Election 2016 Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Republican front-runner’s antics condemned by rivals in both parties

by Michael Finnegan Tribune News Service March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

All remaining presidential candidates accuse Trump of inflammatory rhetoric.

by THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

The real estate mogul is routinely unable to deliver a speech without interruption, and a heavy security presence is commonplace.

by Dan Balz The Washington Post March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

Chaos could be in the forecast for the Republican Party come 2016 and, even worse, for the nation.

by Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

‘What’s been happening in our politics lately is not an accident,’ he says.

by Jake Russell The Washington Post March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

‘Foreign-born players enter on visas and take positions that should have gone to American players,’ she says – and that’s not all.

by DAN SEWELL and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

A Trump campaign spokeswoman says a man attempted ‘to breach the secure buffer’ and was removed ‘rapidly and professionally.’

by JULIE PACE The Associated Press March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

Marco Rubio says it’s ‘getting harder every day,’ while John Kasich says the ‘toxic environment … makes it very, extremely difficult’ to support him.

by STEVE PEOPLES and JULIE PACE The Associated Press March 12, 2016March 12, 2016

And while extraordinary by any standards, perhaps the biggest surprise is that it didn’t happen sooner.

by JOSE A. DELREAL The Washington Post March 11, 2016March 12, 2016

The Republican says he wanted to avoid violence at the event in Chicago after clashes in St. Louis earlier in the day.

by RACHEL ZOLL The Associated Press March 11, 2016March 11, 2016

As born-again Christians seemingly flock to Donald Trump, their political lens widens beyond the Bible.