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Clinton focuses on Zika in battleground state of Florida
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Hillary Clinton is turning to a major health issue in the battleground state of Florida with a visit Tuesday to a Miami neighborhood dealing with the first U.S. outbreak of the Zika virus. Clinton will call on Republican congressional leaders to summon lawmakers back to Washington from their summer recess and pass emergency funding for…
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Widening aim, Clinton commits resources to Georgia, Arizona
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Hillary Clinton is expanding her presidential battleground map to include the traditionally Republican states of Georgia and Arizona, according to officials aware of the plans. A source with knowledge of the campaign’s plans says aides at Clinton’s New York headquarters spoke Monday with Democratic Party officials in Georgia and Arizona to discuss a six-figure investment…
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More Republicans reject Trump despite bid to reset campaign
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Donald Trump is seeking to quell concerns he lacks the discipline or policy know-how to make a competent president, even as the list of fellow Republicans deeming him unfit for the Oval Office grows. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate long wary of Trump, became the latest Republican to announce her intent not to vote…
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Charting a road to 270, Clinton sets out most efficient path
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Hillary Clinton doesn’t appear all that interested in making scenic stops on her state-to-state quest to become president. The Democratic nominee is instead programming her GPS to take her on the quickest route to collect the 270 Electoral College votes she needs to win the White House. With three months until Election Day, Clinton’s campaign…
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Clinton wooing a new group of voters: Republicans
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Hoping to capitalize on the criticism battering Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has begun portraying support for her candidacy as a patriotic duty of voters. She’s broadening her message and appealing directly to Republicans to keep him out of the White House. It’s a twist for a Democratic presidential candidate who has some of the highest…
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Colorado Trump campaign adds political director, offices
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Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign is ramping up operations in the battleground state with just three months to go before Election Day. On Thursday, the Trump campaign hired a top Colorado Republican Party staffer to serve as political director for the presidential candidate’s state campaign, a Trump campaign official said. The campaign has also recently opened two…
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Nicolais: Courts cementing election rules for November and the future
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With conventions concluded and presidential candidates trading barbs, recent voting rights cases barely show up on the election radar. The impact, both for the coming election and for decades to come, could be monumental. Two decisions in two key swing states could tip the balance of the campaign and lead to sweeping changes across the…
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Trump suggests general election could be ‘rigged’
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suggested Monday that he fears the general election “is going to be rigged” – an unprecedented assertion by a modern presidential candidate. Trump’s extraordinary claim – one he did not back up with any immediate evidence – would, if it became more than just an offhand comment, seem to threaten…
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Trump sets Friday rally, fundraiser in Colorado Springs
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to campaign at a town hall and attend a high-priced fundraiser in Colorado Springs on Friday, the same day the wealthy Koch brothers kick off their secretive, semi-annual weekend donor gathering just across town, sources close to the Trump campaign confirm. The Trump stop will come a day after…
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Clinton ahead of Trump, Bennet beating Glenn in four Colorado polls
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet are leading their Republican opponents – in some cases by double-digit margins – in Colorado, according to four public opinion surveys released in the last week. Clinton’s average lead in Colorado over Republican nominee Donald Trump is 9.5 points, according to polls conducted in…