Primaries

According to the voting in the primaries and caucuses that led to the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, there should be one whale of a convention fight looming in Philadelphia next month. But instead, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has cruised to an almost assured victory, thanks to the party’s “superdelegates.” These Democratic elected officials, […]

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s good friend, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) isn’t being impatient, he’s just being practical when he says the senator needs to “decide soon” whether or not he’s going to run for re-election. The congressman was a guest on the Hugh Hewitt Show and was asked specifically about Rubio’s change of tune

Following a very heated primary, it’s not entirely uncommon for the vanquished’s supporters to threaten the political equivalent of taking the ball and going home. But are Bernie Sanders supporters seriously considering secession? In a recent commentary written for “The Conversation,” William Irwin, a philosophy professor who chairs the philosophy department at King’s College in

Something happened Tuesday night that hasn’t happened very often in 2016: Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Donald Trump was beaten. Trump raised more than a few eyebrows when he endorsed U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.), who was once a darling of the Tea Party movement. Since her election, she had voted more often with the Republican Party

The Associated Press—with a number of media outlets following their lead—has determined Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be the major parties’ presidential nominees in the November general election. Those declarations were based on the assumption that unbound delegates in either party—who will remain free to vote for whomever they want—will vote as they have

There’s been a lot of talk of late about how Hillary Clinton is slipping in the polls in California, and how this is great news for Bernie Sanders. Democrats are no doubt getting nervous because their planned coronation of Clinton has been derailed by Sanders’ tenacity and stubbornness. But can the avowed socialist from Vermont

Another reality television star is hoping to put his new-found fame to good use by serving others in the realm of politics. According to TheBlaze, Ben Higgins, the most recent star of The Bachelor, is considering a run for the Colorado State House seat currently held by Speaker Pro Tempore Dan Pabon (D-Denver). The third-term

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday joined a chorus of Republican stalwarts publicly urging Marco Rubio to run for a second Senate term in Florida, as the party faces an uphill fight to maintain its control of the Senate. “We’re doing everything to encourage him to run,” McConnell said during an interview on

Tuesday night in Washington, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump moved to within two dozen delegates of reaching the number he needs to lock himself into the November general election. The businessman won 76.2 percent of the vote, while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)—who suspended his campaign three weeks ago—followed in a distant second at

Voters in Oregon and Kentucky headed to the polls Tuesday in the continuing primary races for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. Based on the current polling data, there could be an entirely new narrative in the presidential race come Wednesday morning. In Oregon, Republicans and Democrats alike were voting, while in Kentucky, only the

The cultural divide in the 2016 presidential election was laid bare on Friday when a group of supporters of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) held a “Wiccan prayer circle” in Portland, Oregon, on his campaign’s behalf. According to media reports, the leader of the small group, Leigha Lafleur, called it a “Feeling the Bern ritual.”

Steve Hill is a former active duty member of the U.S. Marine Corps, and a stand-up comedian. He’s also a Democratic candidate for California Senate District 21, which encompasses northern Los Angeles County, as well as the “high desert” region. But that’s not what has garnered so much national attention to his campaign. You wouldn’t