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Super Tuesday 2012 With states such as Ohio and Tennessee billed as the real battlegrounds in the GOP presidential race, Virginia’s Super Tuesday looked to be lackluster in comparison.
March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, greet supporters at his primary election night rally in Boston.
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March 6, 2012
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, greet supporters as they arrive at their Super Tuesday primary night rally in Boston.
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March 6, 2012
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March 6, 2012
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March 6, 2012
Voters receive a token before heading into the voting booths at the Ada County GOP caucus at Taco Bell Arena on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.
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March 6, 2012
Voters had their hands marked with ink to indicate that they had voted at Boise State.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, arrive for an election night rally in Atlanta. Gingrich won the primary in Georgia, his home state.
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March 6, 2012
Supporters cheer for Newt Gingrich after being declared the winner of the primary in Georgia during the election night rally at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel in Atlanta.
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March 6, 2012
Voters cast ballots at the Alaska Republican Party Presidential Preference Poll at Anchorage Christian School in Anchorage.
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March 6, 2012
Logan Newby receives help voting from daughters Addison, 6, left, and Regan, 7, at the Alaska Republican Party Presidential Preference Poll.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is accompanied by his wife, Ann, as he prepares to speak to supporters at his Super Tuesday primary election night rally in Boston. Romney won in Massachusetts and Vermont on Tuesday.
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March 6, 2012
Supporters of Romney cheer at his primary election night rally in Boston.
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March 6, 2012
Romney speaks to his supporters in Boston. He is a former governor of Massachusetts.
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March 6, 2012
Rick Santorum supporters David Vann, left, and former Tulsa city councilor Chris Medlock high-five as they hear the winning results at Santorum's watch party in Tulsa.
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March 6, 2012
Rick Santorum is cheered by his 93-year-old mother, Catherine, as he speaks to supporters at his Super Tuesday primary election night rally in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Callista Gingrich kisses her husband, Newt Gingrich, during an election night rally in Atlanta. Gingrich, a former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, won the Republican presidential primary in his home state of Georgia.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich addresses supporters after polls closed for the Georgia Republican presidential primary in Atlanta.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul takes in the applause as he address a crowd during the North Dakota caucus in Fargo.
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March 6, 2012
Kuna resident Ed White holds a Ron Paul sign before the start of the Ada County Republicans caucus on the campus of Boise State University in Idaho.
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March 6, 2012
Voters gather around a table as they fill out registration forms at a caucus site in Fargo, N.D.
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March 6, 2012
Supporters in Boston cheer as election results come in at the Super Tuesday primary watch party for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts.
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March 6, 2012
The Young Republicans of Arlington, including Lauren O'Reilly, watch the Super Tuesday primary results at Mister Days sports bar in Clarendon.
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March 6, 2012
The Young Republicans of Arlington keep track of the Super Tuesday GOP presidential primary results at Mister Days sports bar in Clarendon.
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March 6, 2012
The Young Republicans of Arlington -- including, from left, Juan Torrico, Mitch Theis, Brad Tidwell and Sarah Belhnap -- chat about the GOP presidential candidates at Mister Days sports bar in Clarendon.
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March 6, 2012
Young Republicans of Arlington Brad Tidwell, Dan Anderson and Freddie Klein debate whether Mitt Romney could beat President Obama in the general election while they wait for Super Tuesday primary election results at Mr. Days Sports Bar in Arlington, Va.
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March 6, 2012
Young Republicans Harmony Shields, Freddie Klein and Brad Tidwell watch the primary election results in Arlington, Va.
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March 6, 2012
In Atlanta, supporters of Newt Gingrich cheer during a rally as Fox News projects Gingrich winning the Republican primary in Georgia. The former U.S. House speaker represented a district in Georgia for years.
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March 6, 2012
A group calling itself the East Cobb Kickers waits for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich to address supporters in Atlanta as polls close in the GOP presidential primary in Georgia.
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March 6, 2012
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum hold a U.S. flag as they stand on a truck outside the site of Santorum's Super Tuesday party in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Susan Rivero looks over a sample ballot before she and her husband, Fred Rivero, enter a precinct to vote in the Republican presidential primary in Peachtree Corners, Ga.
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March 6, 2012
Voters cast their ballots in the Republican presidential primary as children make their way through the hall of an elementary school in Johns Creek, Ga.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney shows his ballot to his wife, Ann, while voting in Belmont, Mass. Republicans in 10 states voted on Super Tuesday.
