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Iowans adjust to ‘weird’ final days of caucus campaign

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE | January 28, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In normal years, Iowa is the center of the political universe during the final stretch before its famed caucuses. Top candidates rumble across the state on multi-city bus tours and hold giant rallies every night. Images of the...

Amid impeachment and Iowa, 2020 top tier jilts New Hampshire

By HUNTER WOODALL | January 28, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire isn't used to being neglected.The most prominent candidates in the 2020 presidential race spent months last year making their case to New Hampshire voters, but many of the White House hopefuls have been largely...

Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer

By MEG KINNARD | January 27, 2020

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of then-Sen. Barack Obama has endorsed Tom Steyer's bid for the White House.The billionaire climate...

Illinois to continue voter registration program after error

By SOPHIA TAREEN | January 27, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that there are no plans to suspend Illinois' automatic voter registration program as election officials work to contain the fallout from more than 500 people being mistakenly registered.A "programming error”...

Organization becomes critical in final week before Iowa vote

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | January 27, 2020

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — At nearly nine p.m. on Saturday, Samy Amkieh was about to head back to his office after braving 20 degree temperatures to knock on doors for three hours in East Des Moines. But the 20-year-old field organizer knocked on one more...

Progressive mayor Ted Terry exits Georgia US Senate race

January 26, 2020

A young, progressive mayor of an Atlanta-area city on Sunday dropped out of the Democratic race to challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in a contest that could dictate the fate of the Senate in 2020.Ted Terry told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that...

Lessons learned from 2016, but US faces new election threats

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY | January 26, 2020

It’s been more than three years since Russia's sweeping and systematic effort to interfere in U.S. elections through disinformation on social media, stolen campaign emails and attacks on voting systems. U.S. officials have made advances in trying to...

NH GOP committeeman loses reelection effort

January 25, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A prominent member of the New Hampshire Republican Party has lost his national post.New Hampshire national Republican committeeman Steve Duprey lost Saturday to Chris Ager in voting at the 2020 annual meeting of the New Hampshire...