While Republican candidates were first to throw their hats into the ring in the race for lieutenant governor, this week a slew of familiar Democrat politicians emerged ready to take the baton from outgoing Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman.
2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren promised details of her private dinner with fellow candidate Bernie Sanders would be kept private, but the alleged details are leaking.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has denounced Super PACs, but he’s been supported by a dark money group since launching his presidential campaign in February.
The new poll from Monmouth University, released Thursday, shows former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 20 percent, followed closely by former Vice President Joe Biden at 19 percent and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 18 percent. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is at 15 percent.
Sen. Tim Ashe’s decision [to run for lieutenant governor] illustrates the deep divide between the prison guards of the past and our forward-looking “Small Towns, Big Hearts” campaign.
“So if we’re going to beat Trump, we need turnout,” Sanders continued. “And to get turnout, you need energy and excitement. And I don’t think that that kind of record is going to bring forth the energy we need to defeat Trump.”
A dozen candidates for political offices including lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, three Senate seats and six House seats announced their candidacies Monday morning at a joint news conference at the Statehouse.
A new analysis finds that immigration will dramatically reshape the Electoral College map in favor of the Democratic Party after completion of the 2020 census.
The Vermont senator raised more than $34.5 million in the final months of 2019, rounding out the fourth quarter with the largest campaign donations yet announced by a Democratic 2020 presidential candidate.
“Senator, with all due respect, this question is about race,” Nawaz told Sanders firmly. “Can you answer the question as it was asked?”
Ocasio-Cortez endorsed the Vermont senator in October along with Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib. She was reportedly the first among “The Squad” to back Sanders in the Democratic primary.
Meg Hansen, a former executive director of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom and current TV host and political commentator, is running for lieutenant governor.