election 2016
Soda tax in Philly? “I’m very supportive,” says Clinton
Campaigning ahead of Tuesday's primary election in Pennsylvania, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton said "I'm very supportive" of the 3-cent-an-ounce soda tax proposed by Mayor Jim Kenney, reported CNN.
The season of farewells on Capitol Hill
The general election is more than six months away and the new administration won't take office for nine months but the farewells are being heard already on Capitol Hill.
Clinton won the New York primary, but not rural New York
Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton won two-thirds of the rural vote in the New York primary. This time, she lost the state's rural and small-city vote by 20 points, says the Daily Yonder.
Gun-toting Nevada legislator aims for U.S. House
Second-term Nevada state Rep. Michele Fiore, who helped negotiate the surrender in February of anti-government activists occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, is running for the Republican nomination in the third congressional district of Nevada, says Roll Call.
Senate race heats up in Iowa, as Colorado cools off
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet's chances for re-election are strengthening while Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley's race merits closer attention, says the political website Sabato's Crystal Ball.
Will the ‘sleeper issue,’ food policy, wake up for the election?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a presidential campaign in possession of great turmoil must be in want of food and agriculture debate, or so might write a modern Jane Austen. Panelists at the National Food Policy Conference lamented the meager attention given to food and ag policy by presidential candidates.
Republican dog fight may boost Sen. Bennet, hurt Grassley
Democrat Michael Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, won the Senate race in Colorado in 2010 with a plurality of 48 percent in a seven-way race. Handicappers say Colorado will be one of the most competitive states this year yet Bennet's prospects are brightening - and could improve markedly due to Republican infighting.
Senate Ag chairman Roberts endorses Rubio
Two days before the South Carolina primary, Senate Agriculture chairman Pat Roberts endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican presidential nomination. The Topeka Capital-Journal said Roberts described Rubio as inspirational, "just the antithesis" of businessman Donald Trump.