Primaries

Former President Donald Trump maintains a double-digit lead in a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary field, a recent McLaughlin & Associates survey revealed. 

Republican candidates in New Hampshire’s competitive First District primary race zeroed in on inflation, illegal migration, and America’s tense relationship with China in interviews with Breitbart News Saturday ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Establishment Democrats could break up the party’s far-left “Squad” with primary challenges against firebrands Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush. The two are part of the five-member, far-left Squad, along with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).

All 13 U.S. Senate candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump have prevailed in their Republican primary races.

Candidates backed by former President Donald J. Trump won their primary races in Virginia and the Alabama Senate runoff but ran into trouble again in Georgia, where both Trump-endorsed candidates lost their nomination bids. The 45th president’s endorsement record now stands at 133-10 following Tuesday’s races.

Voters in Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia head to the polls on Tuesday to select key candidates in Republican primaries and runoffs, further setting the stage for the upcoming November midterm elections and testing the trends inside the GOP away from the establishment and toward former President Donald Trump’s America First populist vision.

Candidates backed by former President Donald J. Trump had a near-perfect night in the South Carolina, Nevada, and North Dakota primaries Tuesday evening as 12 candidates secured their nominations, while only one lost her race. Trump’s endorsement record now stands at 129-8 in Republican primaries this midterm election cycle.

Donald J. Trump is now 116-7 in his primary endorsements following Tuesday’s races, where 17 Trump-backed candidates had elections.

Candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump are now 98-7 in their races, following primaries in Alabama, Arkansas, and Georgia.

The primary battles that have been playing out across Georgia have been some of the most watched in the country, and they are likely only a preview of what is to come in the Peach State’s general elections.

Republican voters turned out in droves to participate in the North Carolina primaries and surpassed Democrat participation.

Voters in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho, and Oregon all head to the polls Tuesday to select their nominees in both GOP and Democrat primaries in what is thus far this year perhaps the biggest election night yet.

The Nebraska gubernatorial primary on Tuesday showed candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump are not immune to losing.

Candidates backed by former President Donald Trump are now 58-1 in Republican primaries, as three Trump-endorsed candidates secured the Republican nominations in their respective races in West Virginia and Nebraska Tuesday, while one candidate came up short.

Establishment-backed former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) cited a recent poll showing him only seven points behind Trump-endorsed Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat, despite nearly every other poll putting Budd ahead by double digits.

Democrats are debating taking early primaries away from NH and Iowa because the populations in those states are too white.

Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) suffered a historic loss Tuesday against incumbent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in the highly anticipated Senate primary race, marking the first loss for the family in a Massachusetts election since John F. Kennedy won his congressional race in 1946.

A poll released on Monday revealed a potentially tight race between Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse (D) in Massachusetts’ First Congressional District Democrat primary.

The Massachusetts Democratic Party was reportedly itself involved in the handling of the allegations College Democrats made against Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse before they were made public.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is facing criticism from climate activists after supporting Rep. Joe Kennedy III over Sen. Ed Markey.

Some cities in South Florida are closing polling locations this primary day as a number of workers have refused to appear for duty amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Ohio postponed its March 17 primary at the last minute over mounting coronavirus concerns, Gov. Mike DeWine affirmed Monday night.

Ohio is expected to offer a “curbside” voting option for voters heading to the polls on Tuesday amid fears of the coronavirus.

Trump earned 639,143 votes for president on Tuesday from Republicans according to data from the Associated Press.

Joe Biden suffered another moment on Tuesday that indicated why a cognitive functioning test may be necessary.

Joe Biden (D) is leading Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in every one of the six states holding their primary contests on Tuesday, according to a Swayable poll data set released Tuesday.

Another sizeable portion of delegates, 352, is up for grabs as Joe Biden (D) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) prepare to face off in six primary contests on Tuesday.

The Nevada State Democratic Party is hoping this Saturday’s caucuses will not turn into the same reporting debacle that marred the Iowa caucuses.

On Tuesday, voters in four separate states will head to the polls as the strength of the GOP establishment in Washington is tested against grassroots “Make America Great Again” conservative economic nationalist candidates.

Roy Moore’s insurgent win in Tuesday’s Alabama runoff for U.S. Senate has shaken the Republican establishment, which invested heavily in incumbent Sen. Luther Strange.

With transgender mania in full swing across the progressive half of the nation, two transgender candidates have won their respective Democrat primaries to become the first transgender candidates to appear on a general election ballot from one of the nation’s two major parties.

Even if Republican frontrunner Donald Trump wins the Indiana primary decisively, he will still likely need to win the June 7 California primary to reach the 1,237-delegate majority threshold to win the Republican presidential nomination outright.

Actress Susan Sarandon took to her Twitter account on Wednesday to reiterate her support for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, saying it is “insulting” that women would be asked to vote for a female president based on gender alone.

Bernie Sanders’ final rally before the New Hampshire primary felt more like a music festival than a presidential campaign event, as rock bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Young the Giant played energetic sets before a crowd of hundreds at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire Monday night.

As the 2016 GOP primary season began, the famed Koch brothers were gearing up to spread a lot of their considerable cash around the race. But as the campaign rolls on, those big dollar donors seem to be pulling back and

With the Democrat primary race well under way, one candidate for the nomination insists that the Democrat Party is tilting the primaries to ensure that Hillary Clinton can more easily win the nomination.