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AP News Guide: No shakeup in 2016 race despite underdog wins
Republican Ted Cruz defeated Donald Trump in Kansas and looked to blunt the front-runner’s showing elsewhere as voters in five states had their say in weekend presidential nominating contests.
Local Republicans begin taking sides on Trump
Reaction to Donald Trump by Republican officials varies.
GOP’s Ben Carson spent heavily on consultants, lightly on campaigning
Ben Carson ran for president, and his consultants won. The political newcomer who said this week he sees “no path” to the Republican nomination raised more money than any
Florida judge dismisses birther lawsuit against Cruz, Rubio
WASHINGTON – A Florida judge is dismissing a suit demanding that Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz be taken off the March 15 ballot in Florida’s GOP primary because they are not “natural-born citizens.” Michael Voeltz, a registered Republican voter from Broward County, filed the suit against Rubio and Cruz.
Cleveland seeks 2,000 riot-control suits for GOP convention
Cleveland plans to buy 2,000 riot-control suits with collapsible batons as it prepares for hosting the Republican National Convention in July.
Mitt Romney says he will not run for president
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says there are “no circumstances” in which he will join the 2016 race for the White House, even as he calls for an alternative candidate to front-runner Donald Trump.
Fox gets 16.9 million viewers for GOP debate
The 16.9 million people who saw Fox News Channel’s coverage of the Republican presidential debate on Thursday has made it the fourth most-watched debate in a primary season ever.
Viewer’s Guide: GOP debate about Trump vs. everyone else
Ben Carson’s departure from the GOP presidential race means the quartet of remaining Republicans on the debate stage Thursday night get more time for attacks as Donald Trump treads a path to the GOP nomination and his three rivals try to trip him up.
Mexico government says it won’t pay for Trump wall
The Mexican government has made his first direct response to Donald Trump’s pledge to build a wall along the two countries’ border – and make Mexico pay for it.
Mitt Romney says safe future ‘greatly diminished’ with Donald Trump
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Thursday that the prospects for a safe future are “greatly diminished” if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president.
Christie’s endorsement of Trump gets cold shoulder in New Jersey
In a 2013 re-election campaign he would market as a model for how Republicans could win nationally, Gov. Chris Christie won support from Latino and black leaders in New Jersey.
Schools find campaign talk conflicts with no-bullies message
The nasty personal tweets and sound bites of the 2016 Republican presidential campaign are reverberating in classrooms, running counter to the anti-bullying policies that have emerged in recent years amid several high-profile suicides.
Can Senate GOP hold majority with Trump?
Senate Republican campaigns are now thinking in practical terms about what a Donald Trump-led ticket would mean for their own down-ballot efforts, increasingly certain that they’ll be running alongside him this fall. The early assessment? All is not lost, but they have ample reason for uncertainty – and fear.
GOP candidate Ben Carson could be calling end to his campaign
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is effectively ending his campaign after a poor finish across the Super Tuesday primaries.
Chris Christie’s shell-shocked look behind Trump stirs mockery, befuddlement
Was that really Chris Christie, the brusque, take-a-back-seat-to-no-one governor of New Jersey? Christie’s seemingly shell-shocked gaze as he stood behind Donald Trump on Super Tuesday is generating befuddlement and mockery in his home state and beyond.
Analysis: Trump, Clinton rivals running out of options
It’s getting harder and harder for rivals of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to plot a realistic course to their party’s nomination. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop trying.
Analysis: Donald Trump adjusting to role of GOP standard-bearer
On a night where Donald Trump leaped ahead of Republican rivals and won at least seven states, it was fitting that he dispensed with tradition and did not throw a victory party. Instead, Trump summoned the media to a news conference.
AP News Guide: Big Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton wins, no shocks
WASHINGTON – Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump scored delegate-rich Super Tuesday victories across the South and beyond as they bid for clear sailing in a tempest-tossed campaign for the presidential nominations.
Exit poll: Hillary Clinton expands base, Donald Trump sells outsider image
Hillary Clinton held on to older people and ate into Bernie Sanders’ support among the 30-to-44 crowd on Super Tuesday as her rival claimed a clear advantage with only one age group: his devoted under-30 followers.
Super Tuesday Democratic results
Results from Super Tuesday.