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Trying to seize on her postconvention edge, Mrs. Clinton has campaigned in Republican areas of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and held a rally in deep-red Nebraska on Monday.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

Michael J. Morell, a former deputy C.I.A. director, who regularly briefed Mr. Obama before retiring in 2013, said the postconvention nominee briefing would last several hours.

From New York Times • May 5, 2016

Both former officials said that the postconvention briefing for nominees would contain top secret information, but not a discussion of the sources and methods used to gather it, or any description of covert operations.

From New York Times • May 5, 2016

He has also re-opened the possibility of his joining a postconvention fourth party movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

In their own postconvention surveys, the Republicans found that a hard core of about 10% to 15% of voters strongly dislike the Arkansas Governor's wife.

From Time Magazine Archive