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Michael Bennet drops out of 2020 race

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado on Tuesday said he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Published February 11, 2020

New Hampshire exit polls: Pete Buttigieg most likely to beat Donald Trump

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is seen as the best candidate to defeat President Trump, according to exit polls in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary. Published February 11, 2020

New Hampshire primary too close to call after polls close

The Democratic primary race in New Hampshire was too close to call after polls closed Tuesday night. Published February 11, 2020

Andrew Yang to suspend presidential campaign

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang on Tuesday announced he is suspending his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Published February 11, 2020

New Hampshire exit polls: Democrats want Trump slayer, not ideological kin

The voters that turned out for the New Hampshire Democratic primary on Tuesday said they are more interested in fielding a presidential nominee who can defeat President Trump than they are in putting up their ideological avatar. Published February 11, 2020

Biden shifts focus to South Carolina

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden isn't planning to stick around to celebrate the final vote tallies from the New Hampshire primary, where he faces the prospect of a disappointing finish. Published February 11, 2020

Pete Buttigieg: ‘Very difficult’ for Bernie Sanders to defeat Donald Trump

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg warned Tuesday that Sen. Bernard Sanders could have a "very difficult" time winning the White House because voters are looking for a clearer picture of how the Vermont senator plans to pay for his grand governing vision. Published February 11, 2020

Democratic New Hampshire primary gets nastier after Iowa chaos ups ante

The final week of campaigning in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary ended in much the way it began: with a food fight between the top contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Published February 10, 2020

Biden support slides among black voters: national poll

Joseph R. Biden's support among black voters has slipped since last year, signaling more potential trouble for the former vice president's sputtering 2020 campaign. Published February 10, 2020

Pete Buttigieg leads initial Iowa tally; Bernie Sanders second, Joe Biden fourth

The political circus in Iowa inched closer to a belated conclusion Tuesday after the Democratic Party rolled out a "majority" of initial caucus results showing former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg leading the pack, followed by Sen. Bernard Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Published February 4, 2020

Bernie Sanders: ‘Unfair’ to question pending Iowa results

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Tuesday pushed back against attempts to cast doubt on the pending results out of Iowa, saying it is "unfair" for his rivals to try to do so. Published February 4, 2020

Hillary Clinton alums developed faulty Iowa caucus app

The company behind the app that led to the delay in reporting caucus results in Iowa was established by alums of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Published February 4, 2020

Bret Nilles, Iowa Democratic county chair: Reporting mess a ‘black mark’ against caucuses

Bret Nilles, chair of the Linn County Iowa Democrats, felt as though things were going smoothly in the caucuses Monday night after reporting out the results from his precinct without any issues about 90 minutes after it began. Published February 4, 2020

Iowa Democrats say ‘coding’ error led to caucus reporting debacle

The chair of the Iowa Democrats said Tuesday the caucus reporting system broke down after a "coding issue" led to inconsistencies in counts and forced the data that was coming in from the more than 1,600 precincts to be logged in manually. Published February 4, 2020

Hillary-Bernie battle behind caucus change, reporting mess

For the first time in the history of the Iowa caucuses the state Democratic Party planned to release the raw vote totals for each of the presidential contenders -- in addition to the final delegate count that traditionally is reported -- all in the name of transparency. Published February 4, 2020