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"Battleground Towns" is an occasional series by staff writer Jon Tevlin and members of the Star Tribune multimedia staff that focuses on areas of the Twin Cities where the presidential race is expected to be hotly contested. Based on 2004 results, those communities are:
City Margin Winner
Coon Rapids 2.8% Bush
Hastings 2.7% Kerry
Edina 2.6% Kerry
Cottage Grove 2.4% Kerry
Anoka 2.2% Bush
Mahtomedi 1.9% Bush
Randolph 1.9% Bush
Osseo 1.7% Bush
Vermillion 1.7% Kerry
Eagan 1.6% Kerry
Gem Lake 1.5% Bush
St. Marys Point 1.5% Bush
Vadnais Point 1.5% Bush
Shoreview 1.3% Kerry
Burnsville 1.2% Bush
New Trier 0.0% Tie
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