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March 6, 2012
A voter casts a ballot at the Flushing Volunteer Fire Department in Flushing, Ohio. Republicans in 10 states voted on Super Tuesday.
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March 5, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum greets people during a campaign rally at an American Legion in Westerville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Poll worker Traci Meade works during the Republican primary at precinct 507-Salisbury at the Church of the Redeemer in Midlothian, Va.
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March 6, 2012
People set up a painting of Newt Gingrich by artist Steve Penley for a rally in Atlanta. Republican presidential candidate Gingrich, a former speaker of the House, hopes a big win in his home state of Georgia on Super Tuesday can serve as a launchpad for a Southern sweep that could get him right back into the Republican presidential race.
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March 6, 2012
Voters enter and leave a polling place at Belmont University in Nashville. Tennessee has 55 delegates up for grabs in the Republican presidential primary, third most among the 10 Super Tuesday states.
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March 6, 2012
A voter looks over his ballot to place a vote at a polling station in Steubenville, Ohio. Republicans are holding their "Super Tuesday" presidential primary in 10 states.
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March 6, 2012
Workers hang an American flag as they prepare for Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum's Election Night Party at the Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
William House, of Huntsville, Ala., waits for Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich to arrive during a campaign stop at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate and former House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, talk to members of the media aboard his campaign plane in Columbus, Ohio. Romney was traveling to Boston to hold a Super Tuesday gathering.
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March 6, 2012
Romney addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference via a satellite at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Romney took time out of campaigning on Super Tuesday to address AIPAC, one of the most prominent organizations lobbying the U.S. government on behalf of Israel.
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March 6, 2012
Members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee listen to Romney address the annual policy conference via satellite at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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March 6, 2012
Diana Sizemore fills out her ballot at a polling station setup in Steubenville, Ohio. Voters in several states headed to the polls on Super Tuesday as the Republican party continues the process of deciding who will be their general election candidate against President Obama.
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March 6, 2012
Polling workers, from left, Roger French, Orrin Konheim, Chris Backert and Elizabeth Row start a game of Monopoly while waiting for voters at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington County.
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March 6, 2012
Polling workers Elizabeth Row, left, and Orrin Konheim, read books and do crossword puzzles while waiting for voters at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington County.
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March 6, 2012
On a quiet Super Tuesday morning, polling worker Elizabeth Row stretches while waiting for voters at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington County.
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March 6, 2012
Polling workers stretch, walk around, read books and play Monopoly while waiting for voters at the Arlington Arts Center in Arlington County.
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March 6, 2012
Lynn Armstrong holds a puppet of Newt Gingrich that she made boxing with a puppet of Herman Cain outside the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta. Former House speaker Gingrich is campaigning throughout Georgia and Alabama during Super Tuesday, when the greatest number of states hold primary elections with more than 400 delegates at stake, including Georgia's 76.
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March 6, 2012
Newt Gingrich speaks to the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Santorum stepped off the campaign trail on Super Tuesday to address AIPAC, perhaps the most prominent organization lobbying the United States government on behalf of Israel.
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March 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, addresses the American Israel Policy Affairs Committee's annual policy conference via a satellite link at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
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March 6, 2012
A voter looks over her ballot to place her vote at a polling station in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station at the Pemberville Public Library in Pemberville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Wes Biddle cast his ballot at a polling station at the Pemberville Public Library in Pemberville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
A voter signs her name before casting a ballot at a polling station at the Pemberville Public Library in Pemberville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Poll worker Carolyn Borcherding hands a pen to a voter at a polling station at the Pemberville Public Library in Pemberville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Mary Kay Lacke fills out her ballot at a polling station in Froehlich's Classic Corner in Steubenville, Ohio. Voters in several states headed to the polls on Super Tuesday as the Republican party continues the process of deciding who will be their general election candidate against President Obama.
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March 6, 2012
Larry Lewis fills out his ballot at a polling station in Froehlich's Classic Corner in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
Sophia Walsh, 5, watches as her father, William Walsh, fills out his ballot at a polling station in Froehlich's Classic Corner in Steubenville, Ohio.
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March 6, 2012
A voter enters a polling station at the Lexington Avenue Fire House in Cambridge, Mass.
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March 6, 2012
A voter casts her vote at a polling station inside a school during the Super Tuesday Republican primary elections in Cambridge, Mass.
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March 6, 2012
A voter casts his ballot for the Republican presidential primary in Montpelier, Vt.
