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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents during a bus tour stop, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette via AP)
December 06, 2019 - 7:39 pm

Biden: 'best People' For Posts, But They Could Be Donors

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden declined Friday to rule out appointing political donors to ambassadorships or other posts if he wins the 2020 presidential election. But he pledged that his nominees, regardless of their contributor status, would be the “best people” for their posts. Biden’s position...
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to local residents during a bus tour stop, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Mason City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 03, 2019 - 4:29 pm

Biden Steps Up Hits On Buttigieg, Warren Over Health Care

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden is taking aim at Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren during an eight-day tour of Iowa that the former vice president hopes will help him gain ground in the state that holds the first presidential caucus. Biden argued Tuesday that Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend...
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talks with audience members during a bus tour stop at Water's Edge Nature Center, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Algona, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 03, 2019 - 8:06 am

Joe Biden Sees Fundraising Improvement After Rough Summer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden took in more than $15 million for his White House run over the past two months, a sum that shows the former vice president’s fundraising operation has rebounded slightly after a lackluster summer in which he trailed his leading rivals. Biden’s campaign would not say...
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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talks with audience members during a bus tour stop at Water's Edge Nature Center, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Algona, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
December 02, 2019 - 3:46 pm

Joe Biden Sees Fundraising Improvement After Rough Summer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden took in more than $15 million for his White House run over the past two months, a sum that shows the former vice president’s fundraising operation has rebounded slightly after a lackluster summer in which he trailed his leading rivals. Biden’s campaign would not say...
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden takes a selfie with supporters following a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
November 30, 2019 - 9:35 pm

Biden Launches Iowa Trip With Focus On Trump, Rural America

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden launched an eight-day bus tour of Iowa on Saturday projecting confidence, ignoring his many Democratic presidential competitors and pledging that he will unseat President Donald Trump in 2020. The former vice president pledged first to win the Feb. 3 Iowa...
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November 25, 2019 - 7:59 am

National Democrats Approve Early Caucus Voting For Nevada

The Democratic National Committee has approved a plan by Nevada Democrats to offer the first-ever early voting option for presidential caucuses, a change stemming from a push to make the in-person presidential nominating meetings more accessible.
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November 25, 2019 - 7:00 am

National Democrats Approve Early Caucus Voting For Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has approved a plan by Nevada Democrats to offer the first-ever early voting option for presidential caucuses, a change stemming from a push to make the in-person presidential nominating meetings more accessible. State party chairman William...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, center, leaves Food for the Soul restaurant with South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson, left, and state director Kendall Corley, right, after filing paperwork for the South Carolina primary on Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Abbeville, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
November 22, 2019 - 12:06 pm

Biden Snares Black Leader’S Endorsement In Buttigieg’S Town

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sent a message Friday to Mayor Pete Buttigieg with three endorsements from black Indiana leaders, including one from the South Bend mayor’s hometown. The moves underscore the 37-year-old mayor’s trouble connecting with black voters even as he’s surged to...
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Democratic presidential candidates chosen to participate in fifth debate;
November 19, 2019 - 2:59 pm

Democratic Debate: Rising Buttigieg Could Face Attacks

ATLANTA (AP) — Pete Buttigieg’s dramatic rise from little-known Indiana mayor to a leading Democratic presidential candidate faces its toughest test on Wednesday, with rivals poised to lob debate-stage attacks in an effort to stall his momentum. The debate in Atlanta marks the first time Buttigieg...
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to Aaron Nachampassak, 11, right and others at a church congregation breakfast in Fort Dodge, Iowa, on Nov. 10, 2019. Harris is campaigning regularly in Iowa as she seeks to boost her struggling campaign. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
November 15, 2019 - 10:09 pm

Harris’ Iowa Pivot Struggles To Turn Interest Into Momentum

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — As he watched Kamala Harris speak recently at a historic hotel in northern Iowa, Jim Davis told the California senator she reminded him of Jimmy Carter, the little-known Georgia governor whose success in the 1976 caucuses helped vault him to the White House. “You’re doing it...
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