March 15 now looms as a critical day in the Republican presidential race. Five states vote on Tuesday: North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois and delegate-rich Ohio and Florida, both of which are winner-take-all contests. A sweep of all five states by front-runner Donald Trump would catapult him toward the party’s nomination; but, anti-Trump forces are hoping […]
The Democrats in the Alaska House of Representatives and Governor Bill Walker moved at a brisk pace to replace late Representative Max Gruenberg’s seat as the representative for House District 16 this week, and the district’s new representative, Ivy Spohnholz will officially take her seat when the State House convenes for their floor session on Thursday. […]
The Republican nominating contest for president could be consolidating into a two-man race between businessman Donald Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz. By gobbling up the lion’s share of delegates awarded state-by-state, Trump and Cruz are eclipsing two other rivals: Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio governor John Kasich. Rubio did pick up a victory […]
The gloves came off in last night’s Republican debate, the last, as Super Tuesday looms on the horizon for the contenders for the Republican nomination to the GOP ticket, as presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio shed his gloves and came out swinging at front-runner and businessman, Donald Trump. After the opening remarks, […]