Super-rich candidates who can run self-funded national campaigns will make it even harder for ordinary people to run for president.
Election 2020
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Trump campaign files signatures for Maine primary ballot in March
The president’s re-election campaign turns in signatures Friday from registered Maine voters calling for the president’s name to appear on the state’s primary election ballot.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Wisconsin judge hears challenge to 234,000 voter registrations
Conservatives in a key swing state are trying to purge some voters, most in epicenters of Democratic support, from the system.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Looking ahead to the Republicans after Trump
Whether the president leaves the scene soon or in five years, the party will bear his stamp.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
How surviving a rape at age 15 helped spur Bre Kidman to run for US Senate
A terrible night in Finland in 2003 left the Saco lawyer determined to fight for justice after seeing Brett Kavanaugh win a U.S. Supreme Court seat.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Kamala Harris had her issues, but seeing her drop out of the presidential race is depressing
She was on fire there for a while. Not long enough, though.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Ballot question would change Massachusetts electoral system
A proposed ballot question that would overhaul the state’s electoral system has cleared another hurdle on the way to next year’s ballot.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary
Ten weeks before the New Hampshire primary, challengers of a state law that requires additional documentation for voter registration say it has created confusion and intimidation.
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Sen. Kamala Harris ends her Democratic presidential bid
The California senator tells supporters that she doesn’t have the financial resources to continue her campaign.
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Trump campaign won’t allow Bloomberg reporters at events
The news follows Bloomberg News editor’s announcement that the organization would not investigate their own boss or other Democratic candidates.