Democratic Kerry wins caucuses in Nevada, Washington, D.C.

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Democratic Kerry wins caucuses in Nevada, Washington, D.C.

US Senator John Kerry, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, won the party's caucuses in Nevada and Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

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US Senator John Kerry, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, won the party's caucuses in Nevada and Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

With Saturday's wins, Kerry has won 14 of the 16 nomination contests have held so far.

Kerry, the only candidate that has campaigned in Nevada, received 62.9 percent of the votes in Nevada's caucuses. He was followed by former Vermont governor Howard Dean with 16.8 percent of the votes and North Carolina Senator John Edwards with 10.4 percent.

Representative Dennis Kucinich from Ohio finished fourth with 6.7 percent, and civil rights activist Al Sharpton from New York had0.7 percent of the votes.

In the caucuses in Washington, D.C., Kerry got 47 percent of the votes, followed by Sharpton with 20 percent, Dean with 17 percent, Edwards with 10 percent and Kucinich, 3 percent.

In a statement of thanks to voters in Washington, D.C., Kerry said: "These results show that our campaign is uniting Americans from different parts of our country and walks of life in a common purpose."

By March 2 when 10 states will have held primaries or caucuses,a winner for the Democratic Party's nomination will emerge, but a nominee won't be officially decided until the party's National Convention scheduled for late July.

So far, five candidates have bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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