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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 2016

Jeb Bush is looking to capitalize on a flub by a Marco Rubio supporter. In an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Friday, the former Republican governor said Rubio has accomplished little during his time in the Senate. The interview came just one day after Rick Santorum was unable to list one of Rubio’s accomplishments. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 2016

Jeb Bush is jumping on Rick Santorum’s inability to identify an accomplishment of Marco Rubio, using the footage of in a new television advertisement. As first reported by CNN, the 60-second spot will start running in New Hampshire on Saturday. The advertisement features clips from Thursday’s interview with Santorum on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” During the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 2016

Marco Rubio is the most likely Republican to win the general election, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. The survey found Rubio does the best in a hypothetical general election match-up. The survey found Rubio would best Democrat Hillary Clinton, 48 percent to 41 percent. In a hypothetical match-up between Rubio and Bernie Sanders, […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 5, 2016

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A former Republican president is starting to campaign for his top candidate. According to Politico, former President George W. Bush has cut a television ad for his brother, and GOP hopeful, Jeb Bush. The advertisement is set to begin airing in South Carolina on Friday, Politico reported. “The first job of the president is to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 4, 2016

A new ad featuring South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is hitting the airwaves in the Palmetto State. Marco Rubio released a new advertisement — called “Trust” — that will begin airing in South Carolina today. The 30-second spot features Scott explaining why he thinks Rubio will be able to unite the Republican Party. “It’s a long […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 3, 2016

There’s still more than a month before the Florida primary, but some voters are already casting their ballots. Elections officials have already mailed 28,862 ballots to military and civilian voters living overseas. The deadline to get those ballots in the mail was Saturday. The next round of vote-by-mail ballots are scheduled to go out Tuesday […]

Associated PressFebruary 3, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking issue with the results of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, accusing contest winner Ted Cruz of fraud. In attacks posted on his official Twitter account Wednesday, Trump says “either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified.” A previous tweet posted by the billionaire businessman accused the Cruz […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 3, 2016

Eight former and current Republican House Speakers are urging New Hampshire residents to vote for Jeb Bush on Election Day. The open letter to New Hampshire voters ran in the New Hampshire Union Leader on Wednesday. Politico reported that the advertisement is meant to highlight the number of Florida leaders backing Bush over Marco Rubio. […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 2, 2016

The cost of a sixth place finish in Iowa? Nearly $3,000 a vote According to NBC News, the super PAC supporting Jeb Bush spent $14.9 million in advertising ahead of the 2016 Iowa caucuses. It doesn’t appear that investment paid off very well: Bush came in sixth in Iowa receiving 5,235 votes or about 3 […]

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2016

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Donald Trump‘s campaign filings show the billionaire Republican front-runner spent just $6.8 million in the final three months of last year. The outlay is less than half of what Ted Cruz, his nearest rival in the polls, spent during the same period. Early in his campaign, Trump said he was willing to spend $100 million […]

Tag: 2016 Republican primary

Jeb Bush calls Marco Rubio’s record of accomplishments “slim”

New Jeb Bush ad uses Rick Santorum’s stumble to take shot at Marco Rubio

Quinnipiac poll says Marco Rubio would fare best in general election

Report says new Right to Rise spot features George W. Bush

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott calls Marco Rubio the conservative he trusts to “win in November”

Over 28K overseas ballots sent as registration deadline nears for March presidential primary

Donald Trump says Ted Cruz’s Iowa victory based on fraud

Jeb Bush supporters take aim at Marco Rubio in full page ad

Jeb Bush and his allies spent more than $2,800 per vote in Iowa

Donald Trump loaned $10 million to his campaign toward end of 2015