
Former Utah Gov. John Huntsman will not primary Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a major strikeout for the GOP establishment,which has been looking for someone to take on the conservative leader.
by Matthew Boyle17 Feb 2015, 4:13 PM PST0

CPAC is coming up next week. And it’s going to look much different than in recent years. This year, the hosts have vowed to focus on three crucial elements of conservatism first outlined by Ronald Reagan.
by Matthew Boyle16 Feb 2015, 12:55 PM PST0

President Obama teed off a trip to the west coast with a pricey fundraiser Friday the 13th in San Francisco, pushing his agenda for the next ten years and the contention that his administration has made great progress on the economy, education, health care, and climate change.
by Michelle Moons14 Feb 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

A recent Politico article is pointing to two “embarrassing” technological issues that have apparently hampered Jeb Bush’s budding presidential exploratory campaign. The two issues in question are the firing of Bush’s tech guy, Ethan Czahor, who was fired after his
by Javier Manjarres12 Feb 2015, 6:29 PM PST0

Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump is slamming a Washington Post hit piece on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. “Why didn’t they send a reporter over to Occidental and to Columbia and to the various Obama schools?” he wants to know.
by Matthew Boyle12 Feb 2015, 2:29 PM PST0

As Breitbart California reported this morning, a new survey of 600 likely California 2016 Republican primary voters shows that when presented with a lengthy list of potential GOP presidential contenders, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker comes out on top with a healthy
by Jon Fleischman12 Feb 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

The Orange County Register floated the possibility of a Jerry Brown 2016 run, noting that Brown has $24 million in his gubernatorial campaign coffers.
by William Bigelow8 Feb 2015, 2:00 PM PST0

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who lost in a primary last year because of his support for amnesty for illegal aliens, will host a high-dollar fundraiser with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in Richmond later this month, Breitbart News has learned.
by Matthew Boyle4 Feb 2015, 9:58 AM PST0

Before the actual presidential primary races begin, the media and political pollsters are doing their best to attempt to define who the Republican and Democrat presidential nominees will be in 2016.
by Javier Manjarres3 Feb 2015, 8:39 PM PST0

With President Obama signing his executive amnesty orders late last year, and the U.S. Congress still trying to hammer out some kind of compromise legislation on immigration reform, could the issue of immigration be the one issue that defines the 2016 presidential election?
by Javier Manjarres2 Feb 2015, 9:46 PM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul discusses politics and football while winging it to Dallas.
by Matthew Boyle30 Jan 2015, 3:19 PM PST0

Jeb Bush, who may run for president in 2016, is praising Mitt Romney, who says he won’t.
by Charlie Spiering30 Jan 2015, 8:47 AM PST0

Mitt Romney won’t run for president in 2016, but he will share a meal with Gov. Chris Christie Friday night.
by Charlie Spiering30 Jan 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Sen. Rand Paul is criticizing Hillary Clinton for engineering a rush to war in Libya in 2011.
by Matthew Boyle29 Jan 2015, 2:57 PM PST0

His last post to Instagram was in November of 2012, but this week, after a break of over two years, Mitt Romney has once again started posting photos to the social media service.
by Warner Todd Huston29 Jan 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Hillary Clinton might just wait until July to officially launch her presidential campaign, according to a new report from Politico’s Mike Allen.
by Charlie Spiering29 Jan 2015, 5:11 AM PST0

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sat down with Breitbart’s own Steven K. Bannon and Alexander Marlow during a special edition of Breitbart News Sunday covering the weekend Iowa Freedom Summit. Gingrich focused in on the heart of his Saturday speech, addressing foreign policy with a special emphasis on the worldwide crisis of radical Islam, a fight that Newt says America is losing in the world today.
by Michelle Moons27 Jan 2015, 5:45 PM PST0

Billionaires Charles and David Koch, the libertarian-minded brothers who have become a major force in funding center-right political causes for over a decade, are set to spend nearly $900 million on the coming 2016 election cycle, a report leaked from inside their organization says.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Jan 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

Taking one step closer to a formal announcement that he is running for the 2016 GOP nomination for president, Chris Christie introduced his new political action committee on Monday.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Jan 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

Former Senator Rick Santorum started off his Iowa Freedom Summit speech Saturday by reminding Iowans of the ‘birth’ of his infamous sweatervest and his Iowa caucus win against Romney for President in 2012.
by Michelle Moons24 Jan 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

DES MOINES, Iowa — In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News backstage here at the Iowa Freedom Summit, potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) detailed the pathway to victory for Republicans in 2016—and he explained a new phrase he started using in his speech minutes earlier.
by Matthew Boyle24 Jan 2015, 5:37 PM PST0

At Saturday’s Iowa Freedom Summit, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said 2016 must be about “reigniting the miracle of America” and even half-jokingly suggested that the federal government send all of its IRS agents to the U.S.-Mexico border after the agency
by Tony Lee24 Jan 2015, 3:45 PM PST0

Avowed pork-busting freshman U.S. Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst (R-IA) wants to keep alive the enthusiasm that won Republicans a majority in the United States Senate as we move into the 2016 Presidential election.
by Michelle Moons24 Jan 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

Although former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asserted on Thursday that he has not decided whether to run for Barbara Boxer’s vacant Senate seat, according to the Los Angeles Times, Latinos frustrated with the apparent anointment of Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris for the post may act as a catalyst for his candidacy.
by William Bigelow23 Jan 2015, 12:23 PM PST0

Former Massachusetts Governor and failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney leads another New Hampshire poll, but Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker performed surprisingly well in the very early poll of potential 2016 Granite State primary voters. The NH1 Pulse Poll released on Thursday
by Tony Lee23 Jan 2015, 7:33 AM PST0