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Huckabee courts western Iowa support for possible 2016 presidential bid

In 2007, Mike Huckabee visited Iowa for the first time as a presidential candidate not knowing that he would go on to win the Iowa Caucuses.

Wednesday night, he was back in the “hawkeye state” to talk with western Iowans about the issues that affect them, and stoke the fire for another possible run.

White House hopeful Rick Perry makes fifth hire in Iowa

Likely presidential candidate Rick Perry has hired an Iowa political operative — a party leader known for his connections in evangelical Christian political circles — as part of his national team.

Jeb Bush’s tie to fugitive goes against business-savvy image he promotes

Jeb Bush was a young man building a real estate business in Miami in 1985 when health-care entrepreneur Miguel Recarey Jr. hired him to help locate office space in South Florida.

Columbus, Ohio — Ideas fly from Governor John Kasich like sparks from a flint. While explaining his prison reforms, he interrupts himself mid-sentence — his sentences, like some E. E. Cummings poems, are unpunctuated — to praise a Delaware church that buys prom dresses for low-income high-school girls. His spirit would add spice and his policies would add substance to the Republican presidential contest.

Businessman and TV personality Donald Trump is forming a presidential exploratory committee.

Trump, who has frequently flirted with presidential runs in the past, said in a statement that “I am the only one who can make America truly great again!”

Trump has formed an exploratory committee before, back in 1999, but he never launched a formal run for the White House.

Twenty-seven current and former New Hampshire lawmakers signed a public letter Wednesday urging Warren to run for president in 2016.

The letter was in part fueled by the Run Warren campaign.

The Run Warren Run group has been gaining steam in New Hampshire since it launched last December despite the fact that Warren has continued to deny that she’s interested in running for president.

Pataki, Graham poke fun at GOP 2016 rivals in New Hampshire

Republican presidential hopefuls George Pataki and Lindsey Graham took playful shots Tuesday at their better-known, better-funded GOP rivals at an annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast roast in New Hampshire.