U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won Saturday’s Democratic caucus in the Western state of Wyoming, but even in victory he failed to gain ground on his rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the race to become U.S. president. Sanders won 56 percent of the vote. Democratic Party rules left each candidate with seven of […]
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. […]
WASHINGTON—A new political survey in the U.S. shows Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders edging ahead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Iowa, the rural state where voters in February will start to select the party’s 2016 presidential nominee. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday indicates Sanders is supported by 41 percent of the state’s […]
WASHINGTON—Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders drew another overflow crowd Sunday night in his campaign for the U.S. presidency, as he brings his anti-billionaire message and calls for addressing income inequality in America. Sanders is the rumpled independent senator from Vermont who has so far emerged as the leading opponent of former Secretary of State Hillary […]