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State of the race 6 months before Iowa caucuses

To size up how Iowa-centric the candidates’ schedules are, the Republicans and Democrats are ranked in order of days spent in Iowa since the day after the 2012 election through Saturday.

Jeb Bush retakes the top spot for the GOP nomination once again in our August rankings, but not because he’s the candidate who has dominated the conversation since we last ranked the field in early June.

As debate looms, Rand Paul sees a chance to be the GOP dove

The first Republican debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, said Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, will be between him and people who “want to blow up the world.”

14 GOP candidates not named Donald Trump will participate in the same event tonight. Here’s what to watch.

Fourteen of the 17 major Republican candidates for president plan to participate in a candidate forum in New Hampshire Monday night, giving voters an early glimpse of most of the packed field in the same setting.

Marco Rubio, not Donald Trump, charms the ‘very conservative’

The “very conservative” Republican is a much coveted voting bloc among the GOP presidential hopefuls, who officially number 17 now that Jim Gilmore has declared his candidacy. Yes, yes — all the candidates aspire to win over New Hampshire and Iowa voters, that’s a given. But staunchly conservative GOPers are also at the top of the wish list.

Marco Rubio is quietly amassing organizational backing in states often ignored by presidential candidates, preparing for a Republican primary that could go long and become a knife fight for delegates.

Kasich in, Perry out, and Trump Trump Trump: The latest on next week’s debate

Congratulations to Governor John; sorry about your luck Governor Rick. With the release of new national poll numbers from Quinnipiac University this morning, we have a new top 10 — the threshold for a slot in next week’s first GOP debate — for only the second time since May.