Tag: Campaigns
Reports: Alaska’s Murkowski has big cash lead over GOP rival
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski had a big cash-on-hand advantage over Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka, according to fundraising reports released Thursday.
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Chicago banker convicted in loans-for-Trump job scheme
NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury on Tuesday convicted a Chicago banker of criminal charges for enabling Paul Manafort to get $16 million in...
Youngkin declines debate in part over moderator Woodruff
RICHMOND, Va. — Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin's campaign announced Monday that the political newcomer would not debate Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe at a...
Democratic primary in Ohio emerges as test for progressives
CLEVELAND — Amid relentless sunshine and intensifying humidity, Nina Turner led a small procession of voters last week to a polling place on Cleveland’s...
Trial to begin for suspended Georgia insurance commissioner
ATLANTA — More than two years after he was accused of defrauding his former employer of more than $2 million and indicted on federal...
Not just Catholic men: German candidate pledges diversity
BERLIN — The leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany's chancellor pledged Sunday to emphasize diversity during the election campaign and in the...
Tears, politics and money: School boards become battle zones
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such...
Democrats bet on early Latino outreach to avoid ’20 pitfalls
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios was instructing his team on how to get people to register to vote....
DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy
SURFSIDE, Fla. — When the coronavirus ravaged Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis defiantly bucked mask mandates. He later cracked down on protesters advocating racial justice,...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...