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Associated PressFebruary 1, 2016

As if hearing Marco Rubio’s footsteps creeping up on him, Ted Cruz directed much of his final advertising against the Florida senator in the frenzied weekend prelude to the Iowa caucuses, feeding a Republican feud that turned increasingly bitter before voters have their first say in the 2016 presidential race. Considered to be vying with […]

Associated PressJanuary 31, 2016

In a final frenzy to inspire supporters to turn out for Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the presidential contenders scrambled to close the deal with the first voters to have a say in the 2016 race for the White House. The result Sunday was a blur of sometimes conflicting messages. Even as the candidates begged backers to […]

Associated PressJanuary 31, 2016

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Money may be growing tight for four Republican presidential hopefuls clustered under Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, just when they’re about to need it the most. Financial reports coming out Sunday will show who began the year with enough cash to put their long-range campaign plans into motion. For Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, and John […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 30, 2016

Less than 48 hours from the Iowa caucuses, Jeb Bush‘s campaign announced endorsements from three former governors: Frank Keating of Oklahoma’ Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, and Rhode Island’s Lincoln Almond. Bush, Florida governor from 1999 through 2007, also won praise Thursday in an op-ed penned by Mike Johanns, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. senator, […]

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio sprinted toward the Iowa caucuses Sunday, avoiding direct confrontations with his opponents and instead, projecting a vision that looks more toward the general election. The Florida senator was in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, part of a nine-day blitz across the state, campaigning with confidence to audiences numbering in the hundreds, […]

Associated PressJanuary 20, 2016

Under pressure to emerge as the Republican mainstream’s presidential contender, Sen. Marco Rubio is increasingly relying on a national strategy as he lowers expectations for February’s primary contests. He’s betting big that Republican voters across the political spectrum will ultimately coalesce behind his candidacy in the state-by-state slog for delegates his team envisions for the […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 15, 2016

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Jeb Bush, fresh off a record-breaking fundraising effort, celebrated in July with major donors at an exclusive two-day conference in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was there the former governor boasted his $114 million hauls were “only the beginning.” That was last year. Months later, and weeks before the first votes in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bush […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 15, 2016

The rivalry between the Republican Party’s two leading candidates for president intensified in Thursday’s debate, which featured the most rollicking action to date. Yet rising tensions between billionaire businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz left little space for any of the other candidates to make an impression. With less than three weeks until […]

Associated PressJanuary 12, 2016

Marco Rubio is increasingly portraying immigration as a national security issue rather than a question of what to do with millions of people in the country illegally, a sign of his evolving stance on a topic that remains one of his liabilities with conservative voters. “The issue is not the same one we had a […]

Associated PressJanuary 11, 2016

For all the passionate support Donald Trump has amassed in New Hampshire, many Republicans and independent voters are just as passionate about not voting for Donald Trump. They are an enticing target for the pack of Republicans off the front-runner’s pace, who seek to turn a second-place finish in the nation’s first primary — or […]

Tag: 2016 Republican primary

Ted Cruz-Marco Rubio feud flares in Iowa closer

Turnout is name of the game in Monday’s Iowa caucuses

Cash flow could be issue for 4 GOP contenders seeking boost from New Hampshire

In lead-up to Iowa, Jeb Bush wins endorsements from 3 former governors

Marco Rubio attacks Hillary Clinton, not GOP rivals, in Iowa

Marco Rubio betting on long-haul strategy to win nomination

Anxious Jeb Bush donors await signal it’s time to move on

At debate, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz assert their standing atop Republican field

Marco Rubio shifts immigration focus to national security concerns

Inside the New Hampshire pitch to those who don’t want Donald Trump