| The night belonged to
John Kerry as results one by one confirmed
that his challenger, John Edwards, had been unable to make a breakthrough
in any of the ten states. He came closest in the southern state
of Georgia, just a few percentage
points behind, but results in the big states of New York, California
and Ohio assured Mr Kerry of a definitive
victory. The only state he didn't win was tiny
Vermont, which in a quirk of the
political system, voted for Howard Dean, who wasn't even running
any longer. Now John Kerry's attention will turn to choosing a Vice
Presidential running mate - it may
even be John Edwards - and preparing to do battle with George Bush.
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confirmed: if something confirms
what you believe, it shows that it is definitely true
breakthrough: an important development
or achievement
percentage: a fraction of an
amount expressed as a particular number of hundredths of that
amount
assured: if you are assured of
something, it is certain that you will get it
definitive: something that is
definitive provides a firm conclusion that cannot be questioned
tiny: extremely small
quirk: a strange occurrence that
is difficult to explain
running: in an election, if someone
runs for political office, they take part as a candidate
running mate: here, the person
who will run with John Kerry, seeking the post of vice president
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