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☆ Germany's far-right AfD party is finding success on TikTok — as its popularity among young voters grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Cardboard stands with the AfD logo lie on the chairs in the Wiesenhalle before the start of the AfD Brandenburg state party conference. Traditionally, young voters are seen as more left-leaning, but the voting data suggests some divergences, with experts pointing to social media and what they describe as online echo chambers. A study published earlier this month showed that over half of those aged 14-29 in Germany use social media to stay updated about news and politics. But Berendsen told CNBC that it is one of the social media platforms where the tunnel-effect can be an issue. An AfD spokesperson confirmed to CNBC that its videos and texts posted on social media are tailored to young people.

Persons: Monika Skolimowska, Infratest Dimap, Eva Berendsen, Anne Frank, Baerbock, Maximilian Krah, TikTok, Berendsen Organizations: Getty, Russia, Anne, CNBC Locations: Hesse, Germany

On a Monday in mid-March, the Wisconsin Republican Party gathered about 50 conservative activists on a Zoom call to train them in how to become poll workers, helping oversee and monitor the casting and counting of votes. Heavily Democratic areas of the battleground state were a key focus. “Eau Claire, Madison, Milwaukee — that type,” Mike Hoffman, the state party’s election integrity director, said as he ticked off places being targeted. “We’re keeping a close eye on you,” he recounted telling one city clerk, according to audio recordings of the party’s training sessions obtained by The New York Times. They will focus on every aspect of voting, including mail ballots, voting machines and post-Election Day recounts and audits.

Persons: Mike Hoffman, ”, Donald J Organizations: Wisconsin Republican Party, The New York Times, Republican National Committee Locations: Eau Claire, Madison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

☆ Prosecutions of Fake Electors for Trump Gain Ground in Swing States
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The chairman of the Nevada Republican Party has been indicted. In Michigan, a former co-chairwoman of the state party is facing charges. The investigations focus largely on the plan to deploy fake electors in states that Mr. Trump lost. Documents emerging from the state cases highlight divisions among Trump advisers after the 2020 election about whether to use hedging language in the phony certificates that they sent to Washington purporting to designate electoral votes for Mr. Trump. They also undercut claims by some Trump aides that they played little role in the fake-electors plan.

Persons: Donald J, Trump Organizations: Nevada Republican Party, New, Trump, Mr Locations: Georgia, Michigan, New York, Washington

The visits come amid a notable lull in Trump’s campaign activity in the weeks since he became the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. Along with Pennsylvania, Trump’s stunning 2016 victories in Michigan and Wisconsin produced a seismic crack in the so-called blue wall of states Democrats had relied on in every election going back to 1992. Early polls suggest Michigan and Wisconsin pose a challenge for Biden and an opportunity for Trump to mine for electoral votes in the upper Midwest. The former president attacked Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in 2022 for refusing to decertify the state’s presidential result, which he did not have the power to do. However, Trump’s campaign has yet to air a single ad in the state.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Trump’s, Biden, Robin Vos, Brianna Johnson, ” “ Trump, –, ”, Johnson, Wisconsin Democrats “, Republican Sen, Ron Johnson, Chris LaCivita, Biden’s, Ruby Garcia, “, ” Trump, Pete Hoekstra, MAGA, ” Alyssa Bradley, ” CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Badger State, White, Democratic, Democrats, Biden, Michigan, Republican, Trump, Wisconsin State, Wisconsin Democrats, Southern Locations: Michigan, Wisconsin, Grand Rapids , Michigan, Mexico, Green Bay , Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, stoke, ” Though Michigan, West Michigan

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Joe Biden has won North Dakota's Democratic presidential primary. The state party on Saturday announced the results of the mostly mail-in primary. Former President Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican Party's March 4 presidential caucuses, taking all 29 delegates. Biden and Trump have already secured enough delegates for their parties' nominations, lining up the first presidential rematch election since 1956. Sen. Bernie Sanders won the North Dakota Democratic caucuses in 2016 and 2020.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Sen, Bernie Sanders Organizations: N.D, North, Democratic, Saturday, North Dakota Republican Party's, Biden, North Dakota Democratic Locations: BISMARCK

