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President Barack Obama fell just short of 25 percent of the vote in Utah in the 2012 presidential election, but Donald Trump can’t take the Beehive State for granted in November.
A June 2-8 poll by SurveyUSA for the Salt Lake Tribune showed Trump and Clinton tied at 35 percent, with Libertarian…
Candidate for Minnesota’s 2nd District
Interview Date: June 17, 2016
Date of Birth: Sept. 23, 1955; Waterloo, Iowa
Education: Univ. of Northern Iowa (1979)
Political Office: None; 1990 Candidate for Congress in Colorado
Current Outlook: Lewis is a top contender for the competitive open seat…
Nominee for California’s 25th District
Interview Date: June 15, 2016
Date of Birth: March 5, 1983; Tustin, Calif.
Education: UCLA (2005); Yale Law School (2008)
Political Office: None; First run for office
Current Outlook: Caforio will face freshman GOP Rep. Steve Knight in this Southern…
Candidate for Minnesota’s 3rd District
Interview Date: June 15, 2016
Date of Birth: August 1, 1957; Minneapolis, Minn.
Education: Clark University (B.A. 1979); Univ. of Minnesota (attended)
Political Office: State senator; 2008 3rd District candidate
Current Outlook: Bonoff is the presumptive…
On Sept. 26, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off in Dayton, Ohio, for what's anticipated to be the most-watched presidential debate in history. Republicans need Gary Johnson to be on the stage.
Normally, both parties try to marginalize third-party candidates and keep them from getting…
Republican Reps. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina and Randy Forbes of Virginia lost GOP primaries within the last couple of weeks, but it’s not because we’re having a throw-the-bums-out election.
While Donald Trump rode a wave of anti-Establishment sentiment to the GOP presidential nomination, his…
In a race full of surprises, I’m surprised that Democrats are surprised that Bernie Sanders isn’t quite ready to exit quietly stage left from the presidential contest.
The Vermont senator took one step closer to bowing out on Thursday night, but stopped short of a concession.
“The major political…