Best known for: Serving as Housing and Urban Development secretary during President Barack Obama’s second term and as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, for five years. Biggest strength: His youthfulness and status as the only Latino in the race could help him win the votes of Democrats looki...
she calls for bipartisan approach to dealing with issues including climate change and healthcare, stressing that bipartisanship would be the best strategy for Democrats to win the White House. In a list of over 100 actions she vowed to
billionaires and heirs to fortunes on Monday urged 2020 presidential candidates to support a wealth tax on themselves, or the richest Americans. In a letter published on Medium.com, the group called on all candidates for president, Republicans or Democrats, to endorse a "moderate" wealth tax on...
More Democratic candidates jumped into the presidential race in 2019 than America has seen since the inception of the modern primary system. Here's a look at all the Democrats who campaigned for a chance to take on President Trump in November 2020. Michael Bennet Sen. Michael Bennet appears on...
Elder, who is Black, has criticized Democrats' “woke” agenda, Black Lives Matter and the notion of systemic racism, positions that have put him at odds with many other Black people. Nikki Haley Former South Carolina Governor and United Nations ambassador Nikki Hal...
The sole Black Republican in the Senate, Scott offers his own life story as a rebuttal to progressive claims about the inescapability of systemic American racism. He has accused Democrats of weaponizing race and of fostering a culture of “grievance” — music to the ears of conservatives who...
For the first time in many years, Democratic Party voters are choosing a candidate for president from a particularly strong field. That is especially good news for Black Democrats who in recent years have often held their noses to vote for a "lesser evil" alternative to Republican candidates ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two more candidates filed paperwork Thursday to appear on Pennsylvania's primary ballots for U.S. Senate as Democratic Sen. Bob Casey runs for a fourth term and Democrats try to maintain a majority in the narrowly divided chamber.
It would also give Democrats subpoena power to probe the president’s many personal and professional controversies — in addition to giving them an opportunity to pursue impeachment. In the fight for the Senate, Republicans running in states where Trump remains popular are eager to make the ...
While Democrats,led by President Biden, support abortion access, the GOP candidates vying for the presidential nomination back restrictions in some form. But the field is fractured over how far into a pregnancy abortion should be prohibited, and whether a federal ban is appropriate. ...