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Scott Walker Wants To Cure His Party Of Its Weakness For Moderates
Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin has a realistic shot at becoming the most conservative Republican nominee for president in a generation. Walker, who used a campaign video and a tweet to announce Monday morning that he is an official candidate, has been leading in Iowa polls since late January and has been consistently in the top tier in national and New Hampshire surveys. At FiveThirtyEight, we’ve had him in the top tier, with about a 25 percent chance to win the nomination, since February.
Read More >>Scott Walker Knows How to Win
Plenty of Republicans don’t want to vote for Jeb Bush. The same cannot be said about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. That’s why this understated and under-known Midwesterner could rise up and beat not just expectations but the entire field. In fact, Walker could plausibly clinch the nomination without losing a single early state.
Read More >>Scott Walker Enters GOP Nomination Fight
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has officially announced he will run for president in 2016, releasing a video this morning according to Politico. A more formal announcement event will be held this afternoon in Waukesha, Wis.:
Scott Walker: ‘I’m in’
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is running for president.
In a video shared by his campaign on Monday, Walker touted his experience as a conservative governor in a blue state against his GOP rivals in Washington, D.C.
“America needs new, fresh leadership with big, bold ideas from ... Read More >>
POLITICO Caucus: Insiders say Scott Walker is dominant in Iowa
When Scott Walker announces for president on Monday, he will do so from a position of strength: four in five early-state insiders consider him a top tier candidate. And he’s the clear frontrunner in Iowa: 82 percent of Hawkeye State Republicans also said he would win the caucuses if they were held tomorrow.
Read More >>Jeb Bush Trounces Rivals In Fundraising
The polls generally show a competitive contest in the Republican race for the 2016 presidential nomination, but the fundraising totals released to date suggest former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is outpacing the field in the area of fundraising. The Washington Post reports on his record-smashing haul (including the SuperPAC backing him):
Jeb Bush and allied super PAC raise an unprecedented $114 million war chest
Supporters of former Florida governor Jeb Bush have donated more than $114 million to bolster his presidential bid since ... Read More >>
Donald Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina: poll
Real estate mogul Donald Trump leads the 2016 GOP field in a new survey on North Carolina.
Read More >>GOP gears up for long primary grind
The Republican National Committee changed its presidential nominating process to make it more clean and decisive, to avoid the rotating gang of front-runners many believe damaged the party’s prospects in 2012. But many candidates are preparing for a messy, fractious crawl to the 2016 nomination anyway — and they’re stockpiling the cash to do it.
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