Primary News

7:48 AM EST
2/8/2012 Santorum scores hat trick with Colorado victoryFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum performed a three-state sweep on Tuesday night with a caucus win in Colorado.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary

10:38 PM EST
2/7/2012 Santorum secures win in MinnesotaFormer Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum will win the Minnesota Republican caucuses, fending off competition from the nationwide frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary

10:36 PM EST
2/7/2012 Santorum scores upset in Missouri 'beauty contest'Republican voters in Missouri have selected former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in a non-binding statewide "beauty contest."

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary

8:23 PM EST
2/7/2012 Republican voters head to polls in Colorado, Minnesota, MissouriRepublicans will are heading to the polls in three states Tuesday as the GOP presidential primary continues. Voters in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri will have a chance to either hand the race to frontrunner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, or vote for one of his rivals, extending the primary.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary

4:15 PM EST
1/26/2012 Romney and Gingrich get mean heading into Florida caucusThe upcoming Republican caucuses in Florida are turning into a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, according to the latest polls.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary, Political Campaigns, Political Candidates

10:25 AM EST
1/19/2012 Turns out Santorum was the winner in IowaIt appears that Rick Santorum was the winner in Iowa primary, finishing ahead of Mitt Romney by 34 votes.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary

10:07 AM EST
1/19/2012 Rick Perry dropping out of GOP raceRick Perry is expected to drop his Republican presidential bid after repeated poor rankings and debate performances. The official announcement is expected at an 11 a.m. EST press conference. Perry has been in last place since the New Hampshire primary last Tuesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Candidates, Primary

7:26 AM EST
1/18/2012 White House labels Gingrich 'food stamp President' remark as 'crazy'The White House took the opportunity on Tuesday to take journalists down memory lane to the dark fiscal days of George W. Bush’s tenure when “the economy was contracting -- or had contracted in the previous quarter, the last quarter of President Bush's term in office, by nearly 9 percent.”

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Politics, Political Development, Election, Political Campaigns, Primary

1:36 PM EST
1/16/2012 Huntsman quits GOP race, endorses RomneyJon Huntsman ended his run in the GOP presidential race Monday and endorsed Mitt Romney. Huntsman, who also served as U.S. ambassador to China under Democratic President Barack Obama, never gained traction in the Republican campaign.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Political Candidates, Primary

8:10 PM EST
1/10/2012 Mitt Romney projected to win New Hampshire primaryThe polls have closed in New Hampshire's 301 precincts and based on early election returns and exit polling former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is projected to win.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Election, Primary, Voting