Republican primary

Maine election officials are using computers to run another round of tabulations Tuesday to determine the final vote tallies in a Republican primary for a U.S. House seat. Former state Rep. Dale Crafts won the first round of voting on Election Day and both of his opponents, Adrienne Bennett and Eric Brakey, conceded and threw their support behind him...

Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus

Fourteen states and one U.S. territory will hold “Super Tuesday” primaries or caucuses on March 3. The elections will award 1,357 delegates for the Democratic presidential candidates, more than a third of the total up for grabs before the party’s convention in July. This year’s Super Tuesday includes the nation’s two most populous states — California and Texas. The delegate...

If presidential history seems to be repeating itself in the shape of Congress’ impeachment inquiry, White House hopeful Bill Weld has kept his front-row seat. Long before he was governor of Massachusetts, Weld did research for the House Impeachment Committee in the Watergate scandal. Now challenging President Donald Trump in the Republican primary, he told us about some differences between...

Vice President Mike Pence went to New Hampshire to put President Donald Trump on the ballot in the state’s 2020 primary.

A Maine candidate for Congress is trying an unusual, controversial way to raise money. Former Republican state Sen. Eric Brakey is raffling off an AR-15 rifle to anyone who signs up to make monthly donations to his campaign.

A candidate for Congress in Maine is trying to raise money by raffling off an AR-15 rifle.

President Donald Trump is returning to New Hampshire next month for a campaign rally, aiming to energize his supporters as Democrats battle in the state ahead of its first-in-the-nation primary. Trump’s campaign announced an event on Aug. 15 in Manchester. It will come amid a planned, week-long presidential vacation at his private golf course in New Jersey.

On Thursday, Arkansas authorities confirmed that the identity of a body found outside of a former Republican state lawmaker’s house in Pocahontas is Linda Collins-Smith. While police have not yet provided a cause of death, they have announced the case as a homicide. Collins-Smith served one term in the Arkansas state House, where she was originally elected in 2010 as...

A new University of New Hampshire poll released Monday shows Bernie Sanders widening his lead over the field of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. The Granite State Poll has the Vermont senator leading former Vice President Joe Biden by a double-digit margin, 30% to 18%. Right behind Biden is Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who has been generating...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld has announced that he will run for the Republican nomination for president in 2020.

New Hampshire gave Donald Trump his first presidential primary victory. Some prominent New Hampshire Republicans aren’t so sure he deserves a second. Steve Duprey, who represents New Hampshire at the Republican National Committee, won’t say whether he’ll vote for Trump in 2020. Former GOP chair Jennifer Horn, who led the party during the president’s first run, is actively working for...

The latest poll by the University of New Hampshire shows Granite State voters so far favor Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary. The Granite State Poll’s results were released on Thursday and show the Vermont senator had the most support out of the Democrats who have announced themselves as 2020 candidates or are expected to...

America’s auto industry is bracing for a potential escalation in President Donald Trump’s tariff war with the world, one that could weaken the global auto industry and economy, inflate car prices and trigger a backlash in Congress. Late Sunday, the Commerce Department sent the White House a report on the results of an investigation Trump had ordered of whether imported...

Former Massachusetts. Gov. William Weld announced Friday he is forming an exploratory committee to potentially challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. Weld becomes the first Republican to announce the step.

Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who became a hero within the Democratic Party while losing a surprisingly tight race against Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, has already been invited to New Hampshire to speak with voters and meet experienced political operators in the key primary state, CNBC has learned.

The candidates addressed Sen. Ted Cruz’s relationship with President Donald Trump and how it’s evolved since the 2016 presidential campaign.

President Donald Trump’s Florida rally couldn’t have come at a better time for Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, who may have locked up a primary victory as he seeks to become Florida’s next governor.

Gov. Charlie Baker defeated Republican primary challenger Scott Lively. He will face Democrat Jay Gonzalez in the general election in November.

The Vermont GOP met Wednesday night to pick new candidates for the November ballot after one man won six different races in the state Republican primary, then withdrew his nominations in five of those contests. Republicans selected Lawrence Zupan to face Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent, for one of Vermont’s U.S. Senate seats, and chose Anya Tynio to vie for...