☆ ‘Ultra MAGA’: Donors to new Trump fundraising outfit can obtain special status with maximum contribution
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Daniel Strauss | Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The highest level of contributions to the Trump 47 Committee – as the joint fundraising committee is known – is called “Ultra MAGA” and is designated for individuals who donate $814,600, the current limit that one person can currently donate to Trump 47. A Trump campaign aide did not immediately respond to an inquiry about the fundraising levels. On Thursday, Biden was joined by two former White House occupants – Barack Obama and Bill Clinton – at a star-studded New York fundraiser that the Biden campaign said brought in more than $26 million. Donations to the Trump 47 Committee benefit Trump’s campaign; his leadership PAC, which has underwritten his legal bills; the Republican National Committee and roughly 40 state party committees. The joint fundraising committee was established earlier this month, following Trump’s takeover of the RNC.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, MAGA, “ MAGA, ”, John Paulson, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, – Barack Obama, Bill Clinton – Organizations: CNN, Republican Party, Trump, “, Republican, White, New, Democratic Party, PAC, Republican National Committee, RNC Locations: Florida, New York

☆ How Donald Trump, Joe Biden and grassroots liberals could upend Democratic politics in one of the country’s bluest states
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Menendez announced Thursday that he would not run for reelection in the Democratic primary but again left open the possibility of an independent bid this summer. New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim greets supporters outside the Bergen County Democratic convention in Paramus on March 4, 2024. “Corrupt systems like the ‘county line’ in New Jersey (is) an enemy because that dissuades folks from actually getting involved. Kim speaks to delegates during the Bergen County Democratic convention in Paramus, New Jersey, on March 4, 2024. In Camden County, where the local boss keeps a tighter grip, video of another Senate candidate, progressive Patricia Campos-Medina, being blocked from entering the county Democratic convention went viral.

Persons: Andy Kim, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Tammy Murphy, Kim, Murphy, Sen, Bob Menendez, Menendez, Phil Murphy, Seth Wenig, Olivia Liu, –, Trump, ”, Julia Sass Rubin, Rubin, ” Rubin, Sue Altman, ” Altman, Goldman Sachs, Cori Bush, Ezra Levin, Levin, ” Levin, isn’t MAGA, don’t, we’ll, Altman, Zahid Quraishi’s, ” “ I’m, ” Kim, “, Kim’s, Alexandra Altman, Katey Sabo, Matt Platkin, Platkin, Governor Murphy, ” Murphy, Mahen Gunaratna, Patricia Campos, Rachel Hodes, ” Hodes, Steven Fulop, ” Fulop, “ I’ve Organizations: Jersey City , New Jersey CNN, Democratic, Garden State, Democrats, Capitol, New, . New, . New Jersey Rep, Bergen County Democratic, Tammany Hall of, New Jersey Democratic, ”, Asbury Park Press, USA, Though New, Though New Jersey Democrats, Congressional, Democratic National Committee, Justice Democrats, Democratic Party, Families Alliance, CNN, –, Hoboken Democrats –, Hudson County Democratic Organization, Hoboken Democratic, Hoboken Democrats, Jersey City, Senate, New Jersey Republicans Locations: Jersey City , New Jersey, Trenton, South Jersey, New Jersey, Garden, ., . New Jersey, Bergen County, Paramus, Siberia, Long Branch , New Jersey, Rutgers, enmesh, Though, Though New Jersey, Alexandria, Cortez, New York, Missouri, Paramus , New Jersey, Jersey, Kim’s, Morris, Atlantic, Camden County, Medina, Hoboken

