Bellwether Community Still Handicapping Hopefuls ; Bedford, Va., Voters Are Known for Picking Winners

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Voters here know how to pick winners in statewide elections.

This community of nearly 6,300 residents has picked the Republican winners - President Bush and Sens. George Allen and John W. Warner - and Democratic winners Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and former Gov. Mark Warner in Virginia's presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races since 2000.

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Bellwether Community Still Handicapping Hopefuls ; Bedford, Va., Voters Are Known for Picking Winners

'We vote for the man, not the party,' Grace Nichols, 69, told The Washington Times along with her husband, Ray, 76, at a local Hardee's - a morning hangout for the city's older crowd.

With less than two months until voters c...

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