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Updated: 2:32 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 | Posted: 2:31 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010

Ohio Congressman Leaves Rally As Wife Gives Birth

CANTON, Ohio —

Ohio Rep. John Boccieri ran offstage during a speech by Bill Clinton after the congressman received word that his pregnant wife had gone into labor.

Boccieri quickly left the podium Saturday while the former president addressed a crowd of about 1,000 people in Canton, about an hour south of Cleveland.

Clinton joked: "You'd be amazed how many times I take a picture with a very pregnant woman and then she immediately gives birth."

Boccieri, a Democrat, is locked in a closely watched race with Republican Jim Renacci.

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