Their November collision began to look even more likely after Mr. Trump scored a decisive win in Iowa in January. Already, Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden had shifted their focus away from the primaries. But Mr. Biden has already been using the political and financial apparatus of the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Biden is viewed unfavorably by a majority of Americans — a precarious position for a president seeking re-election — although so is Mr. Trump. Mr. Biden and his allied groups also have a significant financial advantage over Mr. Trump, whose legal bills are taking a toll.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr, Nikki Haley, Biden’s, “, Joe Biden, ”, Haley, Trump’s, California’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, Juan M Organizations: Tuesday, Associated Press, Democratic, Republican, Mr, Washington State, Democratic National Committee, Republican National Committee, D.C, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, Manhattan Locations: Iowa, Georgia, Georgia , Mississippi, Hawaii, Vermont, Washington, Gaza, New York

After the 2020 election, one story out of North Carolina had a powerful effect on Donald J. Trump. A proactive Republican, the story went, had worked behind the scenes to stop Democrats from stealing the election in the state and helped secure Mr. Trump’s victory there. That Republican was Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North Carolina G.O.P. Mr. Trump called Mr. Whatley after the election, and Mr. Whatley boasted to him about that program’s success. “That’s great,” Mr. Trump replied, as Mr. Whatley recounted the conversation in a speech to North Carolina Republicans last year.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Michael Whatley, Whatley, “, Mr, Ronna McDaniel Organizations: Republican, Mr, Carolina G.O.P, North Carolina Republicans, Republican National Locations: North Carolina, Carolina, North, Arizona, Georgia

☆ Biden vs. Trump is set. What are the alternatives?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump rematch is a presumptive reality after the president and former president both dominated Republican and Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday. Independent candidates. When Kennedy, West and the Green Party’s Stein were added into the question, things changed. Trump was still on top with 42%, Biden got 39%, Kennedy had 15%, West had 3% and Stein had 2%. Buzzy independent candidates have a tendency to lose support as Election Day nears.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, Hillary Clinton, Ralph Nader, Kanye West, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Cornel West, Sen, Joe Manchin, Ryan Clancy, Abby Phillip, you’ll, ” Clancy, Kennedy, Kanye, Trump, Here’s, ► He’s, Cornel West’s, Party’s Stein, Stein, Ariel Edwards, Levy, that’s, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton, Eva McKend’s, CNN Kennedy, Kennedy –, –, ” Matt Welch, CNN’s Michael Smerconish, Welch, Jake Tapper’s, CNN’s Kasie Hunt, Hunt debunks Organizations: CNN, Republican, Democratic, Super, Trump, Libertarian Party, Green Party, New, New Mexico Gov, Libertarian, Marquette University, West, Democrats, Biden, Democrat, White, Black, RFK Jr, “, of Columbia, Hunt debunks RFK Jr Locations: New Mexico, Florida, West Virginia, West, Wisconsin, ► Nevada, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Arizona, Georgia, Utah, Alaska , Oregon, South Carolina, New York, California

☆ Trump dominates Super Tuesday, but Nikki Haley avoids a sweep
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump easily defeated his former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on Super Tuesday in every state except Vermont, all but guaranteeing him the Republican Party's presidential nomination. The Republican former president was surprisingly unable to beat Haley in Vermont on Super Tuesday. Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump," Haley national spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas said in a statement. As it stands, Haley can still win the nomination, though it'd require handily defeating Trump in state after state, surpassing polling. Despite her win in Vermont, Haley did not give a speech Tuesday evening, while Trump gave one from Mar-a-Lago without mentioning her name once.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Trump, Haley, Olivia Perez, Cubas, it'd, NBC's Kristen Welker, we're Organizations: Service, Super, Republican, Business, GOP, Republican National Convention, Trump Locations: Vermont, Utah, California, Milwaukee, Mar

☆ Iowa Democratic Caucus Results
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Iowa Democrats held an all-mail presidential caucus. The state party is expected to announce the results after 6 p.m. Eastern time. Sign up to get notified when results are in. The On Politics newsletter is your guide to the 2024 elections. Get it sent to your inbox.

