Election 2012

Parry to stump in Austin Wednesday

State Sen. Mike Parry is hoping to win the hearts of Austinites Wednesday when he makes a campaign ...

Election 2012

Paul fights Washington spending, flies first class

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying ...

Election 2012

Conservatives torn over defending, opposing Romney

WASHINGTON — Torn between reality and their political dreams, leading conservatives are defending Mitt Romney's private sector success ...

Election 2012

GOP candidates fail to get on some primary ballots

WASHINGTON — Many of Mitt Romney's presidential challengers are having trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement of running for ...

Election 2012

Romney rivals make final appeals in NH

MANCHESTER, N.H. — His pledge to stay positive in ashes, Newt Gingrich challenged front-runner Mitt Romney to account ...

Election 2012

Rivals go hard after Romney, who goes after Obama

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals repeatedly attacked him as a candidate of the status quo ...

Election 2012

Iowa defeat leaves Perry in unfamiliar role: loser

AUSTIN, Texas — Rick Perry did something in Iowa he's never done in three decades of public life: ...

Election 2012

After dismal finish in Iowa, Bachmann vows not to disappear

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann on Wednesday pledged not to disappear from the nation’s political battlegrounds following her unsuccessful ...

Election 2012

Gingrich says GOP campaign is not a game

CONCORD, N.H. — Newt Gingrich, who finished a distant fourth in the Iowa caucuses, says the GOP presidential ...

Election 2012

Bachmann quits race, says she’ll fight for issues

DES MOINES, Iowa — Michele Bachmann is quitting the Republican presidential campaign, saying she's "decided to stand aside" ...

Election 2012

In Iowa, opposite candidates win in opposite ways

DES MOINES, Iowa — In many ways distinctly different, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney took near opposite paths ...

Election 2012

Poll: Who will win the Republican nomination for president?

With the Iowa caucus over, the race for the GOP nomination is clearing. Vote for the candidate you ...

Election 2012

GOP profile: Michele Bachmann is a conservative with ‘a titanium spine’

WASHINGTON — Michele Bachmann was an "accidental politician," and it all began on April Fool's Day.

Election 2012

GOP profile: Gingrich 2.0: Ex-speaker offers new Newt for 2012

WASHINGTON — In mid-1970 an unusual job application landed in the stack of resumes at West Georgia College.

Election 2012

GOP profile: Romney touting business skills in White House bid

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Mitt Romney cruises down two-lane blacktops, past combines churning up clouds of dust harvesting ...

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