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Paul set to announce 500th endorsement
Rand Paul, among a handful of candidates seeing the first primary state as a crucial contest, could emerge as one such sleeper candidate, said Wayne Lesperance, political science professor at New England College.
Paul announces more than 1,000 precinct captains at D.M. birthday party
Sen. Rand Paul rang in his 53rd birthday with several hundred supporters in one of his more raucous Iowa campaign events.
The Republican presidential hopeful spent Thursday campaigning in western Iowa before the birthday party at Buzzard Billy’s in downtown Des Moines. It was there his campaign announced it has 1,007 precinct captains committed for caucus night on Feb. 1.
Read More >>29 Days Left - The State of the Caucus Race
If you are into politics, there will be no better place to be for the next month than the state of Iowa. The holidays are over. The Hawkeye football season is over. We love college basketball, and while conference play is upon us, it doesn’t get serious until March. For the next 30 days, the Iowa Caucuses will take center stage and dominate discussions and news coverage around the state.
Read More >>And when will there be three?
You can take the results of the robo poll conducted by the Democratic outfit PPP with a big grain of salt. Nevertheless, the underlying analysis is correct:
Read More >>Trump actually ranks 8th out of the 12 candidates in New Hampshire in net favorability with only 49% of GOP voters seeing him favorably to 44% with a negative opinion.
USA TODAY GOP Power Rankings: Carson and Fiorina fading
2016 begins with some outsider candidates finding themselves out of the picture in USA TODAY’s weekly GOP Power Rankings.
Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina tallied their worst scores this week since we started this survey Sept. 1, asking 30 political experts who is the strongest candidate in the GOP field.
Read More >>Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina Could Be Bumped To Undercard Debate
Republican presidential candidates Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina seem likely not to get an invitation to the next primetime debate, according to the criteria unveiled by the FOX Business Network on Tuesday.
Read More >>Who might stop Trump from nomination win?
With just a handful of weeks until the Iowa Caucuses, the race for the Republican presidential nomination is entering the home stretch.
Here’s a look at the 13 candidates remaining in the Republican field - and their path to victory … or defeat.
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