The Presidential Campaign That Made the Least Sense Has Come to an End
supergenijalac/Shutterstock Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick was among the last to arrive in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. And now he’s gone. After earning 0.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, Patrick announced Wednesday that he would end his longshot campaign. Patrick joined the race in November 2019; most of the…
Bernie’s Young California Fans Spent Tuesday Celebrating—by Organizing
Fernanda Echavarri / Mother Jones While Bernie Sanders locked down a primary win in frigid New Hampshire, a group of student Berners in the exact opposite corner of the country spent their evening celebrating and recruiting others to join their outreach efforts ahead of the big prize: Super Tuesday. “What do we want? Bernie! When…
Bernie Sanders Wins the New Hampshire Primary
Steven Senne/AP Sen. Bernie Sanders has won Tuesday’s New Hampshire Democratic primary, according to multiple news outlets. Tuesday marks Sanders’ second primary win in New Hampshire, which borders his home state of Vermont. Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the state’s 2016 primary with more than 60 percent of the vote. Sanders…
As the Democrats Await Results From New Hampshire, Trump Has Taken to Twitter
Mother Jones illustration As results from the New Hampshire Democratic primary rolled in Tuesday night, President Donald Trump—who, despite doing very bad things earlier in the day, strode to an easy victory in the state’s Republican Primary—took to Twitter with a string of unhinged remarks about Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, John Podesta, and Elizabeth Warren.…
Like the New York Times, These Voters Can’t Decide Between Klobuchar and Warren
Elizabeth Warren, left, and Amy Klobuchar, right, stand on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. on Friday, February 7, 2020.Charles Krupa/AP Three weeks before Iowa caucus-goers put their confidence in two men, the New York Times placed its confidence in two women: Elizabeth Warren…
Gun Rights Activists Disrupt Bloomberg Campaign Event
Michael Bloomberg speaks to gun control advocates at a rally in Aurora, Colo. in December.Thomas Peipert/AP Most of the action in the presidential race is in New Hampshire right now, but campaign surrogates for Michael Bloomberg spent the weekend traveling throughout Virginia to highlight his record on gun violence prevention. And gun rights activists were…