Election

FILE – In this July 13, 2015, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich talks with Joshua Bowman, rig...
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Ohio Gov. Kasich brings the Republican field to 16

Saying "big ideas change the world," Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination Tuesday.
9 years ago
In this July 17, 2015, photo, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks to reporters befo...
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Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump has supporters cheering

The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump's circus-like run for the presidency.
9 years ago
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Gov. Walker issues order to arm Wisconsin National Guard

Republican Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order Tuesday authorizing Wisconsin National Guard personnel to carry firearms while on duty in the wake of an attack on a pair of military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
9 years ago
n Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to media after a policy luncheon on Capito...
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Democrats use Donald Trump’s remarks to castigate GOP

Donald Trump's incendiary comments -- and the GOP response -- are proving political gold for Democrats.
9 years ago
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Clinton besting Bush, Rubio in Florida money race

Florida's presidential primary is nine months away, but the state's influential donors are already speaking with their wallets. So far the news is better for Jeb Bush than for Marco Rubio in the Republican money race between home-state heavyweights -- but it's even better for Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.
9 years ago
Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a crowd at Giese Manufactur...
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Groups raise $32M to support Gov. Walker’s presidential run

Three groups supporting Scott Walker's run for president have raised $32 million, which is less than what two of his Republican rivals have collected but on target with the Wisconsin governor's goal for this point in the campaign, his top adviser said Tuesday.
9 years ago
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More trouble than jobs at economic agency Walker championed

As Gov. Scott Walker begins his presidential campaign, he is confronting a stream of embarrassing revelations from a jobs agency once billed as the centerpiece of his plan to bring 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin.
9 years ago
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Donald Trump orders flags to half-staff on his properties

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is ordering that the flags on his U.S. properties lowered to honor the five service members killed in last week's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
9 years ago
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens as Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham speaks defen...
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FACT CHECK: Trump shortchanges McCain’s record on veterans

After stirring up a furor with his dismissive remarks about John McCain's Vietnam war experience, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went after the Arizona senator's record on veterans' issues, accusing McCain, a former Navy pilot, of abandoning those who served their country in uniform.
9 years ago
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Sen. Reid raps Republicans over response to Trump comments

Donald Trump's incendiary comments -- and the GOP response -- are proving political gold for Democrats.
9 years ago
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White House Brief: Things to know about Ohio’s John Kasich

A snapshot of things to know about Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who's declaring his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday:
9 years ago
Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses a crowd at Giese Manufactur...
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GOP presidential hopeful Walker signs abortion ban bill

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one week after launching his bid for the 2016 presidential nomination, signed a bill Monday that outlaws non-emergency abortions at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.
9 years ago
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Trump’s self-paid presidential run means he’s not going away

Donald Trump faced an avalanche of fresh criticism Monday for questioning Sen. John McCain's heroism. But he's getting no pressure at all from the one community that could push a candidate out of the 2016 presidential race: political donors.
9 years ago
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McConnell: ‘Gender card’ alone not enough for Clinton

The Senate's top Republican said Monday the "gender card alone" won't be enough to propel Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton to the White House.
9 years ago
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AP Exclusive: ‘Breaking Bad’ actor runs for Albuquerque seat

Citing the growth of urban sprawl and a need for more Mexican-American elected officials, "Breaking Bad" actor Steven Michael Quezada said he is jumping in a heated race for county commissioner in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
9 years ago
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Rep. Jolly running for Senate; ex-Gov. Crist eyes his seat

Florida Congressman David Jolly announced Monday that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Marco Rubio, who is running for president, and former Gov. Charlie Crist said he's eyeing Jolly's seat.
9 years ago
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Florida’s Jeb Bush vows to cut spending, Washington lobbying

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday vowed to rein in federal spending and combat the "arrogance," ''sheer incompetence" and size of government if he's elected.
9 years ago
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McCain: Trump owes apology to veterans, not to him

Sen. John McCain said Monday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump doesn't need to apologize to him for remarks about his captivity in Vietnam, but should tell veterans he's sorry.
9 years ago
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Can Perry stand out in 2016 without his signature swagger?

Rick Perry still prides himself on being a Bubba.
9 years ago
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Walker’s Iran view shaped by friendship with ex-US hostage

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has a reason for aggressively opposing the nuclear deal with Iran -- and it's personal.
9 years ago
FILE – In this July 11, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spea...
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Trump basks in McCain takedown, says rivals envious of rise

Republicans' swift condemnation of Donald Trump's disparaging comments about Sen. John McCain's military service marks a turning point in the party's cautious approach to the billionaire-turned-presidential candidate.
9 years ago
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Demonstrators disrupt presidential forum at Netroots event

PHOENIX — Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley arrived at the annual Netroots Nation convention hoping to impress some of the party’s most influential liberal activists. Things didn’t exactly go as planned. Demonstrators protesting cases of police brutality and the treatment of black Americans by law enforcement disrupted a presidential forum Saturday as […]
9 years ago
Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump, waves after speaking at the Fami...
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Trump on John McCain: ‘I like people who weren’t captured’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Sen. John McCain's military record at a conservative forum Saturday, saying the party's 2008 nominee and former prisoner of war was a "war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."
9 years ago
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Arkansas Reagan Rock...
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The Latest: Rick Santorum favors curbs on legal immigration

legally and illegally -- are driving down wages for American-born workers.
9 years ago