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In Iowa, Kasich’s Message Might Not Hit Home

John Kasich has been telling Iowans the same stories over the course of nearly two decades.

Now, however, he hopes to rewrite the ending.

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.

Alabama governor endorses John Kasich

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his presidential bid on Monday.

The endorsement was the “major” campaign event Kasich’s presidential campaign announced a week earlier. Kasich came to Birmingham, Alabama, for the endorsement.

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.