Organizations: Iowa Democrats

☆ Trump Dominates Michigan G.O.P. Convention Amid Party Turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Neil Vigdor | Steve Friess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump capped off a clean sweep of Republican delegates in Michigan on Saturday during a raucous convention, which further exposed a deep fissure in the state party that threatens to fester in one of the most important battleground states. Mr. Trump, the Republican front-runner, amassed at least 90 percent of the vote in all but one of the state’s 13 congressional districts against former Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, who was ambassador to the United Nations under Mr. Trump. A simple majority was needed in each district to win its share of delegates at the caucus-style event, giving Mr. Trump 39, to go along with the 12 that he won in Michigan’s primary, which was held on Tuesday. Ms. Haley emerged from that contest with four delegates.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Ms, Haley Organizations: Republican, Gov, United Nations, Mr Locations: Michigan, South Carolina, Michigan’s

☆ For Trump and Biden, attention on North Carolina will linger well past Super Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Steve Contorno | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

North Carolina, which Trump narrowly won in 2020, is emerging as a critical piece of Biden’s reelection strategy. It has been 16 years since Barack Obama delivered a North Carolina surprise in 2008. Former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro on June 10, 2023. She isn’t sure how much longer Republicans can hold the line in North Carolina. “Yes, we have had more growth in our urban communities, and it’s going to make North Carolina trend bluer in the future,” Anderson said.

Persons: North Carolina CNN — Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, ”, Paul Shumaker, “ It’s, Haley, Kamala Harris, ” Harris, Barack Obama, Biden, Donald Trump, Chuck Burton, Sarah Reidy, Jones, Charlotte ” –, “, Trump, ” Haley, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins of, Will Trump, Haley’s, Harris, Peter Zay, scoff, Billy Ward, ” Trump, Susie Wiles didn’t, battlegrounds “, ” Wiles, Michael Whatley, Ronna McDaniel, Whatley, MAGA, Thom Tillis, Mark Robinson, Robinson, Roy Cooper, Ben McKeown, Anderson Clayton, ” Clayton, we’ve, ” Anderson, CNN’s Alayna Treene Organizations: North Carolina CNN, Republican, Trump, Democratic, North Carolina Republican Party, GOP, South, Biden, White, College, Duke University, University of North, Getty, Wake County Republican Party, CNN, North, North Carolina GOP, Republican National Committee, Republicans, Gov, state’s Democratic Party, Conservative, “ Locations: Raleigh, North Carolina, Michigan, “ North Carolina, Durham, Wake County, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, Wake, Mecklenburg, –, Greensboro, Seattle, South Carolina, Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Carolina, University of North Carolina, Durham , North Carolina, Anadolu, GOP’s, Raleigh , North Carolina, Russia, Ukraine, Southern

☆ What to watch for in the Michigan presidential primaries
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“This is not an anti-Biden campaign,” Layla Elabed, a leader of the Listen to Michigan campaign, told CNN. Here’s what to watch for in Michigan:The first ballot test of Biden’s Israel strategyJust how committed are Michigan Democrats to Biden? Republicans opposed an earlier Michigan primary, and it violated Republican National Committee rules limiting which states can hold contests before March 1. After Democrats who control the legislature and the governor’s office moved the Michigan primary to February 27 despite GOP opposition, the RNC and Michigan GOP came up with the hybrid model. Tests for Biden, Trump in key stateThe drama within both the Democratic and Republican contests is playing out in one of the nation’s most important presidential swing states.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Israel –, Health –, Israel, Biden, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, uncommitted, ” Layla Elabed, “, It’s, ”, Nikki Haley, Trump, –, Haley, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Abdullah Hammoud, Joe Biden, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ” Hammoud, Biden –, ” Biden, Seth Meyers, “ We’re, it’s, —, Pete Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, Hoekstra, Gretchen Whitmer Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Health, Biden, Republican, Trump, South Carolina Gov, Republicans ’, GOP, Michigan Democrats, Gaza’s Ministry of Health, United Nations, White, Dearborn, New York Times, ” Movement, ” CNN, Michigan Republican, Michigan, Republicans, Committee, RNC, Michigan GOP, Democratic, United Auto Workers, Black Locations: Michigan, Gaza, Dearborn, South Carolina, Israel, United States, Trump, — demoting Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ Takeaways from the Michigan Democratic and Republican primaries
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Eric Bradner | Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Joe Biden is losing about 20 percent of the Democratic vote today, and many say it’s a sign of his weakness in November. Phillips’ high point was in New Hampshire, where he drew nearly 20% of the Democratic primary vote. Republicans opposed an earlier Michigan primary, which violated Republican National Committee rules limiting which states can hold contests before March 1. After Democrats, who control the legislature and the governor’s office, moved the Michigan primary to February 27 despite the Republican opposition, the RNC and the Michigan GOP came up with the hybrid model. However, Kristina Karamo, the election conspiracy theorist who the state party voted to oust in January, has refused to relinquish control, arguing that she was unlawfully removed.

