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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 11, 2016

Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Iowa, while Trump continues to outpace the competition in New Hampshire, according to a NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll released Sunday. Among likely Republican caucus-goers, the Texas senator leads the New York businessman, 28 percent to 24 percent. The poll found Marco Rubio comes in third with 13 percent, Ben Caron […]

Associated PressJanuary 10, 2016

Three weeks before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are generating overwhelming enthusiasm among Republican voters in the state, along with concern, though not panic, among the party professionals who believe both are unelectable in November against the Democratic nominee. Despite such fears, talk of a “takedown” effort aimed […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 9, 2016

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Donald Trump continues to lead the pack in national polls, but lags behind Ted Cruz in Iowa, according to the latest Fox News poll. Nationwide, Trump leads with 35 percent among Republican primary voters. Cruz comes in second, with 20 percent; while Marco Rubio is at third with 13 percent. Ben Carson received 10 percent […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 8, 2016

Jeb Bush’s image among Republicans has worsened, according to a new Gallup poll. Forty-five percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they had an unfavorable opinion of the former Florida governor. The results reflect voters opinions between Dec. 18 and Jan. 5. That support, the poll found, is significantly lower than his position in July, […]

Associated PressJanuary 6, 2016

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are fighting for the favor of many of the same undecided voters across Iowa, where even some of the most attentive Republicans say they can’t make up their minds less than four weeks before voting begins. That was so among Iowans who gathered before sunrise to hear Rubio at a […]

Associated PressJanuary 6, 2016

It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama‘s birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of an American mother and Kenyan father from taking office as president. The justices turned away those challenges as fast as they arrived at the courthouse door, much as lower courts […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2016

Immediately after Rich Nugent announced he would not run for re-election in Florida’s 11th Congressional District last year, his now former chief of staff, Justin Grabelle, immediately entered the race, and won the endorsement of the incumbent. But it hasn’t stopped other Republicans from entering the now-open seat, with Spring Hill-based minister Jack Martin being the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 6, 2016

A new Reuters poll shows Donald Trump is maintaining a hefty lead among registered Republicans. Among registered Republicans, 42.2 percent said they supported the New York businessman, compared to 15 percent for Sen. Ted Cruz and 11.2 percent for Ben Carson. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush rounded out the Top 5 candidates, […]

Associated PressJanuary 5, 2016

Ted Cruz tried to make a joke Tuesday out of Republican presidential rival Donald Trump raising questions about whether the Texas senator’s birth in Canada could be a liability if he becomes the GOP’s nominee. Trump told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday that Cruz’s Canadian birthplace and his holding a double passport was […]

Associated PressJanuary 5, 2016

After five years in the U.S. Senate, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is dismissing Congress’ ability to change much about America. “We’re not going to fix America with senators and congressmen,” Rubio charged during a Tuesday town hall-style meeting with voters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Only presidents, he said, can set the nation’s policy agenda. Rubio, […]

Tag: Ted Cruz

NBC News poll: Ted Cruz leads Donald Trump in Iowa

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump up in Iowa, but talk of “takedown” effort fades

Fox News Poll: Donald Trump continues to lead nationally, NH; Ted Cruz in top spot in Iowa

Gallup: Jeb Bush’s image among Republicans declines

A Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio battle over undecided Iowans intensifies

Ted Cruz’s birth in Canada unlikely to cloud run for president

Jack Martin latest Republican to enter CD11 contest

Reuters poll: Donald Trump maintains lead over GOP field

Ted Cruz downplays Donald Trump raising concerns over Canadian birth

Marco Rubio: Can’t “fix America” from GOP-held House, Senate