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What the Heck Happened to Rand Paul?

I never expected Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul would win his party’s nomination for president, but I did expect he would be a factor in the race. So far, he hasn’t been one.

Trump and Carson pick up steam in GOP poll, Fiorina fades

The summer of Donald Trump has apparently not cooled off as fall has taken hold, with the business tycoon getting his highest marks yet in a NBC News/ Wall Street Journal poll out Monday.

Third-Quarter Fundraising Stratifies the Candidates

All the candidates for president have filed their fundraising reports for the third quarter with the Federal Election Commission, and the general view is that candidates have separated into three distinct categories: those raising enough money to mount credible campaigns in the early nominating contests as well as the later caucuses and primaries; those raising enough to fund one- or two-state campaigns in Iowa and/or New Hampshire and hoping to use early success in order to propel them into contention; ... Read More >>

Rand Paul’s campaign is struggling to emerge from the low single digits in national and early state polls, but it is pushing back on the idea the Kentucky senator is close to dropping out of the presidential race.

Rand Paul sees dismal third quarter fundraising numbers

GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul — once seen as a potential top tier candidate for his party’s nomination — raised just $2.5 million last fundraising quarter, according to a campaign filing released Thursday by Federal Election Commission.

Cash-rich Clinton towers over the GOP field

Republican and Democratic presidential candidates hauled in an enormous $144 million in the third quarter of 2015 but the vast majority of the money flowed into only a handful of campaigns, leaving the 2016 race distinctively stratified into the haves, the have-notes and the hopeless.

Rand Paul sets high goal for college caucus turnout, but can he reach it?

Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul wants one in every 13 Iowa college students to not just attend the Iowa caucuses, but to caucus for him.

The libertarian-leaning U.S. senator from Kentucky pitched his candidacy and highlighted a goal of turning out 10,000 students on caucus night during visits to nine college campuses across the state this week.