caucuses in 24 states as a thinned field of candidates sought their parties' presidential nominations.

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Tue., Feb. 5, 2008

Patricia Kessen and her husband Willard wear there vote stickers after casting their presidential primary vote at a Goodwill store in the Reseda section of Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. The polls have opened across California for 13 hours of primary election voting. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ORG XMIT: LA109

Nick Ut The Spokesman-Review
Voters cast their ballots at a polling place during the Super Tuesday presidential primary election, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Augusta Chronicle, Rainier Ehrhardt)**NO SALES; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT** ORG XMIT: GAAUG102

Rainier Ehrhardt The Spokesman-Review
Voting has not gone to the dogs, but that doesn't stop Rascal and Magic from waiting obediently for their owners, the Muntzings, to cast their votes at the Virginia-Highland fire station in Atlanta as Georgia voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday to cast their ballots, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pouya Dianat) **MARIETTA DAILY OUT, GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES** ORG XMIT: GAATJ202

Pouya Dianat The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, campaigns with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left of center, at a rally in San Diego, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, the day of the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ORG XMIT: CACD106

Charles Dharapak The Spokesman-Review
Three women wearing head scarves leave a polling station after voting Super Tuesday in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ORG XMIT: MACK103

Charles Krupa The Spokesman-Review
A voting machine that wouldn't function sits near a line of people waiting to vote in the presidential primary on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Nashville, Tenn. The polling place had four other machines that were working. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ORG XMIT: TNMH107

Mark Humphrey The Spokesman-Review
A pair of voters cast their ballots at a polling place located at Quincy University Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2007, in Quincy, Ill. (AP Photo/Quincy Herald-Whig, Steve Bohnstedt) ORG XMIT: ILQHW101

Steve Bohnstedt The Spokesman-Review
Jody Ross reacts after being informed of an hour-long wait to vote at Centennial Middle School in Provo, Utah, on Super Tuesday Feb. 5, 2008. An unexpectedly high number of voters caused overcrowding and long lines in some of Utah County's combined precincts. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Mario Ruiz) ORG XMIT: UTPRO101

Mario Ruiz The Spokesman-Review
Voters sign in and pick up their paper presidential primary ballots at a polling place in a hot dog restaurant on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jerry Lai) ORG XMIT: ILJL107

Jerry Lai The Spokesman-Review
A surfer walks in front on a polling place during primary voting at the International Surfing Museum in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: CACC106

Chris Carlson The Spokesman-Review
Benjamin Lopez waits at his polling place to cast his ballot in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: CACC111

Chris Carlson The Spokesman-Review
Calvin Blake casts his Super Tuesday primary vote in the broom section at Hopson's Lumber Company in downtown De Soto, Mo., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, south of St. Louis. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) ** BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT, EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER, THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT. NO MAGS. NO SALES NO ONLINE NO TV NO ARCHIVES ** ORG XMIT: MOSTP103

Robert Cohen The Spokesman-Review
Jennifer Sawyer, left, and Gil Liebrecht vote at presidential primary polling location in the mausoleum of The Neptune Society Columbarium in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb 5, 2008. The society is a proponent of cremation. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ORG XMIT: CAJC102

Jeff Chiu The Spokesman-Review
Two-year-old Ethan Yost attempts to get out of the voting both while his mother Maria tries to cast her ballot in the Super Tuesday presidential primary election, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, at a polling place in Greenwood, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) ORG XMIT: DERC107

Rob Carr The Spokesman-Review
Showing off his new Harley Davidson tattoo, Election Judge Alf Grigg oversees voters casting their ballots in the primary election near Lincoln, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) ORG XMIT: ILSP105

Seth Perlman The Spokesman-Review
New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine, ducks out of voting machine after voting in the Presidential primary election, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Derer) ORG XMIT: NJMD103

Mike Derer The Spokesman-Review
Marie O'Connor, an American citizen of Filipino descent, watches the debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton prior to voting online for the Democratic Primary election on "Super Tuesday" Feb. 5, 2008 at her condominium unit in Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. Democrats living overseas had a rare chance to vote in the first-ever online global primary to choose the Democratic nominee for President in the coming November 2008 U.S. Presidential elections. O'Connor is rooting for Clinton. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ORG XMIT: NY207

Bullit Marquez The Spokesman-Review
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, greets a woman after casting her vote at the Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, New York, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in the New York Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin) ORG XMIT: NYSC105

Stephen Chernin The Spokesman-Review
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and his wife Michelle wave to Obama's supporters as they go to vote at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ORG XMIT: ILNH105

Nam Huh The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife Janet look over the ballot after the former governor voted in the presidential primary election at a polling place in North Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ORG XMIT: ARDJ106

