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Top Biden campaign officials on Wednesday cited the results of Super Tuesday as evidence former President Trump is a vulnerable general election candidate. “The results of last night’s Super Tuesday contests cemented what we have known for some time now: Donald Trump limps into the general election as a wounded, dangerous and unpopular candidate,” Biden...

Black voters in critical background states want to see federal and state governments tackle criminal justice reform, according to a new national poll.  The poll conducted by BSG on behalf of FWD.us found that 78 percent of likely voters in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan support criminal justice reform, including 87 percent of Democrats and 82 percent...

Super Tuesday offered a few interesting surprises in an election cycle dominated by a seemingly predictable presidential race. President Biden and former President Trump didn’t face any stiff competitive in their respective primaries, but that didn’t stop former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and a largely unknown Democrat from stealing at least some of the spotlight. ...

Tuesday was the biggest day yet in the fight for the presidential nomination of each major party — at least in terms of total votes cast. Fifteen states held Republican or Democratic contests on Tuesday, while there was also a Democratic caucus in American Samoa. Excitement about the overall outcome was in short supply given...

President Biden and former President Trump dominated their primary races with relatively predictable results in more than a dozen Super Tuesday states, as they hurtle toward the general election. Biden largely swept the night’s Democratic contests — except for the caucuses in American Samoa, a U.S. territory, where he lost to a long-shot challenger....

Democrats Shomari Figures and Anthony Daniels are projected to head into a runoff for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Figures, who was a former top aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland and who had also worked on the Biden-Harris transition team, will go head to head against Daniels on April 16,...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Tuesday that a “policy contest” between former President Trump and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley is the best way for Trump to attract voters who are on the fence in the GOP primary. “I think draw a contrast between what President Trump would do on the border, on...

Two law enforcement officers who were involved with the police response failure to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, won their respective Republican primaries Tuesday. Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and Uvalde County Constable Emmanuel Zamora, who were named in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) scathing report about law enforcement’s failure during the shooting, easily...

Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) and Democrat George Whitesides are projected to advance to the November election in California’s 27th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Garcia will go head to head with Whitesides this fall, who was formerly a chief of staff at NASA and Virgin Galactic CEO. Garcia represents a southern California House...

Democrat Rudy Salas is advancing to the general election with Republican Rep. David Valadao in a competitive California district that could help decide control of the House next year, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Salas, a former state Assemblymember, and Valadao were the top two vote-getters in California’s nonpartisan primary for the...

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake said Tuesday that she will have several “high profile endorsements” soon after a visit to Capitol Hill. In an interview with NBC News, Lake said in the next couple of days she will receive “really big endorsements” as she continues her campaign against Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.). Lake, endorsed by...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D) and Republican candidate Steve Garvey will advance to the general election in California’s competitive Senate race, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Schiff had been leading the competitive nonpartisan primary field in polling, while Garvey and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter jostled for second place, followed by Rep. Barbara Lee...

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) and Democrat Will Rollins are projected to be headed for a rematch this November in California’s 41st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Calvert, a small business owner, and Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, are expected to go head-to-head in November for the Southern California House seat. Calvert won...

First-term Republican Rep. John Duarte and Democratic challenger Adam Gray are advancing to the general election for California’s 13th Congressional District, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. The two are headed to a rematch of their midterm showdown, when Duarte narrowly won by just a couple hundred votes.  Duarte and Gray were the only two...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is advancing to the general election in California’s closely watched Senate race, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Schiff had been polling at the top of the competitive nonpartisan primary field, which also includes fellow Democratic Reps. Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, as well as Republican baseball great Steve...

Rep. Colin Allred (D) will lead Texas Democrats in their November attempt to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R).  Allred was projected to beat his more progressive opponent, state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D-Uvalde), in the primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. No Democrat has won a Senate Race in Texas since 1988 — but with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) retiring this...

A largely unknown Democrat surprised many on Tuesday when he won the Democratic caucuses in American Samoa over President Biden.  Jason Palmer, who describes himself on his campaign website as an “impact investor” and entrepreneur, won American Samoa’s Democratic contest against his party’s standard-bearer. While Biden has faced some minor primary challengers, including Rep. Dean...

President Biden was projected to easily win the California Democratic primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden beats out challengers Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Marianne Williamson, who recently un-suspended her 2024 bid, plus a handful of other names on the Democratic ballot — cruising to victory in the state that boasts a whopping 495 delegates up for grabs...

Former President Trump won California’s Republican primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, notching a win in the Super Tuesday state with the biggest trove of delegates. Trump went into the state with a 50-plus point lead over rival Nikki Haley, according to averages from Decision Desk HQ/The Hill, and the win is yet...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a Tuesday interview that he was focused on governing the state when asked about the prospect of being former President Trump's vice presidential running mate. “So listen, he's very kind in suggesting things like that,” Abbott said in an interview on NBC, when asked whether he would accept...

The Republican National Committee (RNC) failed to earn enough support from states to bring a resolution to ban paying former President Trump’s legal bills to a vote. Henry Barbour, who serves as Mississippi’s national committeeman, confirmed to several news outlets that the resolutions he drafted that would have prohibited the committee from covering the former...

Veteran Laurie Buckhout will be the Republican nominee for the House seat representing North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects. Buckhout, a retired Army colonel who founded a consulting firm, defeated Sandy Smith, who was the GOP’s choice for the district in 2020 and 2022, both unsuccessful bids.  Buckhout will face Democratic Rep....

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy praised former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday, saying he'd like to see her have a role in a future Republican administration if she abandons her presidential bid. McCarthy addressed the chances that Haley would drop out of the race against former President Trump while discussing the likely...

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith has returned to full duty service, after suffering a heart attack in late October and undergoing open-heart surgery in January, the Marine Corps announced Tuesday. Smith resumed his “full duties and authorities” as the Marine Corps commandant Tuesday, the statement read. “General Smith and his family appreciate the full...

Latinos in a new poll say they think the government is poorly managing migration at the southern border, but they diverge with non-Hispanic Americans on how they believe the U.S. should respond. In a Pew Research survey released Monday, approximately three-quarters of Latino U.S. adults (74 percent) said the U.S. government is doing a bad...