Kansas elections chief’s security plan causes local unease
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ elections chief is pushing to make the state’s central voter registration database more secure by changing how counties tap into it, but some officials are nervous…
Man behind videos that felled Paris mayor contender arrested
French police have arrested a controversial Russian performance artist who claimed responsibility for posting sex videos that brought down a high profile candidate for Paris mayor By ELAINE GANLEY Associated…
How Pete Buttigieg Defied The Polls In Iowa
Scott Matter, a semi-retired corporate PR strategist, has held high-level positions on Republican campaigns from Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley’s 1986 re-election bid to Sen. Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential run. But…
NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats
PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and launched into his pitch…
Biden faces competition for black vote in his SC ‘firewall’
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden is facing increasingly formidable competition in South Carolina, a state his campaign has long assumed was safely in his column and one he’s repeatedly described…
Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him
BEND, Ore. — In 2018, the Republican party’s candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump’s environmental stance and said he didn’t want to…
Trump Unleashes Fury Over Impeachment Trial At National Prayer Breakfast
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unleashed his fury against those who tried to impeach him at a prayer breakfast Thursday, a day after his acquittal by the Senate. “As…
Kansas Senate rivals try to minimize Kobach’s ties to Trump
Hardline conservative Kris Kobach tried Saturday to reassure Kansas Republicans that if they nominate him for the U.S. Senate, they won’t see a repeat of his unsuccessful run for governor…
Pastor Of Historic Atlanta Church Announces Campaign For U.S. Senate
ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, challenging…
Biden under pressure to prove he can thwart new GOP attacks
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of GOP attacks over his son’s business overseas and facing piling…