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Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race

Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks about Sen. John McCain’s Vietnam War service, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Who did the crowd like at the Family Leadership Summit?

Here is a sampling of crowd reaction from The Family Leadership Summit held Saturday at Stephens Auditorium in Ames.

This week marked the first deadline for 2016 presidential candidates and their affiliated political action committees to submit their campaign finance records to the Federal Election Commission.

Campaigns shatter spending records

The crowded field of 2016 presidential candidates spent $48 million through the first half of the year — nearly twice as much as their counterparts had at this point in the 2012 cycle — reflecting the new realities of fast, expensive campaign launches.

Let them debate!

It will be easy this year to identify the biggest losers in the GOP debates. They will be the candidates who aren’t on the stage.

Campaign Finance Reports Offer Clues to Campaign

Wednesday was the filing deadline for the 2016 presidential candidates to reveal their fundraising and spending details, and while the overall numbers are fairly easy to digest and understand (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lead their respective parties’ contenders in money raised, for example), there are lots of details buried in each report that will take a few days for the media to find and report on their likely meaning for the campaign.

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Republican field walloping Hillary Clinton in money race

Hillary Clinton, the dominant front-runner in the Democratic field, is facing a massive pile of money on the Republican side, with early numbers showing that the GOP-ers have outraised Clinton roughly four times over.