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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 3, 2016

With about a month before the New Hampshire primary, Jeb Bush is heading back to the Granite State for a three-day swing. On Tuesday, Bush will start with the Greater Derry Chamber of Commerce NH Primary Series. The event is scheduled to be held at the Halligan Tavern in Derry. Later Tuesday, he’s scheduled to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterDecember 30, 2015

Jeb Bush unveiled a new ad Wednesday morning, taking aim at Donald Trump. The video, which was first featured on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, is dubbed “Happy New Year, Chaos Candidate,” and highlights the “five times Trump was unhinged, liberal and dishonest this year,” according to the campaign. The 90-second video features clips of Trump during […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterDecember 28, 2015

With a little more than a month before voters in Iowa and New Hampshire head to the polls, Jeb Bush is spending the day campaigning in familiar territory: his home state. Bush is scheduled to attend three stops in Florida on Monday, before packing his bags and heading back to New Hampshire for campaign events […]

Associated PressNovember 4, 2015

Jeb Bush is charging back into early-voting states with a can-do message aimed at winning over primary voters and reassuring anxious donors. The former Florida governor, who has struggled to stand out in televised debates and whose campaign for president has cut costs, headlined events in South Carolina and New Hampshire on Tuesday with a […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2015

Political pundits from coast to coast declared Jeb Bush‘s presidential campaign all but dead Wednesday night after his desultory performance in the third GOP debate, from Boulder, Colorado. The Economist wrote that,”(I)t is hard to see him coming back into contention now.” “It was do or die. And Bush died,” wrote Slate’s Jamelle Boulle. Bush obviously believes reports of […]

Phil AmmannMarch 11, 2015

Marco Rubio, a prospective 2016 Republican presidential candidate, floated a few “new economic ideas” during an appearance at a recent legislative conference of the International Association of Firefighters. Rubio’s plans went over with the firefighters like a lead balloon, according to a new email from the Florida Democratic Party. The email — subject: “Marco Rubio […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

Las Vegas becomes the next stop this week for Marco Rubio, as he makes the case — in the form of a new book tour — that failed economic policies of President Barack Obama have put the American Dream in jeopardy. The senator from Florida, a prospective 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is roaming early primary […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 17, 2015

Las Vegas becomes the next stop this week for Marco Rubio, as he makes the case — in the form of a new book tour — that failed economic policies of President Barack Obama have put the American Dream in jeopardy. The senator from Florida, a prospective 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is roaming early primary […]

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Jeb Bush heads back to New Hampshire for 3-day campaign swing

Jeb Bush takes aim at Donald Trump in new video

Jeb Bush brings campaign to Florida for daylong swing

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Marco Rubio’s early primary state book tour to hit Vegas

Marco Rubio's early primary state book tour to hit Vegas