Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch
CONCORD, New Hampshire — For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the launch of the...
Front-runners Buttigieg and Sanders beat back debate attacks
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Democratic presidential front-runners Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg beat back a barrage of attacks during a Friday night debate...
‘A disappointment’: Iowa caucus turnout below expectations
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democrats are recovering from a number of disappointments after Monday's Iowa caucuses, though one has received less attention...
Buttigieg says he’s raised $4M since strong showing in Iowa
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg says he raised $4 million since the Iowa caucus, an impressive haul for a candidate looking to capitalize on his strong sh...
Iowa Democrats to undergo independent review of caucus chaos
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price, under immense pressure following the state's presidential caucus debacle, said Friday th...
To win New Hampshire, Warren has to go through Sanders
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Elizabeth Warren's path to victory may have to go through fellow progressive Bernie Sanders. And after Sanders' strong showing in I...
5 questions ahead of New Hampshire’s Democratic debate
Seven Democratic presidential candidates are scheduled to face off in a debate at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. The state's vo...
Buttigieg, Sanders to win most national delegates in Iowa
WASHINGTON — Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders will emerge from Iowa's Democratic caucuses with the most delegates to the party's national convention,...
Messy Iowa caucuses leave cash-poor candidates scrambling
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Iowa caucuses weren't just a colossal political mess. They were a massive money drain for Democratic presidential contenders wh...
New Hampshire officials confident they’ll avoid Iowa chaos
CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire voters rarely rubber-stamp the results of the Iowa caucuses. And they won't follow the lead of Iowa's chaotic caucuses w...
DNC chair calls for ‘recanvass’ of Iowa results after delays
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday called for a “recanvass” of the results of the Iowa caucuses, saying it was...
Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers
AKRON, Iowa — In recent years, Fred Zenk built two barns housing about 2,400 hogs between them — long, white, concrete-and-metal structures that are u...
Biden casts top rivals as a risk for party that wants to win
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Facing questions about his campaign's viability, Joe Biden escalated his criticism of his top Democratic rivals on Wednesday, sugg...
Partial Iowa results give Buttigieg slight edge over Sanders
DES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg held a slight lead over Bernie Sanders in the opening contest of the Democratic race for the presidential nomination...
Analysis: Iowa Democrats drawn to two faces of change
WASHINGTON — Iowa Democrats were drawn to two faces of change.
The Latest: Iowa Democrats release additional caucus results
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):
Iowa disaster prompts Nevada Dems to drop caucus tech plan
LAS VEGAS — Reacting to tech troubles in Iowa, Nevada Democrats scrapped plans to use similar technology at their caucuses in less than three weeks, a...
Online conspiracy theories flourish after Iowa caucus fiasco
CHICAGO — Monday night could not have gone better for online troublemakers who have spent years propagating false or misleading conspiracy theories on...
Avalanche of issues takes out Iowa plan for high-tech caucus
DES MOINES, Iowa — What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party’s high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much ever...
Maker of glitchy Iowa caucus app has Democratic Party ties
WASHINGTON — The little-known technology start-up under scrutiny after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic caucuses on Monday was founded little more ...
Bloomberg doubles ad spending after chaos of Iowa caucuses
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is doubling the already massive amount of money he will spend on advertising, an effort to lift his Democra...
Democratic primary pivots to unpredictable New Hampshire
NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire rarely takes its cues from Iowa. And this time, there aren't clear cues anyway.
Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due ...
Official: Iowa caucus turnout on pace to match 2016 levels
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Turnout for Monday's Iowa caucuses was on pace to match 2016 levels based on early data, a state party official said, even as some s...
AP VoteCast: Iowa Dems split on best challenger for Trump
WASHINGTON — Iowa Democrats are fiercely united by the goal of unseating President Donald Trump, but they were sharply divided Monday over which candi...
The Latest: Warren assures supporters a woman can win
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
In Iowa, anxiety and unpredictability cloud caucus finish
DES MOINES, Iowa — On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates hustled across the state Sunday trying to fire up voters an...
The Latest: Yang says his caucus success will be a ‘shock’
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Sanders calls for unity, but his supporters have other ideas
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders addresses throngs of supporters who gather at his rallies, the divisions that plague the Democratic Party can...
Democrats focus on unity as tensions from 2016 linger
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidates promised voters in Iowa on Saturday they would unify the party to take on President Donald Tr...