In interviews, campaign officials said they would compete there, despite the fact that the name of its very popular governor will appear on the ballot.
They are sent by e-mail from the Obama headquarters in Chicago to reporters who have interviewed campaign officials under one major condition: the press office has veto power over what statements can be quoted and attributed by name.
The exchanges, carried in the course of a day of television interviews, campaign bus rides, outdoor rallies and forums, came as Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain focused on a contest that Mr. McCain suggested, in a morning interview with Don Imus, he needed to win to stay in the Republican race for president.
Requests to interview a campaign manager about the home-schoolers' support were not answered.
Tony Abbott did his first serious interview of campaign 2013 with Leigh Sales on the ABC's 7.30 Report.
"This is a historical fight," Mr. Duong said in an interview while campaigning this week.
In almost every case Mr. O'Reilly uses the aggressive interviews to campaign for his point of view.
The initial round of paperwork is followed by interviews with campaign lawyers, some of them in face-to-face sessions.
In interviews and campaign materials, both Afscme candidates vowed to make the union stronger without offering many specific proposals.
Still, interviews with campaign aides, associates and friends suggest that Mrs. Clinton, at least until February, was a detached manager.
