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OPINION: Super Tuesday: Why you should care

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer March 11, 2024

Voters in 16 U.S. states cast their ballots March 5 for the presidential primaries, as news outlets and anxious voters followed the results of Super Tuesday this year. Super Tuesday is the day the largest...

Five takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Eric Bradner, CNN January 24, 2024

CNN -- Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley takes a question from an audience member during a town hall at Rochester American Legion Post #7 on October 12 in Rochester, New Hampshire. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/File)

Influential Koch network backs Nikki Haley in GOP presidential primary

Fredreka Schouten, CNN November 28, 2023

CNN -- The influential network associated with billionaire Charles Koch will throw its money and influence behind former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, the group...

Former President Donald Trump gestures at a Republican fundraising dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, on August 5, 2023. (Sam Wolfe/Reuters)

CNN Poll: Trump dominates South Carolina GOP primary, with Haley a clear but distant second

Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN October 31, 2023

CNN -- Former President Donald Trump currently holds majority support in the early primary state of South Carolina, where his strongest challenger is Nikki Haley, the state’s former governor, according...

OPINION: Cue the music: GOP Debate 2

OPINION: Cue the music: GOP Debate 2

Jackson Small, Opinion Writer October 3, 2023

Seven Republican candidates took the stage once again for the second GOP debate that was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Notably missing from the stage was...

OPINION: The elephant not in the room (GOP debate 1)

OPINION: The elephant not in the room (GOP debate 1)

Jackson Small, Opinion Writer August 24, 2023

The Republican National Committee welcomed eight GOP presidential candidates for the first debate of the election cycle. On stage were North Dakota Governor Doug Burgam, former New Jersey Governor...