Voorhis's 12th district leaned Republican, the more so after Voorhis survived an attempt, in 1941, to gerrymander him out of office by removing strong Democratic precincts from the 12th during the decennial redistricting.
The 12th district leaned Republican, the more so after 1941 when the Republican-dominated California State Legislature attempted to gerrymander Congressman Voorhis out of office by removing strong Democratic precincts in East Los Angeles from the district during the decennial redistricting.
In a statement, Mr. Obama noted that he had received one more delegate in Nevada than Mrs. Clinton because of a strong performance in precincts outside Las Vegas.
Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona; Ralph Nader, the Green Party nominee for president; and even Patrick J. Buchanan, the Reform Party presidential candidate, whose negligible returns elsewhere on Tuesday were redeemed in talk-show bookers' eyes by his stunningly strong showing in Palm Beach County precincts dominated by Jewish residents, were all invited on one program or another.
A victory or even a surprisingly strong finish in the precinct caucuses can transform a candidate overnight from also-ran to serious White House contender.
"All the precincts were as strong as could be.
"We know the precincts out are strong for us," he added.
Barbara Burt, vice president and director of election reform programs at Common Cause, a good-governance advocacy group, said that the bill would have been stronger if it had required precincts to provide paper ballots in federal elections, but that it was a step in the right direction.
And based on the unofficial results from these precincts, they were generally strong ones for Mr. Santorum.
These three royal clans played a strong role in preserving the historical precincts of Gyeongju into modern times.
