Candidate Wall: 2016 Republicans for National, State and Benton County Offices

Click on images to visit the campaign websites (if available) of these Republican candidates, who will be on your November ballot in Benton County.

  
Note: Sen. Brian Boquist, Rep. Andy Olson and Rep. Mike Nearman are incumbents running for re-election. Read More......

Marco Rubio ends campaign... with class

Losing his home state of Florida to Donald Trump was a hard blow for Marco Rubio but he put a smile on his face and graciously thanked his family and all his supporters while suspending his campaign for president. Watch HERE. Read More......

Campaign 2016: Nobody Cares About Climate Change

Frustrated that nobody seems to care about climate change, "the country's biggest individual political donor during the 2014 election cycle" has pledged even more in 2016. Tom Steyer spent nearly $75 million in the 2014 midterms, reports Politico. He intends to "open his wallet even wider" now.
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Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run

Galled by Donald J. Trump's dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton's stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side, Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for an independent campaign in this year's presidential race.
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Here's the Technology That Will Change the 2016 Election

Progress comes at the ballot box - and nothing changes the ballot box more than drastic changes in national demography. Yet, how do you link demography, to voting, to social change when not enough people vote, and legal challenges in different parts of the country seek to limit lower income and minority voters' ability to be a force in elections? Technology can be the force that binds progress to voting and forward-thinking non-profits are now using it to redefine how - and more importantly how often - people vote.
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Trump, Cruz Prove Establishment Is Dead for 2016

The establishment features prominently in the GOP presidential race. It is what Donald Trump and Ted Cruz rail against. It is hated by a significant portion of the Republican electorate. It is a ready term of abuse.
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In Obama Era, G.O.P. Bolsters Grip in the States

Young, telegenic and news media savvy, State Auditor Adam Edelen looked like a shoo-in for re-election when Democrats gathered in a horse barn here for a buffet dinner late last month. Most figured he would go on to challenge Senator Rand Paul, whose Republican presidential bid is faltering
even as he seeks re-election.

Now a Paul-Edelen matchup is off the table. Kentucky Democrats, including Mr. Edelen, were trounced last week in an election that swept aside decades of their dominance over state government — and added Mr. Edelen to a growing list of Democrats across the country who have had painful defeats since President Obama was elected.

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Why 2016 could be shattering for Republicans

Election Day 2016 will produce a shattering crash larger than anything the pundits anticipate because the revolutionary economic and social changes occurring in the United States have now pushed both the burgeoning new majority and the conservative Republicans’ counterrevolution beyond their tipping points.


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A New Clue Suggests Biden May Run

Joe Biden has taken another step toward entering the Presidential race.

Representatives of the Vice-President held a meeting this week with Democratic National Committee staffers. They briefed Biden’s aides on arcane but crucial rules that the Vice-President would need to understand if he decides to run, according to a D.N.C. official.

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We asked Al Gore three times if he’s running for president, and he wouldn’t say no

We all know where former vice president Al Gore stands when it comes to climate change, but what about a presidential bid for 2016? His name has routinely been floated as a potential Democratic candidate at every primary since losing the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000, but unlike 2004 and 2008, the environmental activist has yet to publicly rule out the possibility of a run. In fact, he’s remained especially shy on the subject this time around, keeping us all wondering about what would be a major political comeback.


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NBC partners with Dem political firm for 2016

NBC News is partnering with TargetSmart, a political data firm founded by Democrats that was also hired by the Democratic National Committee to provide voter information for the 2016 election.


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James Carville: Biden 'hasn't had the best track record' running for president

Democratic strategist James Carville in an interview broadcast Sunday blasted a potential 2016 White House run by Vice President Joe Biden.
"He's done it twice, and he hasn't had the best track record doing it," the longtime Clinton adviser told host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on AM 970 in New York. Biden met with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Saturday in Washington, D.C., CNN reported, amid buzz he is seriously weighing a 2016 Oval Office bid.
It is seen as biggest indicator yet that Biden is seriously tempted by a presidential run next year.


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PHOTOS (No text): All 17 Republican Candidates for President 2016

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Candidates' Wall: 17 Republicans Vie for Party's 2016 Presidential Nomination

Click on images to visit the campaign websites of these presidential primary candidates (shown in alphabetical order).



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