Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading for New Hampshire Monday, the state that for decades has been one of the first big tests for presidential candidates. Newsom plans to campaign for President Joe Biden. and state and local Democrats. “We look forward to welcoming Governor Newsom to New Hampshire to campaign on behalf of President Joe […]
California Democrats now have their own version of a ballot measure that would change elements of Proposition 47, setting up a November duel with a district attorney-backed theft and drug initiative legislative leaders call “draconian.” Lawmakers on Wednesday still need to approve the bill containing the Democrats’ proposition, which would ask voters to alter Proposition […]
By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton, Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some elected Democrats loyal to President Joe Biden raised fresh questions on Tuesday about his 2024 re-election bid, with one calling for him to step aside, a shift after many defended him in the wake of last week’s shaky debate performance. Whether Biden continues his 2024 […]
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, DC on July 1, 2024. Credit – Mandel Ngan—AFP via Getty Images There has been growing alarm among Democrats about Joe Biden’s debate performance on Thursday, amplifying concerns he can’t beat Donald Trump in November. But so far very few prominent Democrats have publicly called […]
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -One in three Democrats think U.S. President Joe Biden should end his reelection bid following last week’s debate against Republican Donald Trump, but no prominent elected Democrat does any better than Biden in a hypothetical matchup against Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Tuesday. The two-day poll […]
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, on Tuesday said she supports President Joe Biden amid calls for the 81-year-old chief executive to end his campaign after a weak debate performance against former President Donald Trump. The debate last week brought a renewed surge of attention to Biden’s age, as some Democrats questioned whether Biden, already […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders describes President Joe Biden‘s recent debate performance as “painful.” In an interview, he says he’s not confident that Biden can win this fall. But the progressive senator from Vermont does not want Biden to step aside. Instead, Sanders, who served as Biden’s chief rival in the Democratic Party’s 2020 nomination […]
The Biden campaign enjoyed a substantial fundraising haul in June, taking in $127 million. Roughly $38 million came into the campaign’s coffers after Biden’s poor debate performance. Biden’s campaign is aiming to use the sustained fundraising figures to calm the nerves of anxious donors. President Joe Biden‘s campaign on Tuesday touted a fundraising windfall in […]
The biggest disappointment in the CD1 Democratic primary has been the blown opportunities by the six candidates to distinguish themselves. As a result, the race may well be decided not by policy, or even personality, but by negative campaigns. The dominant debate in recent weeks centered on whether having a Republican past is disqualifying. The […]
Nebraska voters in the state’s 2nd Congressional District will face a rematch between Democratic State Sen. Tony Vargas, left, and U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb. (Courtesy of the candidates; Capitol photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) OMAHA — National Republicans have more than matched the $1.07 million advertising reservation of their Democratic counterparts in the Omaha-based […]
Jill Biden told Vogue magazine on Sunday that her husband “will continue to fight” to remain the Democratic nominee for president and then, in the same breath, declared that he “will always do the right thing for the country.” That these two statements directly contradict each other is obvious to anyone who watched last Thursday’s […]
WASHINGTON — Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden still hadn’t personally called top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to shore up support, five sources told NBC News, though White House chief of staff Jeff Zients was making calls. Biden’s team has been working to quash questions swirling in the party about […]