Persons: CNN — Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump’s, Biden, –, uncommitted, Gretchen Whitmer’s, Joe Biden, CNN’s Dana Bash, Debbie Dingell, Cassandra, Nikki Haley, Uncommitted, ”, Andy Levin, wouldn’t, ” Levin, Biden’s, ” Abbas Alawieh, Alawieh, —, Haley Haley, won’t, Haley, hasn’t, “ Joe Biden, ” Haley, Olivia Perez, Cubas, Abby Phillip, Dean Phillips, Dean Phillips ’, “, Phillips, Marianne Williamson, Pete Hoekstra, Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, J, Joseph Rossi Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Arab American Democrats, GOP, Trump, Biden, of Health, Michigan, Michigan Gov, South Carolina Gov, Michigan Democratic, Biden can’t, Progressives, Republican, South, Minnesota, Israel, Granite, Democratic National, Twitter, Michigan GOP, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Committee, RNC, Detroit . Kent Locations: Michigan, Gaza, Israel, Dearborn, Minnesota, South Carolina, New Hampshire, — demoting Iowa, Nevada, Netherlands, Grand Rapids, Detroit ., Detroit

☆ Biden and Trump win Michigan primaries
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties’ primaries in Michigan on Tuesday. “We demand President Biden to take action now – bring a permanent ceasefire,” said Layla Elabed, the campaign manager for the group. The Michigan primary was moved up near the front of the Democratic presidential nominating calendar this year. Biden defeated Trump in Michigan by about 150,000 votes four years later. After Democrats, who control the state Legislature and the governor’s office, moved the Michigan primary to February 27 despite the Republican opposition, the RNC and Michigan GOP came up with the hybrid model.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump’s, Nikki Haley’s, “, ”, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Vermont Sen, Bernie Sanders ’, Sanders, Layla Elabed, ” Biden, ” Elabed, It’s, Gretchen Whitmer, you’ve, Trump, —, Pete Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, Hoekstra, CNN’s Arit John, Dianne Gallagher, Jeff Zeleny Organizations: CNN, Democratic, South Carolina Gov, Muslim, Michigan Rep, America, Trump, Michigan, White House, Biden, Israel, Michigan —, United Auto Workers, UAW, Michigan GOP, Michigan Republicans, Republican, Committee, RNC Locations: Michigan, Gaza, Vermont, Iowa, New Hampshire, Dearborn, United States, Palestinian American, — demoting Iowa, South Carolina, Nevada, Netherlands, Grand Rapids, Detroit

The party adopted a novel and somewhat confusing hybrid nominating system this year, which will culminate on March 2 with a statewide nominating convention. Here’s what to know:When are the Michigan primary and convention, and how do I vote? Additionally, the state’s Republican Party will host a nominating convention on March 2. At the Republican nominating convention, only delegates, a group of elected party loyalists, can participate in the caucus-style event. Last year, in February, she emerged victorious from a marathon vote for state party chair.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Biden, Dean Phillips, Marianne Williamson, “, ”, ” Stephen Ohlemacher, Trump’s, Pete Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, Hoekstra, Ms, Karamo Organizations: Republicans, Republican Party, Republican, United Nations, Democratic, Michigan, Democratic National Convention, Associated Press, Amway, Plaza Hotel, Trump, Mr Locations: Michigan, South Carolina, Chicago, Grand Rapids, Huntington, Detroit, Netherlands, Waterford Township, Mich

