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Articles by Seth McLaughlin

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard doubled down on her scorched-earth takedown of the Democratic Party on Wednesday, calling Vice President Kamala Harris a representation of "everything that is wrong with Washington." (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) ** FILE **

2020 Democrats enter crucial stretch as field narrows

The Democratic presidential race is entering a crucial three-month stretch of the race that will test the mettle of the top candidates and determine whether their lesser-known and lesser-funded rivals will emerge as serious contenders or get kicked to the curb.

September 2, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang gestures while speaking at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) ** FILE **

Bernie Bros battles Yang Gang to win Democrats, leftists

The scrapping between the Yang Gang and Bernie Bros is one of the more fascinating fights in the 2020 field, with Andrew Yang, the newcomer, making a serious play for liberal and disenchanted voters who backed the maverick senator the last time.

September 1, 2019
Andrew Yang, Rep. and Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii participate in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Tulsi Gabbard knocks DNC over debate qualifying rules

Scrambling to win an invite to the third Democratic presidential debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling on the Democratic National Committee to expand the list of "certified" polls it uses to determine who gets a ticket to the big show.

August 26, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg cooks pork at the Iowa State Fair, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Pete Buttigieg sexuality, youth worry Iowa voters

Democratic voters here love Mayor Pete, but they may be penalizing him because he's gay. It's not that they hold it against Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, but they fear the rest of the country may not be ready for a 37-year-old, married, openly gay man to sit in the White House, so they are reluctant to help him win the party's presidential nomination.

August 13, 2019
Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, meets with people at the Iowa State Fair, on Saturday, in Des Moines. (Associated Press)

Iowa Democrats want moderate candidate for 2020 election

Some Democrats sound poised to blow a hole in the plot-line that suggests the aggressive far left-wing politics that have dominated the headlines in Washington will rule in Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses next year.

August 11, 2019
President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Trump is in the Hamptons to attend a pair of fundraisers before heading to his golf club in New Jersey for vacation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump holding his own in Iowa kernel poll

President Trump is showing his strength in the informal survey of fairgoers, which through Thursday night showed that half of the more than 4,7000 kernels cast had gone for Republicans and half had gone for Democrats.

August 9, 2019
Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., waits to testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cory Booker, vegan, faces Iowa State Fair dilemma

Presidential contenders will stampede to the Iowa State Fair this week, where they will be plied with deep-fried Oreos, the beef sundae and the legendary pork chop tent, where eating a pork chop on a stick is a rite of passage for those looking to reach 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

August 7, 2019
Democrats say easier access to the ballot box works to their benefit, and a Michigan referendum that passed with the support of 67% of voters last year enshrined in the state constitution same-day voter registration, no-excuse absentee voting, straight-ticket voting and automatic voter registration. The changes will get their first test in the presidential election next year. (Associated Press/File)

Michigan Democrats fear a Donald Trump win again

Democrats have yet to solve what went wrong for them in Michigan in 2016, a party official in a key swing county says, raising alarm that President Trump is well-positioned to win the state again next year.

August 4, 2019