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Iowa Poll: Trump blazes to lead; Carson quietly rises
Donald Trump has built up tremendous support in Iowa — he’s very wealthy, he loves the Bible and he’d be just terrific as president of the United States. And he’s very handsome.
Read More >>Trump tops GOP rankings
Donald Trump tops The Hill’s rankings of 2016 GOP candidates for the first time, as the race cranks up to a new level of intensity with debate season underway.
Read More >>5 donors supporting long-shot candidates
An Arkansas poultry tycoon sends a $3 million check to Mike Huckabee’s super-PAC. A Louisiana shipping magnate gives $1 million to the group supporting Bobby Jindal. And a cowboy hat-wearing evangelical multimillionaire says he will “definitely” spend more of his money on Rick Santorum.
Read More >>Drowning in Weak Polling, How Long Can Lindsey Graham Stay in 2016 Race?
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s presidential campaign has had a tough time getting traction so far, and a new Quinnipiac University poll keeps him in the conversation about who might be the first of the 17 Republican presidential candidates to fold.
Read More >>Poll: Trump continues his post-debate rise
Donald Trump keeps helicoptering upward in the Republican primary.
The golf-course entrepreneur and presidential candidate is out in front once more in a new CNN/ORC poll of Republicans released Tuesday.
Read More >>What We’ve Learned Since the Republican Debates
It was the most significant week yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Tech executive Carly Fiorina’s hopes rose—along with her poll numbers, fundraising, and crowd counts—after a masterful performance at the GOP’s first debate, albeit a breakout showing for the also-ran candidates who trailed in public polling.
Read More >>Seven GOP candidates who could drop from ’16 race before Iowa
Seventeen major Republican candidates are running hard for the White House. But not all will make it to Iowa.
Of the crowded 2016 GOP primary field, who will be the first to head for the exits?
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