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Democrats May Shake Up Early Presidential Votes
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A panel could challenge the leading roles of Iowa and New Hampshire, which could give blacks and Latinos more say in picking a nominee.

By Ronald Brownstein
Times Staff Writer

December 7 2005

WASHINGTON; It's more than two years before the next Iowa caucuses, but the first meaningful votes in the 2008 Democratic presidential race will be cast this week.

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