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Election analysis: Ted Cruz ran a good campaign – for 2012
He was the first of 17 Republicans to announce his presidential run in a commanding, preacherlike speech at a religious university.
Trump’s open path to nomination causes agony for some in GOP
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s last Republican foe, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, ended his quixotic presidential campaign Wednesday, cementing Trump’s remarkable triumph as his party’s presumptive nominee and launching him toward a likely fall battle with Hillary Clinton. Some Republican leaders began reluctantly rallying around Trump, but others agonized over their party’s future. The billionaire businessman vowed to unite the splintered GOP, even as he was bitingly dismissive of members who have been critical of his campaign.
GOP presidential race all but over as primary ballots mailed
Washington elections officials began mailing out presidential primary ballots Wednesday, just as the Republican presidential field narrowed to a single candidate.
Washington primary ballots in the mail as GOP race likely over
Washington primary ballots go out just as the GOP race seems about to end.
Rolling Stones asks Trump to stop using songs
The Rolling Stones have asked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop playing their songs at his campaign events.
Ted Cruz officially cancels Wednesday campaign stop in Spokane
Ted Cruz, who ended his presidential campaign Tuesday following a defeat in the Indiana primaries, has also canceled a campaign event in Spokane on Wednesday. The junior senator from Texas was scheduled to appear at the Spokane Convention Center at 3:05 p.m. The Cruz campaign sent out a media notification Tuesday evening canceling the event.
Presidential campaign as a marketing tool
Mementos of a presidential campaign get a little stranger every cycle.
The Latest: Bernie Sanders gets delegate boost; challenge remains
The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters in Indiana head to the polls for the state primary.
Cruz rally in Spokane likely scrapped as he drops out
Ted Cruz dropped out of the Republican presidential race, which means his Spokane rally is likely off.
Donald Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination
In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump’s path to a likely November face-off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Exit poll: Indiana GOP voters pick Donald Trump, but party divided
Donald Trump can thank male voters for his big victory Tuesday night in the Indiana Republican primary.
Cruz schedules Spokane rally
Sen. Ted Cruz will hold a rally at the Spokane Convention Center Wednesday afternoon.
Survey: Trump presidency would prompt U.S. pullback by foreign companies
Foreign corporations would dramatically scale back their plans to invest in the U.S. if billionaire Donald Trump is elected president, according to a survey conducted in January for global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
Cruz suspends campaign, rally in Spokane likely off
Fresh off Tuesday’s Indiana primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will head to Spokane. Cruz’s campaign announced Tuesday that Cruz will hold a rally at the Spokane Convention Center at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Sanders says he must win half remaining delegates
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says Indiana’s primary on Tuesday will be important to his goal of amassing as many delegates as possible to catch up with rival Hillary Clinton. And he’s acknowledging that’s a big challenge. In Evansville, Indiana, Sanders is telling supporters that with 10 states left, his campaign needs to earn more than 50 percent of the remaining delegates up for grabs. The Vermont senator says he will “fight hard as hard as we can for every vote.”
Abroad, Trump seen as both a danger and a mystery
The world is fascinated by Donald Trump, just as blindsided as many Americans about his rise and nearly at a loss to understand what he would do as president.
What 8 years of Senate votes reveal about Hillary Clinton
Now that her dominance of the Acela primaries has moved Hillary Clinton’s nomination to the cusp of mathematical certainty, millions of voters will soon start looking for evidence to shape their judgment about her this fall.
Ted Cruz getting Indiana governor’s endorsement
In a setback for Donald Trump, Indiana’s governor is endorsing chief rival Ted Cruz before the state’s critical Republican primary contest.
Sanders, Kasich visit Oregon as presidential hopes slip
Democrat Bernie Sanders’ struggling campaign returned to Oregon to make sure he can count on the state’s progressive voters in the May 17 primary.
Former Speaker Boehner calls Cruz ‘Lucifer in the flesh’
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that former House Speaker John Boehner let his “inner Trump come out” when he called Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh” during a talk to students at Stanford University.