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March 6, 2012
Voters line up to cast their ballots in the republican primary at Medlock Bridge Elementary School on Super Tuesday in Johns Creek, Ga.
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March 6, 2012
As of 9:17 a.m., Marc Nolan was the 17th person to vote at Precinct 307 in Middleburg. Sitting in the car with Marc is his dog, Babs.
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March 6, 2012
Republican volunteer Kathi Ribaudo, left, talks with voter Giselle Mingione outside Middleburg's Precinct 307. Mingione was one of the 18 people who voted before 10 a.m. in Middleburg. With few voters at the polls to greet, Ribaudo spent most of her morning sitting in her truck with the heater running to keep warm.
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March 6, 2012
Trent TeSelle of Purcellville voted at his precinct in Philomont, in Loudoun County, but Trent said he thought the turnout would be very light.
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March 6, 2012
Sue Longerbeam, chief election officer for Precinct 305 in Philomont, explains that the Philomont firehouse has two precincts inside. Her precinct is 305 while precinct 315 is just on the other side of the same building.
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March 6, 2012
Philomont Precinct 305 Chief Election Officer Sue Longerbeam, left, explains to voter John Casserino, right, that he votes in Precinct 315 which is located just on the other side of the Philomont Fire House.
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March 6, 2012
"Dee the Dog" waits for his owner, Eric Cremer, to vote on a quiet Super Tuesday morning at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
Voters at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
Chief Elections Officer Marilyn Doherty makes coffee near fire station gym equipment at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
A fire hose sits on a window ledge behind a voting booth at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
Election workers prepare for voters at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
A fire fighter uniform sits ready for an emergency call as poll workers prepare in the background at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
Election workers prepare for voters at the Fire Department Headquarters polling station in Alexandria.
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March 6, 2012
Maurice Pairel, 75, is the 12th person to cast a vote at this precinct as voters take to the polls in the Virginia presidential primary election at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean. In the first two hours of voting, this polling station saw only 33 people, where only Ron Paul and Mitt Romney were eligible to appear on the ballot.
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March 6, 2012
Jeff Rosen is the 11th voter to show up at precinct 302 in Fairfax County at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Voting stickers are on hand as voters take to the polls to vote in the Virginia presidential primary election at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Ikeita Cantu Hinojosa, left, prepares to cast her vote at precinct 302 in Fairfax County with the help of election officers Christine Olajide, center, and Mary Ugone, right, at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Becky Conrad casts an electronic vote while her husband, Jim Conrad, casts a paper ballot at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Jim Conrad was the first to use a paper ballot at precinct 302 in Fairfax County at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Chief election officer David Rampy, left, helps Jim Conrad at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
Only Ron Paul and Mitt Romney were eligible to appear on the ballot in the Virginia presidential primary election at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
George Gray makes his way to his polling place at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 6, 2012
David Rampy, chief election officer of precinct 302 in Fairfax County, hangs a sign to point voters in the right direction while election officer Lawrence Boteler stands by at right at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in McLean.
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March 5, 2012
At the Northern Virginia Mitt Romney for President Headquarters, approximately 35 people make calls on behalf of their candidate and remind registers voters to go to the polls on Super Tuesday, in Springfield
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March 5, 2012
Left to right: Justice Garrish, 17, Andrew Van Dam, and Susie Sowa, 18, make calls on behalf of their candidate and remind registers voters to go to the polls on Super Tuesday, at the Northern Virginia Mitt Romney for President Headquarters in Springfield.
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March 5, 2012
From left, Nancy Krakover and Elizabeth Ellis, make calls on behalf of their candidate at the Northern Virginia Mitt Romney for President Headquarters in Springfield.
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March 5, 2012
At the Northern Virginia Mitt Romney for President Headquarters, approximately 35 people make calls on behalf of their candidate and remind registers voters to go to the polls on Super Tuesday, in Springfield.
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March 5, 2012
With a still boxed-up voting machine at right and stained-glass windows in the background, Jessica Tripp, left, and Penelope Nunez move a table at a Northern Virginia polling place (Arlington Art Center) in preparation for the Super Tuesday primary in Arlington.
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March 5, 2012
At a Northern Virginia polling place (Arlington Forest Senior Center-Culpepper Garden), Robert Connolly, left, en route to dinner with other residents, plans to vote early in the morning on Super Tuesday without leaving his assisted living facility, in Arlington.
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