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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus participates in a panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Boston. Priebus says the GOP has been working to better compete for black and minority votes as it eyes the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

GOP official jokes independents shouldn’t vote

A member of the Republican National Committee joked this week that people who can't make up their mind which party they belong to probably shouldn't be allowed in the voting booth in the first place.

August 7, 2014
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker fended off a 2012 drive by liberals, angered by his disavowal of business as usual, to recall him from office. (Associated Press)

GOP 2014: Scott Walker survives, Wisconsin thrives

Ever since Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker grabbed the political world’s attention on June 5, 2012, by becoming the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election, he has been on a roll.

July 27, 2014
The Republican Party voted Friday on a rule that could bar a presidential candidate from participating in any party-approved debate for the rest of the primary campaign season, if he or she participates in any unsanctioned debates, as determined by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and a 13-member panel. (Associated Press)

Cleveland chosen to host 2016 GOP convention

Cleveland has been chosen to host the 2016 GOP presidential nominating convention, beating out Dallas in a unanimous vote from the Republican National Committee site selection panel Tuesday.

July 8, 2014
"I try to do everything through my worldview, my personal relationship with God, and am going to surround myself with people who have the same worldview as I do," says Joe Carr, who is challenging Sen. Lamar Alexander in Tennesee's Republican primary. (Associated Press)

Tennessee long shot Joe Carr is tea party’s best hope

He's an upstart Republican working his plain-spoken charm in a state chock-full of tea party support, accusing his well-known establishment opponent of running from his moderate record, ignoring his constituents' wishes and supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants.

July 7, 2014
People congratulate David Young, right, after he received the Republican nomination in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District for the U.S. House during a special convention on Saturday, June 21, 2014, in Urbandale, Iowa. Establishment Republicans are hoping to hold the seat in the swing-voting district that includes Des Moines and rural southwest Iowa. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Mary Willie) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT

Young beats tea party-backed Zaun in Iowa runoff

In another sign of the changing times and power shifts in Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley's former chief of staff won the special nominating convention in the state's highly competitive 3rd Congressional District on Saturday.

June 22, 2014
republican Risker: Sen. Rand Paul has taken a big step toward immigration reform by forging an alliance with anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. (Associated Press)

Exclusive: Rand Paul throws weight behind immigration reform effort

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday waded deeper into an issue that has proved perilous to some of his GOP colleagues, throwing his political weight behind an establishment lobby effort to get Congress to reform the country's immigration system this year.

June 11, 2014
Iowa Republicans say they couldn't ask for much more in their struggle to put one of their own into the U.S. Senate seat of retiring liberal Democrat Tom Harkin. Joni Ernst is anything but a shoo-in for November — she trailed Democratic primary winner Bruce Braley by 5 percentage points in recent polling. (Associated Press)

Joni Ernst, a telegenic mother and Iraq vet, has Iowa Republicans hopeful

Republicans may have reason to think they have struck it bigger than big with Tuesday's Senate primary win in Iowa of dream candidate Joni Ernst — a young, brash and telegenic mother, National Guard officer and Iraq veteran whose Army unit ran convoys from Kuwait into Iraq.

June 4, 2014
The Republican Party voted Friday on a rule that could bar a presidential candidate from participating in any party-approved debate for the rest of the primary campaign season, if he or she participates in any unsanctioned debates, as determined by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and a 13-member panel. (Associated Press)

RNC strengthens control over nomination process

In an unusual display of centralized power, the Republican Party's national governing body approved a rule that likely would end abruptly the 2016 GOP presidential nomination quest of any candidate who dares to step out of line.

May 11, 2014