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Carly Fiorina bumps Chris Christie from ‘top tier’ of GOP candidates: polls

Breathless speculation of a shake-up has given way to the reality that next GOP debate will feature much the same lineup as the first: nine of the same top 10 will make the main stage, with Carly Fiorina bumping one of the sitting governors from the last spot.

The Most Important Story in the G.O.P. Race Isn’t About Donald Trump

Donald Trump is dominating the news media and the Internet. He is leading in the polls. But even as journalists scour those surveys for signs of whether his surge will last, an important story with the potential to decide the race is being overlooked.

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.

A different way to slice the GOP race

It’s a commonplace to say that the Republican presidential contest, with its vast field, consists of races within a race. Pre-Trump, we could discern three sub-races — conservative, moderate-conservative, and evangelical.

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.