Cancer Dominates N.C. Senate Campaign

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By STEVE HARTSOE, Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. - A surprise fight over breast cancer threatens to eclipse tobacco and trade as issues in the final week of a down-to-the-wire fight for the North Carolina seat in the U.S. Senate being vacated by Democratic running mate John Edwards (news - web sites).



Republican Richard Burr put up a TV ad aimed at attracting female voters by touting his efforts in the House to provide women with medical sensor pads that some say improve early detection of breast cancer.


Riled Democrats responded that their candidate, Erskine Bowles, former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites)'s White House chief of staff, has a better record on the issue and supports making breast cancer screenings available to low-income women.


Though neither man is likely to have much of an impact on the fight against the disease, the issue has emerged as a dominant one. Last week, Bowles released a new TV ad featuring Mary Barker, a breast cancer survivor who now works for the National Breast Cancer (news - web sites) Coalition. Barker tells the camera she's "outraged" at the Burr ad and notes her group has given the Winston-Salem Republican a zero rating.

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1. Burr & Liddy have resorted to Clinton bashing (No record to run on at-all)

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2. the closest but most ignored Senate race

tied according to the latest polls.