Democratic presidential candidates have spent the first weeks of the 2020 campaign largely ignoring President Donald Trump. But voters and activists are eager to hear their plans to defeat him.
As Democrats debate which presidential contender could beat Donald Trump, anti-Trump Republicans and ex-Republicans can think of a few names. They’re just not names that thrill Democratic activists. They like Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and Amy Klobuchar.
Amy Klobuchar announced she is running for president to challenge Donald Trump in 2020. The Minnesota senator is making her debut in the Democratic primary in Iowa, an important caucus state, where she hopes to play up her “Midwestern” persona.
Senator Kamala Harris is getting mixed support from Californians. While most Democrats would be excited if Harris received the party’s nomination, the total pool of voters question whether she’d be a good president.
For a minute, Beto O’Rourke looked like a politician who could win by losing. But now, as the contours of the Democratic presidential field emerge and O’Rourke faces growing scrutiny, some Democrats say the early excitement is dissipating.
Democratic presidential contenders have relied on many of the same donors throughout their careers. But in the early stages of the 2020 race, few of those big spenders are prepared to pick sides.
Democratic Senator Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for president in 2020 on Jan. 21, 2019 at Howard University. She held a press conference at the university afterwards.
California voters gave President Donald Trump a 31 percent approval rating in a new UC Berkeley IGS poll released on Monday, April 30, 2018. A majority of voters believe Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election interference should continue.
Oprah Winfrey’s rousing address at the Golden Globes isn’t enough to make her presidential material, says RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of National Nurses United.
California will hold its 2020 presidential primary in March rather than late in the process in June, under state legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday.
Gov. Jerry Brown, in Concord on March 30, 2017 making a case for tax increases to pay for road repairs, said he has no reason to lie because he's not running for office again. But, he did muse about running for president again.
