presidential race

Politics 04/10/20, 12:34

Joe Biden is facing another hurdle in becoming the Democratic presidential nominee even though Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has quit the race. A new poll shows a majority of Democrats want to nominate New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for president instead of the former vice president. According to a national poll ...

Politics 04/08/20, 12:47

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has decided to end his White House campaign, paving the way for former Vice President Joe Biden to become the party’s 2020 nominee. “Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on,” Sanders announced in a ...

Politics 02/12/20, 05:54

Businessman Andrew Yang announced on Tuesday, Feb. 11, that he would drop out of the 2020 presidential race, admitting that his campaign finds it hard to win the race. "You know I am the math guy, and it is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win ...

Politics 08/15/19, 08:12

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to end his bid for the Democratic presidential primary this week, becoming the second Democrat to leave the 2020 presidential race after Rep. Eric Swalwell. A Democrat close to Hickenlooper told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that the presidential candidate would announce his ...

Politics 04/25/19, 10:50

President Donald J. Trump welcomed Joe Biden to the race for president this morning via his favorite social media site, Twitter. The tweet went out a couple of hours after Biden officially announced he was entering the race for the 2020 Democratic Party nomination for president. Biden made a campaign announcement ...

2022 Campaign 04/23/19, 12:01

The Latest on former Vice President Joe Biden and the 2020 presidential race (all times local): 1 p.m. Former Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, according to a person familiar with his plans. Former vice president Joe Biden arrives to speak at a rally in support of ...

Politics 02/20/19, 09:46

Socialist ideas are increasingly popular in the US, according to recent polls and Democratic candidates are embracing them

Politics 02/15/19, 04:00

What is happening to the Democrats? Captivated by a handful of liberal superstars, they are venturing where the party has long feared to tread: Steep taxes on the rich. Abolishing an immigration enforcement agency. And proposing a sweeping Green New Deal that calls for an "economic transformation" to combat climate change. On ...

Politics 02/14/19, 11:16

Spending on presidential races increased by 1,200 percent between 1980 and 2012

Politics 02/13/19, 10:20

Varied contenders look to channel grassroots opposition to the president

Politics 02/10/19, 09:45

The Latest on Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (all times local): 8:35 a.m. Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is set to join the 2020 presidential race later Sunday. She would become the most prominent Midwestern candidate as her party tries to win back voters in a region that helped put Donald Trump in ...

Politics 01/25/19, 23:40

Sen. Kamala (KAH'mah-lah) Harris returned to South Carolina on Friday, her first visit to this early-voting state as an official presidential contender. The newly minted presidential candidate spoke at the Pink Ice Gala, a scholarship fundraiser. It's hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country's oldest black sorority, which Harris pledged as ...

World 01/24/19, 10:31

Oby Ezekwesili, founder of Bring Back Our Girls campaign, announces on Twitter that she will help form new opposition party