Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday, saying in a video posted on X that he didn’t see “a clear path to victory” in light of his poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, and endorsed Donald Trump in the …
Read More »Presidential Candidates Make Their Final Bid For Iowans To Brave The Cold Ahead Of Caucus Night
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch Temperatures reached -16 degrees Fahrenheit in Iowa Sunday as presidential candidates rallied to encourage supporters to make it to their precinct caucus locations Monday night. Blizzards and wind chill have created dangerous conditions in the first-in-the-nation state in the days before the 2024 Iowa Republican …
Read More »Pence Suspends Campaign
Hugh Jackson Republican candidates for president have spent this year ignoring Nevada, the third state on the nominating calendar, but one of them made a splash in the state Saturday. More specifically, Mike Pence grabbed the headlines out of the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit at the Venetian, where …
Read More »Presidential Candidates Call For Banning Pro-Palestine Protests, Weigh In On House Speaker Race
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch As U.S. House Republicans continue to deal with chaos of designating a House speaker, U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks hosted presidential candidates Friday at an Iowa City fundraiser while defending decisions that some fellow Republicans have criticized. “If I was a Democrat, I would have run …
Read More »Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Suspends Presidential Campaign
Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix The last Republican to enter the 2024 race for president, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, became the first to step down from the contest Tuesday when he announced that he was suspending his struggling presidential campaign. His announcement comes less than a week after he failed to …
Read More »Why DeSantis’ War On ‘woke’ Isn’t Winning In The GOP Primary
Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th When Republican Ron DeSantis won a second four-year term as Florida’s governor last year, he promised that the state was where “woke goes to die.” “We reject woke ideology. We fight the woke in the legislature, we fight the woke in the schools, …
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