NATION : Bush Stumps for GOP Hopefuls
GULFPORT, Miss. — President Bush, trying to save a congressional seat for the GOP, hunted for votes today for Tom Anderson, an underdog Republican who Bush said is needed in Congress to help fight drugs and hold the line on taxes.
Bush journeyed 800 miles aboard Air Force One to this Gulf Coast port for a 30-minute campaign rally to try to keep the seat of the late Rep. Larkin Smith in the Republican column in Tuesday’s special election.
Later, Bush flew to Newark, N.J., en route to New York to help raise upward of $1 million for Republican Rudolph Giuliani for his long-shot run for mayor.
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