DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s Democratic Party started releasing partial caucus results late Tuesday afternoon following a day-long delay sparked by technical problems. With 62% of Iowa precincts reporting, Pete Buttigieg was leading with 26.9%. Bernie Sanders was in second with 25.1%. The tally of state delegate equivalents released Tuesday showed Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden
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EL PASO, Texas — Billionaire and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg courted Latino voters in an El Paso campaign visit Wednesday night, the only remaining hopeful to visit the city. Bloomberg has focused his Democratic presidential campaign on Super Tuesday states like Texas and California, where primaries across the country assign the majority of
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WASHINGTON, DC — Joe Biden is holding his ground in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, with Bernie Sanders a close second and Elizabeth Warren experiencing a drop in support. Next on the leaderboard are two new arrivals: Mike Bloomberg and Andrew Yang. With the Feb. 3
Continue ReadingBernie Sanders leads the race for the Democratic nomination in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Overall, 25% of likely Democratic primary voters back the Vermont senator, with former Vice President Joe Biden (16%), former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (15%) and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth
Continue ReadingPete Buttigieg will close out his campaign in Iowa focusing on his ability to win over disaffected Republicans who backed President Donald Trump in 2016, his campaign tells CNN, hoping that Democrats who are hellbent on defeating Trump in November will be wooed by a candidate who can eat into the President’s support. The concerted
Continue ReadingThe New York Times editorial board on Sunday endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, a potentially meaningful boost for the two female senators left in the race with less than a month before the Iowa caucuses. “Ms. Klobuchar and Ms. Warren right now are the Democrats best equipped
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(Editor’s note: You can see Biden’s remarks on O’Rourke and Castro beginning at the 10:15 mark of the interview in the video player above.) DALLAS, Texas — Former Vice President Joe Biden says he would consider former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke to be his running mate, or for a spot in his cabinet, if
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city Rep. Peter Svarzbein is taking on a new role as deputy state director in Texas for Democrat Michael Bloomberg’s campaign for president. Svarzbein confirmed the new role with ABC-7 on Wednesday evening, saying “while other candidates are focused on early states, Mike is focused on Texas and Texans,
Continue ReadingDemocratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday warned against “going to the extreme” on important election issues a day after he was assailed by his liberal competitors at the CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic debate for being too moderate. “It’s certainly the case that I would caution against going to the extreme when we can solve
Continue ReadingDemocratic primary rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders agreed to disagree during Tuesday’s primary debate on the contents of a private 2018 dinner conversation, punctuating a growing tension between the two leading 2020 progressives over whether Sanders had told Warren that a woman could not win during a discussion about the 2020 election. After Sanders
Continue ReadingSen. Elizabeth Warren made a forceful case in Tuesday night’s debate that a woman can win the White House, tackling the unpopular question that has loomed over the presidential race since Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton since 2016 — buttressing her argument by pointing to the electoral losses of the men standing alongside her on
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa — It was the last Democratic debate before the first votes are cast in the 2020 election. Tuesday night’s debate was the final face-to-face gathering of the candidates before the Feb. 3 Iowa Caucuses. The six Democratic presidential candidates participating took on foreign policy, trade, healthcare, childcare and electability at the Iowa debate. RELATED
Continue ReadingSen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday night said that 2020 rival Sen. Bernie Sanders told her during a private meeting in December 2018 that he did not believe a woman could win the presidency. “Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate,” Warren said of the meeting with
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Former Obama administration housing chief Julián Castro is endorsing Elizabeth Warren’s presidential bid, saying the Massachusetts senator is “the most qualified, best-equipped candidate to win the nomination” and defeat President Donald Trump. In a video posted Monday featuring the two former 2020 White House rivals, Castro tells Warren, “No one
Continue ReadingOne month before the Iowa caucuses kick off the Democratic primary, foreign policy is suddenly playing a central role in the wake of a rising crisis in the Middle East. Long-simmering tensions between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden — and starkly different worldviews — are coming into sharper view. Sanders
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Julián Castro has ended his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, capping a nearly yearlong bid during which he distinguished himself as a progressive crusader but never found the polling or fundraising support to gain wide appeal. “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together,” Castro said in an almost
Continue ReadingSen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised more than $34.5 million for his White House bid during the final three months of 2019 — a sign of his considerable financial strength a little more than a month before Democrats begin selecting their 2020 presidential nominee. Sanders was the second candidate vying for the Democratic nomination to
Continue ReadingAmid escalating foreign policy crises and a looming Senate impeachment trial, President Donald Trump is entering 2020 with a sizable campaign war chest ahead of the presidential election. The President’s reelection campaign raised $46 million in the final quarter of 2019, the campaign announced Thursday, noting in a statement that the haul represents “the best
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LOS ANGELES, California — The most diverse field of Democratic presidential candidates in history was boiled down to a debate stage that lacked black or Latino candidates. The seven candidates who met the polling and fundraising minimums to qualify for Thursday night’s debate in Los Angeles included just one person of color: entrepreneur Andrew Yang. RELATED CONTENT on KIVA.com:
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES, California — Joe Biden continues to hold a lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for president and remains the candidate potential Democratic voters think has the best shot to defeat Donald Trump, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Biden has the backing of about a quarter (26%) of
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Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign on Friday released a list of its bundlers following weeks of trading barbs with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren over campaign transparency. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor has recently faced pressure to name his big-money backers and open his fundraisers to reporters, as other candidates have done. Buttigieg’s progressive rivals, including Warren
Continue ReadingFormer Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 race, saying the former vice president has the character and leadership skills to beat President Donald Trump. “I believe Joe Biden is the President our country desperately needs right now, not because I’ve known Joe so long, but because
Continue ReadingThe tweet announcing Kamala Harris’ departure from the 2020 race had barely been posted when some of the California senator’s one-time opponents in the crowded, competitive race for president began moving in. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker quickly began calling elected officials in Iowa who had previously backed Harris. Aides to South Bend, Indiana, Mayor
Continue ReadingElizabeth Warren made a rare direct attack on a Democratic presidential rival Monday, slamming former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for spending millions of dollars on ads to “buy the nomination.” “I am here on day two of Michael Bloomberg’s $37 million ad buy,” Warren said at a community conversation in Ankeny, Iowa, Monday afternoon.
Continue ReadingThe former president of the South Bend, Indiana, Common Council on Friday endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president, and criticized South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg as the city’s mayor faces more questions about his appeal to black voters. Oliver Davis is one of the longest-serving black South Bend council members, according to a
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Ten presidential candidates took the stage Wednesday night at the fifth Democratic debate in Atlanta. Here’s a look back at what the candidates said about the issues as the debate unfolded… Who spoke the most during the debate The final count is in, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren led the group with more than 13
Continue ReadingElizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out her plan for transitioning the country’s health insurance system to “Medicare for All” during her first term as president. According to Warren’s plan, she would seek to move to a government-run, single-payer program in two phases: The first would come during the first 100 days of her administration, with
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EL PASO, Texas — Former three-term El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced Friday afternoon that he is ending his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. O’Rourke made his announcement via social media; many staffers at his campaign headquarters in downtown El Paso hadn’t yet been told of his decision when the word went out. “I
Continue Reading Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that she will “of course” consult with Sen. Bernie Sanders about her soon-to-be-released plan on how to pay for “Medicare for All,” but that she has not yet discussed those details with him. “I’m glad to talk to Bernie about this,” Warren told reporters after a campaign rally in Durham,
Continue ReadingFormer Vice President Joe Biden criticized the involvement of President Donald Trump’s family members in the White House, saying his own children “are not going to have offices in the White House” if he is elected president. During an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate called the
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