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Why Several Popular Democrats Are Pursing Presidency Over Senate Seats

7:57am May 04, 2019

by Scott Simon

Why have several Democrats decided just to run for president, and not bother to try for a Senate seat first? Anne Caprara, who used to work at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, explains.

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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet announced last month that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer following a routine physical, delaying his planned White House announcement.

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Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet Launches 2020 White House Bid After Cancer Battle

11:47am May 02, 2019

by Jessica Taylor

Bennet is the 21st candidate, seventh U.S. senator and second Coloradan to join the crowded Democratic primary field.

An electronic voting machines that produces a paper receipt from Election Services & Software. The company is among those bidding to replace all of Georgia's voting machines but close relationships between state officials and ES&S have raised questions ab

Trips To Vegas And Chocolate-Covered Pretzels: Election Vendors Come Under Scrutiny

10:24am May 02, 2019

Close ties between vendors and election officials are getting extra attention as states plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on new voting machines by next year.

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House Democratic Candidates Outraise Republicans In Effort To Hold On To Majority

5:11pm April 30, 2019

by Peter Overby

White House hopefuls aren't the only politicians who recently disclosed their campaign finances. Democrats running for the House and Senate are reporting strong fundraising.

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Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister and Socialist Party leader, gestures to supporters outside the party headquarters following the general election in Madrid on Sunday.

Socialists Win In Spanish Election; Far-Right Party Gains Seats For First Time

2:50pm April 29, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party took 123 seats Sunday, short of the 176 needed to form a government. It's uncertain what a coalition government will look like.

Barbershop: 2020 Electability

5:14pm April 27, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin talks to A'shanti Gholar, national political director of Emerge America; Democratic strategist Leah Daughtry; and Reed Galen, Independent political consultant.

2020 Democratic Candidates Are Reaching Out To Religious Voters

5:35pm April 26, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Democratic presidential candidates have been talking about faith as they try to reach out to voters who backed President Trump. Conservative Christian leaders are starting to push back.

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Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa conservative evangelical who heads a group called The Family Leader, has invited seven top Democratic presidential candidates to a July forum that is a typical stop for Republican candidates.

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2020 Democrats Talk Faith; Conservative Christian Leaders Respond

3:09pm April 26, 2019

by Sarah McCammon

Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats is inviting seven presidential candidates for a "dialogue," days after Franklin Graham criticized Pete Buttigieg for being gay.

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden appears on The View on Friday, where he was asked about criticism from Anita Hill and accusations of unwanted touching.

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Biden Insists He Didn't Treat Anita Hill 'Badly,' When Pressed For Apology On TV

2:58pm April 26, 2019

by Don Gonyea

The former vice president appeared on ABC's The View with an apology for "mistakes across the board" during Anita Hill's 1991 testimony about sexual harassment but insisted he had treated her well.

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters legislative conference in March. He got into the Democratic presidential nomination fight Thursday.

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The Democratic Field Is Set: 8 Questions About What Comes Next

12:45pm April 26, 2019

by Domenico Montanaro

There are 20 candidates vying to take on President Trump in the 2020 Democratic primary, and all the big names are now in. So what does each of them need to do to survive?