☆ What to watch in South Carolina’s Republican primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign has for weeks been looking ahead to the Republican primary in South Carolina, her home state where she was twice elected governor. The primary in South Carolina is open, meaning Democrats and independents can cast ballots in the GOP race. The former president does not need to open a larger tent in order to win in South Carolina. It’s obviously not insurmountable, and with 50 at stake in South Carolina, Haley could theoretically jump into the lead. South Carolina awards 29 of its delegates to the statewide winner and three apiece to the leader in each of its seven congressional districts.

Persons: Nikki Haley’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Haley, –, Betsy Ankney, ” Haley, I’ll, “ I’m, Nikki Haley, ”, Nancy Mace, That’s, Mace, Michael Haley, Jake Tapper, South Carolina –, Harry Enten, It’s, it’s, CNN’s Ethan Cohen Organizations: CNN, Republican, Virgin Islands, Palmetto State, Trump, South Carolina National Guard, Confederate, statehouse, GOP, Granite, White, South Carolina Locations: South Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Virgin, Palmetto, “ South Carolina, Carolina, Coast, Michigan, Texas, Virginia, Super, Charleston, Richland, California

☆ What happens if Biden drops out? The chaotic 1968 Democratic convention could be a clue.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

If Biden drops from the presidential race, it would likely lead to a contested convention in August. AdvertisementFor years, Democratic President Joe Biden has been plagued with critiques about his old age and perceived cognitive skills. With no candidate having amassed a majority of the nation's delegates, the Democratic presidential nominee was decided at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where anti-war protesters angrily demonstrated outside. AdvertisementMost of the state delegates at the convention voted for Humphrey, leading him to win the Democratic Party's nomination. Unless Biden stuns the party and suddenly drops out, the current 81-year-old president is on a fast track to obtaining the Democratic presidential nomination.

Persons: Biden, Lyndon B, Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, —, Joe Biden, Robert Hur's, Martin Luther King Jr, Sen, Eugene McCarthy, Robert F, Kennedy, Humphrey, McCarthy, Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite, we've, Dan, Richard Nixon, Jaime Harrison, Donald Trump — Organizations: Service, Democratic, Convention, Republican, Democratic National Committee, DNC Locations: Vietnam, New, Memphis, Chicago

☆ Trump heads to Michigan with eyes on a Biden rematch but legal woes loom over campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Steve Contorno | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A 2020 election denier’s tumultuous reign atop the Michigan Republican Party had only recently begun. Since then, the strike has ended and the top union representing Michigan autoworkers, United Auto Workers, has endorsed President Joe Biden. State party turmoilAhead of his visit, Trump and his allies sought to put an end to turmoil within the Michigan Republican Party, which has faced a reckoning over its readiness for the 2024 election. The state party ousted its chair, Kristina Karamo, last month in the face of internal strife and lackluster fundraising. The recent Fox News survey from Michigan found Biden leading Trump 53% to 41% among union households.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Nikki Haley –, Stormy Daniels, Friday’s, “, Biden, Hillary Clinton’s, Haley, Kristina Karamo, Pete Hoekstra, Hoekstra, Democratic Sen, Debbie Stabenow, ”, Jason Cabel Roe, it’s, – Trump, Trump’s, Shawn Fain, ” Trump, Fain, ” Fain, Cabel Roe, “ There’s Organizations: CNN, Michigan, Republican, GOP, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan autoworkers, United Auto Workers, Republicans, South Carolina Gov, Michigan GOP, Trump, Fox, Sneaker Con, South Carolina Army National Guard, Republican National, White House, Democratic, doesn’t, Republican Party, Biden, Big, Teamsters, UAW Locations: California, Michigan, New, York, ”, Georgia, Waterford Township, Detroit, Waterford, Trump’s Michigan, –, Philadelphia, South Carolina, State, Netherlands, Washington ,, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania

