2020 Presidential Election

Radical Or Incremental? What's Really In Joe Biden's Health Plan

By Julie Rovner • Jul 20, 2019

The headlines about presidential candidate Joe Biden's new health care plan called it "a nod to the past" and "Affordable Care Act 2.0." That mostly refers to the fact that the former vice president has specifically repudiated many of his Democratic rivals' calls for a "Medicare for All" system, and instead sought to build his plan on the ACA's framework.

Former SC Governor, Congressman Sanford Mulls 2020 Bid

By Meg Kinnard/Associated Press • Jul 17, 2019

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, floated the possibility on Tuesday that he would mount an uphill challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Iowa, Nevada To Launch Caucus Voting By Phone For 2020

By Micelle L. Price & Thomas Beaumont/Associated Press • Jul 9, 2019

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats in the early presidential contest states of Iowa and Nevada will be able to cast their votes over the telephone instead of showing up at their states' traditional neighborhood caucus meetings next February, according to plans unveiled by the state parties.

Trump To Hold NC Rally On Day Of Mueller's Testimony

By Associated Press • Jul 3, 2019

President Donald Trump will be holding a campaign rally in North Carolina on July 17 — the day that former special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to testify before Congress.

Buttigieg's High College Debt Draws Attention To The Issue

By MICHELLE R. SMITH/ASSOCIATED PRESS • Jun 9, 2019

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg knows firsthand the burden of six-figure student loan debt. He and his husband, Chasten, are far from alone, though, and their personal college indebtedness is helping to keep the issue on the national stage.

With loans totaling more than $130,000, they are among the 43 million people in the United States who owe federal student loan debt.

In Charlotte, Bernie Sanders Blasts New Alabama Abortion Law

By Steve Harrison • May 17, 2019

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Bernie Sanders' stump speech at Central Piedmont Community College Friday evening touched on familiar themes of his campaign: Income inequality. Medicare For All. Getting corporate money out of politics.

2020 Campaign Trail Runs Through SC Churches

By Meg Kinnard/Associated Press • Apr 20, 2019

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — By now, most Democratic presidential candidates have polished their stump speeches. But when they're in South Carolina, they may need to add in a sermon.

Sen. Cory Booker Promises To Bring America Together. But How?

By Danielle Kurtzleben • Mar 7, 2019

Sen. Cory Booker talks about politics in grand, even spiritual terms.

Speaking to NPR about his run for the presidency, the New Jersey Democrat used phrases like "coalitions of conscience," "sacred honor" and "courageous empathy."

But those hopeful ideas pose a major challenge for Booker: how to translate his aggressively optimistic view of American democracy into any sort of policy action, especially with such gaping differences between the two parties on a wide range of policy areas.