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Huckabee To Announce Plans on May 5 in Arkansas

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) said he would announce his plans for the 2016 presidential race on May 5 in his hometown of Hope, Arkansas but declared “we know that Iowa is going to be an important part” of

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Cruz Campaign Touts Continued Strong Performance in Polls

AUSTIN, Texas — Now that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has been joined by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in the presidential race, and other candidates are inching closer to throwing their hats in the ring, the Cruz campaign is touting several recent polls that show he is continuing to be a top contender in the Republican presidential primary.

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Maher: Christians Aren’t Depicted Negatively In the Media

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher denied that Christians are depicted negatively in the media and accused social conservatives of having a “persecution complex” during an interview with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on Friday. “I hear this all the time

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Poll: Slight Edge for Jeb Bush in New Hampshire

Former Governor Jeb Bush (Florida) has a slight lead in New Hampshire among potential Republican Presidential candidates, but nearly a quarter of respondents were undecided ten months before the first-in-the-nation primary will take place.

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TEXAS POLL: Cruz Stays in Front of Perry, Walker Nearly Even

For the second time in as many polls, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) leads the pack among Texas Republican voters as their top choice among potential 2016 presidential candidates, but just barely. Cruz has dropped back from twenty-seven percent to twenty percent but still maintained his lead. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker jumped from two percent of the vote in an October, 2014 poll to nineteen percent in Tuesday’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Former Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) fell from a second place finish in the October poll to fifth place in the current poll. Perry’s support has been cut in half – down from fourteen to seven percent.

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Winners and Losers from the Iowa Freedom Summit

According to the pundits, this weekend’s Iowa Freedom Summit recalibrated the Republican presidential field. The summit, run by archconservative Rep. Steve King (R-IA), drew candidates from across the spectrum – and shook up the widespread perceptions of frontrunners versus also-rans. Here are the weekend’s big winners and losers.

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Huckabee Scrambles To Distance Himself From Common Core

At the Iowa Freedom Summit, Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) let Republican voters know that the Common Core standards are a huge electoral issue for the 2016 presidential election – and that he’s anxious they’ll remember his support for the controversial education reform initiative.

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NBC’s Todd Confronts Huckabee Over Same-Sex Marriage Comments

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,”  moderator Chuck Todd challenged former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) about a comment he made on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show last week show claiming that if the Supreme Court ruled it’s unconstitutional to discriminate against same-sex couples,

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A Guide to 2016 Republican Candidates’ Positions on Illegal Immigration

With Republicans in Congress split over the best approach to President Obama’s executive amnesty – and with many establishment Republicans splitting from grassroots Republicans on the issue of illegal immigration more generally – it’s clear that immigration will be a hot-button primary issue in 2016.