Danny Johnston The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by his wife Ann, places his ballot into a scanning machine as they voted in the Massachusetts primary, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Belmont, Mass. (AP Photo/LM Otero ) ORG XMIT: MAMO101

Lm Otero The Spokesman-Review
Clerk Shawntae McCain feeds envelopes containing absentee ballots into a scanner that verifies signatures on those envelopes with registration records, in preparation for counting in the California Super Tuesday Primary election at the office of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder in Norwalk, Calif., Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 5, 2008. The actual counting of votes begins after the polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) ORG XMIT: CARS204

Reed Saxon The Spokesman-Review
U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-4th Dist. Conn., joins other supporters for election results for Sen. John McCain, R-AZ., during the presidential primary election returns Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Hamden, Conn. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey). ORG XMIT: CTDH102

Douglas Healey The Spokesman-Review
Thousands of democrats fill every seat inside Qwest Arena in downtown Boise, Idaho on Tuesday night, Feb.5, 2008, at the beginning of the Ada County Democratic Caucus. Hundreds were turned away because no more room was available inside. (AP Photo/Troy Maben) ORG XMIT: IDTM105

Troy Maben The Spokesman-Review
Voters raise their hands to vote for Barack Obama during a caucus meeting of precinct 618 in Denver on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Voters in precinct 618 cast 94 votes for Barack Obama and 42 votes for Hillary Clinton in Tuesday night's non-binding straw poll.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) ORG XMIT: COEA101

Ed Andrieski The Spokesman-Review
Barack Obama supporter Deborah Allen holds up her sign while her companion labrador Hartford rests on the floor inside Qwest Arena in downtown Boise, Idaho Tuesday night, Feb. 5, 2008 at the beginning of the Ada County Democratic Caucus. Several thousand people jammed into the indoor arena while hundreds were turned away because no more room was available inside. (AP Photo/Troy Maben) ORG XMIT: IDTM104

Troy Maben The Spokesman-Review
Alcyone Max, 2 years old, shows her support for Ron Paul during the Missoula County Republican caucuses, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2007, in Missoula, Mont. (AP Photo/James Snook) ORG XMIT: MTJS106

James Snook The Spokesman-Review
Election judge LaRosa Davis, 19, checks in voters at the 36th Precinct in the 44th Ward at Lakeview Lutheran Church, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/ Chicago Tribune, Michael Tercha) **CHICAGO LOCALS OUT, ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES, TV OUT, ONLINE OUT** ORG XMIT: ILCHT101

Michael Tercha The Spokesman-Review
Hillary Clinton steering committee member Joan Wagnon and Baraka Obama supporter Stuart Yoho entertain the crowd at the Kansas Caucuses in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Obama rolled to an easy victory Tuesday night in Kansas' Democratic presidential contest as large crowds of voters overwhelmed some caucus sites. (AP Photo/Chuck France) ORG XMIT: KSCF102

Chuck France The Spokesman-Review
Barack Obama supporter Stacy Falkner of Boise, Idaho, shows off her favorite hat inside Qwest Arena in downtown Boise, Idaho, Tuesday, Feb.5, 2008, before the start of the Ada County Democratic Caucus. Several thousand people were expected to attend the event. (AP Photo/Troy Maben) ORG XMIT: IDTM102

Troy Maben The Spokesman-Review
Liz Montoya, from Santa Fe, gives Governor Bill Richardson a hug while standing in line at the Ft. Marcy Complex in Santa Fe, N.M. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, during the Democratic caucus. (AP Photo/The New Mexican/Luis Sanchez Saturno)**ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL OUT** ORG XMIT: NMSAN104

Luis Saturno The Spokesman-Review
A customer watches TV screen reporting on Super Tuesday at an electric shop in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Super Tuesday is the biggest event in the monthslong campaign to select U.S. presidential nominees. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) ORG XMIT: XKK102

Katsumi Kasahara The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., celebrates at his Super Tuesday primary election night party in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ORG XMIT: AZCD106

Charles Dharapak The Spokesman-Review
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., and his wife Michelle join together on stage after speaking at Obama's Super Tuesday presidential primary election night party Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ORG XMIT: IAMG110

M. Green The Spokesman-Review
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., points to supporters at her Super Tuesday primary night rally in New York Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ORG XMIT: NYEA120

Elise Amendola The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, closes his eyes and bows his head, while speaking at his his Super Tuesday primary watch party in Boston, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero ) ORG XMIT: MAMO210

Lm Otero The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks with reporters after his election watch party in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ORG XMIT: ARDJ115

Danny Johnston The Spokesman-Review