Florida GOP primary

Republican presidential hopefuls make last-minute appeals as Florida voters turn out for what's seen as a make-or-break contest for the party's nomination.

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Wed., Jan. 30, 2008

Poll deputy Ray Reyes, center, points the way to a polling station for a voter in Florida's presidential primary Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Miami. More than a million ballots have already been cast, either through the early voting that began January 14 or in absentee ballots returned by mail. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ORG XMIT: FLWL105

Wilfredo Lee The Spokesman-Review
A young boy watches Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speak during a primary day campaign rally in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ORG XMIT: FLMO109

Lm Otero The Spokesman-Review
During a Florida primary day campaign rally grandson Parker Romney, front right, runs to Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, as Romney family members look on in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. From left, Romney, his wife Ann, daughter-in-law Andelyne, sons Ben, Josh, Craig and daughter-in-law Mary. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ORG XMIT: FLMO105

Lm Otero The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, walks with his wife Cindy, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist during a visit to a polling station in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, on the morning of Florida's Republican Presidential Primary. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ORG XMIT: FLCD107

Charles Dharapak The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, greets supporters outside a polling station at Westchase Swim and Tennis Center Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) ORG XMIT: FLSN101

Steve Nesius The Spokesman-Review
The sun rises near a polling station as the voting has begun in Florida's presidential primary Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, in Miami. More than a million ballots have already been cast, either through the early voting that began January 14 or in absentee ballots returned by mail. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ORG XMIT: FLWL101

Wilfredo Lee The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, pays his breakfast tab during a visit to Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House Restaurant in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ORG XMIT: FLGH105

Gerald Herbert The Spokesman-Review
Maryanne Patlak carries a lifesize cardboard cutout of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-Ill. outside of a polling station during the presidential primary election in Miami Beach, Fla. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Votes for Democratic candidates will not count for delegates to the Democratic convention due to a dispute over the timing of the primary. Patlak voted for Obama. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ORG XMIT: FLLS102

Lynne Sladky The Spokesman-Review
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., center, waves to supporters in Davie, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Clinton won the Democratic presidential primary election in Florida but gets no delegates to the national convention. At left is Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.,right. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ORG XMIT: FLLS108

Lynne Sladky The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talks to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Left is his wife Judith. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) ORG XMIT: FLGH129

Gerald Herbert The Spokesman-Review
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., celebrates his win with supporters at his Florida Republican presidential primary party in Miami, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ORG XMIT: FLCD117

Charles Dharapak The Spokesman-Review