Washington Democratic Presidential Primary
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Hillary Clinton faces challenge: Black voters in Rust Belt
This month has brought a new challenge for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign: Black voters in Rust Belt states aren’t as solidly behind her as they’ve been in the South.
Spokane: Occasional crossroads on the presidential campaign trail
Some years Spokane is a stopping point for candidates. Other times it’s a bypass.
WA prez primary ballot: Trump, Cruz, Kasich, Clinton, Sanders and …
The ballot for the May 24 Presidential Primary is set, and 4 Republicans are on it.
Bill Clinton will campaign for Hillary Clinton in Spokane on Monday
Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president has announced that President Bill Clinton will campaign for his wife in Spokane on Monday. Details were not immediately released.
Sanders in Spokane Sunday
Bernie Sanders coming to Spokane Sunday evening as part of Washington swing.
Bernie Sanders plans Spokane rally during NW swing
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is bringing his presidential campaign to Spokane on Sunday in advance of the state Democratic caucuses on March 26.
Sanders says he has a ‘path toward victory’ against Clinton
Bernie Sanders said Thursday he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri’s Democratic presidential primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Clinton’s Trump card: Female swing voters
More Republican women view Trump more negatively than positively, according to Gallup. And in a hypothetical matchup with Hillary Clinton, a Washington Post/ABC News poll found this month that Trump loses the women’s vote by 21 points.
Hillary Clinton sweeps Ohio, Florida; Donald Trump, John Kasich split; Marco Rubio out
CLEVELAND – John Kasich was locked in a close race with Donald Trump in the Ohio governor’s home-state Republican primary Tuesday, a make-or-break contest for Kasich. In the night’s other crucial GOP primary, Trump held an early lead in Florida, while Hillary Clinton had an advantage in Florida’s Democratic race as the first votes were counted.
Hillary Clinton defeats Bernie Sanders in Florida, Ohio and 2 other states
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Hillary Clinton looked to Florida to undercut Bernie Sanders in Tuesday’s primary contests, seeking victories across the Midwest and in fall battleground states to lay the groundwork for a potential fall showdown against Donald Trump.
The Latest: GOP, Dem races in Missouri too close to call
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign, with primaries in five states Tuesday and Republican front-runner Donald Trump trying to move closer to nailing down his party’s nomination
Forget favorite candidates, some people voting strategically
The notion of strategic voting – in a way, playing amateur political scientist – is now front and center in Ohio and Florida, which award winner-take-all delegates in the Republican races as part of Tuesday’s five-state round of voting.
Robert J. Samuelson: Plans to soak the rich wouldn’t end deficit
If you want much bigger government, you have to pay for it with broadly based taxes, even if the rich and upper middle class bear the biggest burdens.
Charles Krauthammer: Holocaust martyrdom mustn’t be sole legacy
I worry that a people with a 3,000-year history of creative genius, should be placing such weight on martyrdom.
Froma Harrop: Pollsters were biggest losers
What long-range polls really show is how well Bernie would do if he were the nominee and Republicans let his politics, writings and personal history skate into November without comment.
Amy Goodman: Dim the polls, spotlight the issues
Why should it matter who others are voting for? Let each person make his or her decision on how to vote not on polling numbers, but on the actual positions staked out by the candidates.
GOP preview: ‘Softer’ debate? So says Trump, maybe
The chairman of the Republican Party has declared that he wants Thursday’s Republican presidential debate to be “more of a G-rated” event than recent showdowns.
Democratic debate: 5 moments that might not have happened without the Spanish-language media
Broadcast simultaneously on CNN and Univision, the nation’s largest Spanish-language network, the Democratic debate kicked off Wednesday night with moderator Maria Elena Salinas speaking a few words of rapid-fire Spanish. That set the tone for questioning.
Local Clinton, Sanders supporters open campaign offices ahead of March 26 caucus
Sixty-seven Democratic delegates will be up for grabs at Washington caucuses to be held Saturday, March 26. Supporters for the campaigns of Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have set up local offices to get out the vote.
Hillary Clinton to visit Seattle ahead of March 26 caucuses
SEATTLE – Hillary Clinton is planning a visit to the Seattle area to raise money before the state’s Democratic caucuses. The Seattle Times reported the fundraiser is set for March 22 at a yet-to-be disclosed location in Medina.