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Scott PowersMarch 8, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced three Florida stops this week — the first public speeches of his campaign in the Sunshine State — in Miami, Kissimmee and Tampa. The U.S. Senator from Vermont, who trails Hillary Clinton in Florida polls, will speak at a Miami rally today and at Kissimmee and Tampa rallies on Thursday. […]

Associated PressMarch 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled aggressively on economic issues in a Democratic presidential debate over trade, Wall Street influence and more. Clinton accused him of turning his back on the auto industry and Sanders countered in the Sunday night debate that Clinton’s friends on Wall Street had “destroyed this economy.” It was a marked […]

Associated PressMarch 6, 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio has won Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, his second win of the race for the GOP presidential nomination. It wasn’t clear how many delegates the contest awards him. The U.S. territory’s three super-delegates have committed to Rubio. If a candidate gets more than half the votes, he gets all the delegates. If no […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2016

Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer who said this week he sees “no path” to the Republican nomination raised more money than any other GOP contender, $58 million since he began his bid last May. But Carson’s campaign burned through much more of that money on fundraising and consultants […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

And then there were four. Ben Carson‘s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up. Cheered on by many Republican leaders, […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

Ryan Lysek rose to become vice president of his fifth-grade class at Lorraine Academy in Buffalo, New York, after the sitting veep got bounced for saying things that went against the school’s anti-bullying rules. So the 10-year-old is a little puzzled that candidates running to lead the entire country can get away with name-calling and […]

Associated PressMarch 3, 2016

Standing in a line of thousands outside an arena at Colorado State University, Aleksandr Cronk contemplated the grim possibility that the man he was waiting to see, Bernie Sanders, may not make it to the November ballot and he’d have to decide whether to vote for Hillary Clinton. Like millions of young voters nationwide, Cronk […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2016

Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and mockery in his home state and beyond. Conservatives and liberals alike have piled on. His introductory remarks were so subdued and his appearance was so grave […]

Scott PowersMarch 1, 2016

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is planning to speak at the University of Central Florida on Saturday. His website has announced a noon appearance at the CFE Arena on the UCF campus in Orlando. Tickets are being offered for free through Eventbrite.com. It will be Trump’s first appearance in Central Florida since the Sunshine Summit, […]

Guest AuthorMarch 1, 2016

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There is a reason Marco Rubio is acting like Donald Trump. Math. If you believe averages of Real Clear Politics (RCP), with 306,619 GOP mail votes cast, Trump, polling at 40.3 percent, is dominating Rubio, polling at 20.8 percent, at 123,566 to 63,776 mail votes. Let’s assume turnout pops and 2,000,000 Republicans vote in the […]

Tag: 2016 presidential race

Bernie Sanders sets three Florida stops: Miami, Kissimmee, Tampa

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders tangle on economy in Democratic debate

Marco Rubio wins Puerto Rico GOP race

Ben Carson spent heavy on consultants, light on 2016 campaigning

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Schools find presidential campaign talk conflicts with no-bullies message

Hillary Clinton now faces struggle to win back younger voters

Chris Christie’s shell-shocked look stirs mockery, befuddlement

Donald Trump planning campaign stop in Orlando Saturday

Kevin Cate: How Marco Rubio could win Florida with Donald Trump at 40 percent