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Marco Rubio for President What Iowa Watched
Every presidential campaign ad the Hawkeye State has seen leading up to caucuses, charted.
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AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty Where Washington is Favored Over Dynasty
In Maine, a congressional race pits a Washington-favored front-runner against a struggling scion of a Democratic political family.
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AP Photo/Steve Cannon 7 Gaffes You Missed in 2015
During the year of Trump, the real estate magnate isn’t the only candidate to make controversial statements.
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AP Photo/Brian Witte Baltimore: Diminishing Democratic Power But Central to Senate Race
Van Hollen and Edwards are working to secure support for their Senate bids in the home of a third of the state’s Democrats.
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AP Photo/Alonzo Adams How Foreign Policy PACs Will Respond to Paris
Outside political groups focused on national security are rolling out ads, fundraising, and appearing in media after the Paris terrorist attacks.
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Shutterstock/bikeriderlondon Auditing the Media: Do We Really Have Any Clue Who’s “Winning” the Republican Presidential Debates?
The press called Carson a debate loser. The polls called him a winner. What gives?
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James O'Brien ABC NEWS
The National Press Club’s tragicomic spelling bee
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AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Poll: Last Statewide Democrat in Deep South Leads Tight Reelection Race
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood leads his Republican opponent by six points ahead of Tuesday’s election.
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Justin Sullivan AFP/Getty Herman Cain is Speaking at Donald Trump’s Georgia Rally —But It’s Not an Endorsement
The onetime presidential candidate, who endorsed "the people" in the last election, has said he’d like to see any number of candidates win the nomination.
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STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images How Iowa and New Hampshire Defend Their Early-State Status
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus recently said he’d be open to changing the order of the presidential primaries. But the longtime first-in-the-nation states have a lot of tools at their disposal to stay where they are.
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Robert Neubecker A Delegate Matter
Explaining the Iowa caucuses to the world
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National Journal How to Win a Primary for Free
In Mississippi, truck-driver Robert Gray barely campaigned for governor. But being first alphabetically on the ballot may have helped him win the Democratic primary.
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Charting What Separated the Winners and Losers in Qualifying for the GOP Debate
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National Journal Staffers Donated $130,000 to their Bosses' Presidential Campaigns Last Quarter
About 100 people working for presidential campaigns chipped in more than $100,000 to their bosses in the second quarter.
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Gary Hart's Advice to Candidates: Shun the PACs
The two-time presidential hopeful says money in politics is corrupting American democracy.
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NATIONAL JOURNAL Unmanned And Unplanned
Sudden Justice: America's Secret Drone Wars by Chris Woods
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The Presidential Campaign Staff Family Tree
National Journal Hotline's Staffer Tracker maps the relationships between candidates and past campaigns through their key staff.
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National Journal This Is Ground Zero for the Supreme Court's Obamacare Decision
More than half of Florida's 1.3 million Affordable Care Act enrollees receiving subsidies on the federal exchange hail from nine South Florida congressional districts.
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Cameo Actor Patrick Leahy Gets Hollywood Support for 2016 Senate Campaign
The Democratic senator and occasional Batman actor is getting campaign support from the Los Angeles-based Directors Guild of America's PAC.
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National Journal Jeb Bush and New Hampshire Republicans' Other Political Dynasty
One possible candidate for governor, Chris Sununu, has a familiar name in the state, thanks to a family tradition of winning the state's top posts.
