The smallest field yet of GOP candidates faced off Wednesday in the fourth Republican presidential debate of 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with the first salvos of the night aimed at former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, while former President Donald Trump, who holds a wide lead in polling, held a closed campaign fundraiser in … Read more
Donald Trump’s legal troubles have done little to dent his lead, Simi Valley: Seven presidential hopefuls faced off Wednesday for the second Republican primary debate — with frontrunner Donald Trump bidding to steal the headlines despite spurning the showdown. Trump, 77, announced in August he would be skipping the debates, usually a staple of presidential … Read more
Seven candidates seeking the Republican nomination for president in 2024 are squaring off Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, for the second debate of the primary cycle. The candidates participating in Wednesday’s debate include: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum … Read more
The conventional wisdom is that retail politics — the door-knocking, hand-shaking grassroots campaigning for months before the primaries — make Iowa and New Hampshire different from what we see nationally. And like a lot of conventional wisdom these days, that’s looking outdated. Today, national frontrunner and former President Donald Trump also leads the Republican primary … Read more