Coronavirus suddenly upends campaign themes for both parties
The coronavirus pandemic and the nation’s crashing economy are scrambling the themes both major political parties thought would carry them to victory in November for control of the White House and Congress.
Gilmore’s, Perkins’ 2016 campaign filings emerge
Two filings provided Monday show Ward 5 alderman candidate Kayla Gilmore and Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins met a Jan. 31 deadline to report campaign contributions and expenditures made last year in preparation for the 2017 municipal cycle.
12 candidates make election bids official in Starkville
Twelve Starkville residents officially launched their municipal campaigns Tuesday by completing candidacy forms for their respective races on the first day of qualification.
Campaign trail: This Columbus collector is hooked on political memorabilia
Call him a political junkie, if you will, but Sidney Runnels of Columbus is hooked on campaign collectibles — those promotional buttons, ribbons, posters, mugs, golf balls, ties and Billy Beer that document, in their own way, the development of the United States as a democracy.
Election Day near, Americans weigh divide, look for healing
The idea had never occurred to the Rev. Adam Hamilton at the conclusion of past presidential campaigns.
Lawsuits may offer fodder for Trump, Clinton attack ads
The presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both trying to prevent the public release of videos that are critical to legal cases involving the candidates.
Military leaders struggle to navigate 2016’s politics
Senior military leaders take their political neutrality seriously.
Obama dismayed by vulgarity, violence of campaign
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was dismayed by “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” directed at women and minorities as well as the violence that has occurred in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Town hall meetings now a campaign staple for networks
The 19 sanctioned presidential debates — so far — haven’t been enough.
Clinton wins Nevada caucuses in narrow contest with Sanders
Hillary Clinton pulled out a crucial victory in Nevada’s Democratic caucuses Saturday, overcoming an unexpectedly strong surge by Bernie Sanders and potentially easing the anxiety of some of her supporters.
Republican feud escalates; SC Gov. Haley backs Rubio
A three-way feud among the GOP’s leading White House contenders escalated Wednesday, with Republican Ted Cruz daring Donald Trump to sue him and dismissing Marco Rubio’s charges of dishonesty just days before South Carolina’s high-stakes primary.
Nevada race tightens: A big test for Clinton’s campaign
Nevada was supposed to be one of Hillary Clinton’s safest bets.
GOP candidates in high-stakes chess match in S.C.
Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Marco Rubio are locked in a high-stakes political chess match in South Carolina, strategically moving money and other campaign resources around in a bid to pull ahead in the Republican primary race — or at least keep their campaigns afloat if they don’t.
Into the mosh pit: Republican campaign talk gets nastier
In 2011, eyebrows shot up when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used a salty acronym — WTF — to mock the policies of President Barack Obama.
Exit polls: NH Democrats trust Sanders
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic primary after convincing voters he is more honest and trustworthy than Hillary Clinton, pointing to a potential liability for the former secretary of state as the race for president moves to Nevada and South Carolina, according to exit poll results.
For Donald Trump, for one night, there was so much winning
The billionaire political novice on Tuesday posted a decisive victory in the New Hampshire primary, a once-unthinkable first for an enterprise built on the promise of putting America on top and turning politics on its head.
Trump, Sanders look to emerge from New Hampshire with wins
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders hope to emerge from New Hampshire’s primary today with their first wins of the 2016 presidential election, victories that would lend needed credibility to the unexpected contenders’ pursuit of their parties’ nomination.
Among GOP rivals to Trump and Cruz, Rubio has most cash
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Chris Christie, the four Republican candidates in a showdown for their party’s traditional supporters, closed last year with roughly as much money in the bank combined as Ted Cruz, the conservative insurgent they hope to topple.
America and its politics in flux as 2016 voting begins
First there was the promise of political change in Barack Obama’s historic 2008 election. Then the pledge to upend Washington’s ways after the 2010 tea party wave.
Struggling Republicans see reasons to stay in 2016 race
For months, Republican presidential candidates with dwindling bank accounts and negligible support in polls have been finding reasons to stay in the 2016 race.