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  Obama takes advantage in field offices
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Last EditedArmyDem  Jul 26, 2008 08:12pm
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News DateThursday, July 24, 2008 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
Description By Walter Alarkon and Jordan Fabian
Posted: 07/23/08 06:52 PM [ET]

Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has more field offices and more staffers than Republican rival John McCain’s in many battleground states and beyond, giving him an advantage when it comes to turning out voters in November.

Not only is Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) organizing in the traditional swing states, he’s also already opened up offices in ruby-red states such as Alaska, where observers can’t remember the last time a presidential campaign from either side rented space for staffers.

In states where both campaigns have announced field offices that they’ve opened or plan to open, Obama has a definite advantage. In Ohio, Obama will have 18 offices open by the end of this week, while Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) has eight. In Virginia, Obama has opened 20 while McCain has opened six.

In Missouri, Obama has plans for 30 offices while McCain is aiming to have 10, the Kansas City Star reported.

While Obama has 50 staffers already in the Show Me State with plans to hire 150 altogether, McCain had only a handful with hopes of hiring 50 workers.

In Alaska, which has been won by the Republican nominee in every presidential election since 1968, Obama has opened four offices while McCain has opened none.

“There has never really been a Democratic presidential candidate that has invested this heavily in Alaska,” said Jeff Giertz, Obama’s Alaska communications director.
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