☆ Election 2024 As Trump heads to Michigan, the state G.O.P. is in disarray.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Neil Vigdor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“We are the Michigan G.O.P.,” Mr. Hoekstra said in an interview on Friday. On Thursday night, Ms. Karamo sought to address her leadership status at a Republican gathering in Oakland County near Detroit. A video recorded by The Detroit News showed her being heckled as party leaders elected delegates for next month’s state convention. At the Karamo-aligned event, a projector displayed a logo for the county’s Republican Party. did not immediately respond to requests for comment about what would happen if rival slates of Michigan delegates showed up at the convention.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Pete Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, Hoekstra, ” Mr, “ Kristina Karamo, Mr, ” “, ”, Karamo, “, Ole ’, we’ve, ” Ms, Patrick Van Katwijk, Fred Krymis, Rod Halcomb, Emily Elconin, Kelly Sackett, Matthew DePerno Organizations: Republicans, Trump, Republican National Committee, Republican, Democratic, Republican Party, Republican National, Agence France, Michigan, The Detroit News, Baptist Church, county’s Republican Party, Michigan Republicans, The New York Times, Kalamazoo, Republican National Convention Locations: Michigan, Waterford Township, Detroit, Western Michigan, Netherlands, Oakland County, Kalamazoo County, Scotts, Mich, Kalamazoo

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra has been officially recognized by the national Republican party as the Michigan GOP chairman in a vote that also affirmed that Kristina Karamo was properly removed from the position earlier this year. Some members of the Michigan GOP had coalesced last month to vote Karamo out of the position, a result that she has refused to accept. Since then, dueling factions have claimed to control the state party. Karamo was elected last February to lead the Michigan Republican Party through the 2024 presidential election after losing her secretary of state race by over 14 percentage points. In January, close to half of the Michigan GOP’s voting members came together to vote Karamo out as chair, citing fundraising woes and months of infighting.

Persons: Pete Hoekstra, Kristina Karamo, Hoekstra, Donald Trump, Karamo, Pete, ” Trump, Malinda Pego Organizations: Republican, Michigan GOP, Republican National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Republicans, Trump, Associated Press, Republican Party of Michigan, RNC, Michigan, Republicans, Senate, Michigan House, Democrats Locations: LANSING, Mich, Michigan, United States, Netherlands, U.S

☆ Takeaways from New York’s high-stakes special election
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Democrat Tom Suozzi is heading back to Congress after defeating Republican Mazi Pilip in the special election to replace serial fabulist and expelled former GOP Rep. George Santos. The result will further narrow the GOP’s already thin House majority and hand President Joe Biden’s party a boost as the general election campaign comes into focus. If not redemption, the New York Democratic Party in this special election earned a reprieve. As the storm swept through Queens and Long Island on Tuesday, Republican groups and the Pilip campaign scrambled to drive – literally in some cases – their voters to the polls. (Democratic Rep. Grace Meng from the neighboring 6th congressional district, and the area’s Asian American voters, delivered above and beyond for Suozzi.)

Persons: Tom Suozzi, Republican Mazi Pilip, George Santos, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Biden, he’s, –, Santos, Trump, Pilip, Suozzi, ”, George Santos’s, Rick Lazio, didn’t, Hakeem Jeffries, Kathy Hochul, Jay Jacobs, thrall, Israel –, Grace Meng Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP Rep, Biden, Democrats, New York’s, ’, GOP, Trump, Santos, George Santos’s volleyball, New, Democratic, New York Democrats Suozzi’s, New York Democratic Party, – Gov, GOP House, Israel Defense Forces, Republicans, Democrat, Queens Locations: Long, dissing, Israel, New York City, New York, Queens, Gaza, Nassau County, Queens –, Suozzi

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