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Ted Cruz to open Iowa campaign office

Texas Republican and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz will open a campaign office in Iowa this weekend, about six months after he first jumped into the 2016 race.

The departure of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker from the U.S. Republican presidential race on Monday will primarily benefit Senator Marco Rubio.

5 potential impacts in Iowa from Scott Walker’s demise

What impact will Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s departure have on the presidential campaign in first-in-the-nation Iowa?

Here are five observations from Republican strategists and Iowa politics watchers:

USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings, Week 4: Fiorina is queen of the hill

Debates matter.

On the strength of two strong debate performances, Carly Fiorina has vaulted to first place in USA Today’s GOP Power Rankings, unseating Donald Trump for the first time since we launched this project.

Scott Walker’s Demise Shows Limits of ‘Super PAC’ Money Model

In the age of “super PACs,” a presidential campaign can die of thirst on the shores of the Great Lakes.

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin was among the most successful fund-raisers in his party, with a clutch of billionaires in his corner and tens of millions of dollars behind his presidential ambitions.

The stunning collapse and exit of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Monday provided a jolt to a Republican establishment staring at a presidential primary field dominated by three political novices and led by a populist billionaire.

Scott Walk­er’s sud­den sus­pen­sion of his pres­id­en­tial race is one of the biggest sur­prises in pres­id­en­tial polit­ics this year. The Wis­con­sin gov­ernor, who looked like a ser­i­ous con­tender to win the nom­in­a­tion, saw his stand­ing di­min­ish over the sum­mer as flash­i­er, more-out­spoken con­ser­vat­ive chal­lengers stole the lime­light.