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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJuly 18, 2016

The Republican National Committee gave the Florida GOP more than $170,000 in June. Federal campaign records show the Republican National Committee transferred $170,580 to the Republican Party of Florida in June. The transfer marks the latest in a series meant to help gear up for the presidential election. The state party has received about $1.3 […]

Associated PressJuly 11, 2016

Presidential battleground states were supposed to be swarming with Republican Party workers by now. “We’ve moved on to thousands and thousands of employees,” party chairman Reince Priebus declared in March, contrasting that with the GOP’s late-blooming staffing four years earlier. “We are covering districts across this country in ways that we’ve never had before.” That […]

Associated PressMay 21, 2016

Donald Trump poured more than $7.5 million of his own money into his presidential campaign in April, bringing his total personal investment to more than $43 million since he declared his candidacy, new campaign finance reports filed late Friday show. The billionaire businessman, who swatted away 16 Republican rivals and relied heavily on wall-to-wall media […]

Phil AmmannMay 17, 2016

Donald Trump says he plans to win the White House largely on the strength of his personality, not by leaning heavily on complex voter data operations that have become a behind-the-scenes staple in modern presidential campaigns. Shortly after Trump explained his approach in an Associated Press interview — data is “overrated,” he said — one […]

Associated PressMay 3, 2016

The Republican presidential nomination may be in his sights, yet Donald Trump has so far ignored vital preparations needed for a quick and effective transition to the general election. The New York businessman has collected little information about tens of millions of voters he needs to turn out in the fall. He’s sent few people […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 25, 2016

The national conventions are less than three months away and, as the nomination phase comes to a close, attention will gravitate toward potential vice presidential candidates. Let’s focus on the factors that have been used in selecting vice presidents. Most conventional wisdom is wrong. To begin with, most people and many presidential candidates select a […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 24, 2016

The national conventions are less than three months away and, as the nomination phase comes to a close, attention will gravitate toward potential vice presidential candidates. Let’s focus on the factors that have been used in selecting vice presidents. Most conventional wisdom is wrong. To begin with, most people and many presidential candidates select a […]

Scott PowersApril 21, 2016

Ridiculing the Republican National Committee’s meeting in her district, Democrats’ leader U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday the GOP is getting what it deserves. Wasserman Schultz of Weston and U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch of Margate held a telephone press conference Thursday to respond to the RNC’s spring meeting in Hollywood. On Wednesday it drew […]

Associated PressApril 21, 2016

The messy fight for the Republican presidential nomination is shifting to a luxury seaside resort in south Florida as Donald Trump and chief rival Ted Cruz quietly court party leaders ahead of another set of high-stakes delegate contests. Cruz conceded publicly for the first time that he doesn’t have enough support to claim the nomination […]

Associated PressApril 17, 2016

In an extraordinary display of internal discord, the chairman of the Republican Party’s rules committee accused top GOP officials Saturday of “a breach of our trust” by improperly trying to impede a proposed change in bylaws that would make it harder for party leaders to nominate a fresh candidate for president. Bruce Ash, RNC committeeman […]

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Florida GOP gets $170K from Republican National Committee in June

A lot of holes in GOP presidential ground game in key states

Donald Trump’s campaign investment tops $43 million

Donald Trump’s questioning of the value of data worries Republicans

Donald Trump far behind in preparing for general election

Darryl Paulson: Candidate’s running mate rarely affects outcome of presidential election

Darryl Paulson: Candidate’s running mate rarely affects outcome of presidential election

Debbie Wasserman Schultz say GOP getting what it deserves

Fight for GOP presidential nomination shifts to seaside luxury resort in south Florida

GOP official rails over effort aimed at nomination rules