Jun. 24—As a full-time lawmaker with no dedicated staff, Rep. Gail Armstrong, R-Magdalena, said she has to pay someone out of her own pocket to manage her busy calendar. By noon Monday, she had 59 voicemail messages and more than 4,500 emails to go through, an arduous task she planned to tackle on a drive […]
Other than former congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Democrats running for U.S. Senate against Rick Scott have been relatively low-key in a race to be determined in less than two months. One of Mucarsel-Powell’s opponents, though, hopes that will change with his announcement of a key endorsement. Stanley Campbell, a Palm City businessman, has landed the state […]
Will Scharf, a Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general, quickly got to the point at the start of a recent candidate forum. “Currently, I have one client. His name is Donald J. Trump and I have fought for him in courtrooms across America all the way up to the United States Supreme Court,” Scharf told […]
All nine South Dakota tribes have officially endorsed the banishment of Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s executive council voted Tuesday in favor of banishing the South Dakota governor from their reservation after she made disparaging remarks earlier this year against Native American parents during a town hall in Mitchell, saying […]
May 20—Members of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party gathered in Rushford on May 15 to endorse long-time Spring Valley resident, Allie Wolf, to take on the eventual GOP candidate in State House District 26B, which includes townships in western Mower County. In a press release Monday, Wolf, a veteran of the United States Marines, is hailed […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump’s presidential bid. It’s unclear how long that might last. Some allies believe she may be forced to endorse him before the November election to avoid permanently alienating the Republican Party […]
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will address a large gathering of police officers on Wednesday as he tries to prevent rival Donald Trump from capturing high-profile endorsements from their unions in the coming weeks. The speech at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, an annual event at the U.S. Capitol honoring slain […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign, she refused to endorse Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination — and apparently so did some of her supporters in Pennsylvania. Haley won almost 17% of Pennsylvania’s primary vote Tuesday, or 1 in 6 votes, to Trump’s […]
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide. “Some of them don’t like the fact that I’m running,” Kennedy said of […]
More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family will endorse President Joe Biden for a second term Thursday, passing over family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Biden campaign announced. The Kennedy family has stepped up its involvement in the Biden campaign, working to lift Biden’s odds as Democrats worry that Robert F. Kennedy […]
Apr. 17—BEMIDJI — The Republican Party has endorsed its candidates for Minnesota House 2A and 2B in the upcoming 2024 election, selecting Bidal Duran Jr. for 2A and the incumbent Rep. Matt Bliss for 2B. Duran, of Bemidji, is a Marine Corps veteran and has 11 years of service in law enforcement. He is a […]
Former President Donald Trump says he believes abortion should be left to the states in a video outlining his position after months of mixed messages and speculation. “Many people have asked me what my position is on abortion and abortion rights,” Mr Trump said in the video posted on his Truth Social site on Monday. […]