Seth McLaughlin

Donald Trump’s impact on electoral map remains unclear

Donald Trump may have helped the Republican Party gain ground in Democratic strongholds like Michigan and cost the GOP in dependably red states like Utah and Texas — Tuesday's results will tell — but analysts say they are skeptical of any claim the billionaire developer has remade the electoral map.

November 7, 2016

U.Va. political handicappers predict Hillary Clinton win, Democratic takeover of the Senate

Hillary Clinton is poised to become the 45th president of the United States and Democrats are on the verge of capturing control of the Senate, according to the final pre-election predictions from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

November 7, 2016

Donald Trump kicks off final day of campaigning, vows to deliver ‘real change’

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump kicked off his final day of campaigning Monday by telling voters in Florida the 2016 election will decide whether the nation is "ruled by a corrupt political class" led by Hillary Clinton or embraces the "real change" that he plans to usher in if elected.

November 7, 2016

Battleground state shifting demographics altering old rules

The rapid demographic changes that are giving traditional battleground states more of a blue hue in the 2016 presidential race have yet to sweep through Ohio, where white working-class voters have embraced Donald Trump's brash style and populist message.

November 6, 2016

Donald Trump casts himself as change agent in final pre-election sprint

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Friday he will bring real change to Washington if elected president, as he looked to frame the final days of the 2016 race for the White House against Hillary Clinton.

November 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders still getting Ohio voters who decry both Clinton and Trump

Three months after she defeated Sen. Bernard Sanders and won Democrats' presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton is still losing support to the Vermont maverick.

November 3, 2016

Bernie Sanders rallies support for former rival Clinton in Ohio

Seeking to counteract Donald Trump's gains in some of Ohio's traditional Democratic strongholds, Hillary Clinton deployed her former primary rival Bernie Sanders Thursday, hoping to mobilize millennial and working-class voters five days from Election Day.

November 3, 2016

Rob Portman bucks ‘Trump effect,’ turns Ohio Senate race into rout with union support

Al Fillingim, a retired Teamsters truck driver, says he plans to cast his vote in next week's election for Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and says other members of the local union are poised to do the same.

November 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton email scandal, renewed FBI probe put supporters on edge in crucial Ohio

Hillary Clinton's Ohio supporters here are nervous about her campaign, fearing the renewed scandal over her emails will dent her -- and she is hoping to counter with a full slate of surrogates urging voters to back the Democratic team, even if they are not excited about its star player.

November 1, 2016

Obama warns working class Ohio voters not to be ‘bamboozled’ by Donald Trump

President Obama on Tuesday called on Ohio voters to help power Hillary Clinton to the presidency just as they did for him in back-to-back elections, and warned working-class voters here not to be "bamboozled" by Donald Trump.

November 1, 2016

Donald Trump gets pro-life voters’ support begrudgingly

Linda Thistleton cast an early ballot for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, but this pro-life voter still doesn't consider herself a "Trump supporter."

October 31, 2016

Donald Trump on email investigation: System ‘might not be as rigged as I thought’

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is rethinking his charge that the political system is "rigged" against him, following the FBI's announcement that it has renewed its investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.

October 28, 2016

Trump: FBI can right ‘horrible mistake’ with revived Clinton email probe

Donald Trump seized on the news Friday that the FBI has renewed its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state, saying law enforcement officials now have a chance to "right the horrible mistake that they made" by refusing to recommend criminal charges against the Democrat earlier this year.

October 28, 2016

Local politicians hope to ride Donald Trump’s populist wave to election

Whether Donald Trump wins or loses, his acolytes are already laying plans to harness his iconoclastic campaign in future races, hoping a little of the Trump magic can carry over to statehouses and Congressional elections.

October 27, 2016

Trump: Obamacare has been a ‘catastrophic event’

Donald Trump called Obamacare a "catastrophic event" at a rally Wednesday in Ohio, telling supporters that insurance premium hikes have exposed the lies President Obama relied on to promote the health care law.

October 27, 2016

Donald Trump’s path to victory runs through Florida, where enthusiasm is ‘through the roof’

Prognosticators have issued a grim assessment of Donald Trump's chances, but the GOP nominee's path to the White House is still alive and runs through Florida, where his campaign has gained momentum in the final stretch of the race.

October 26, 2016

Paul Ryan’s defeated primary foe announces bid to unseat him as House Speaker

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan easily defeated Paul Nehlen in his Republican primary race and apparently will have to outdo the businessman once again if he wants to reclaim the top post in the lower chamber.

October 26, 2016

Donald Trump praises Newt Gingrich for clash with Megyn Kelly on Fox News: ‘We don’t play games’

Donald Trump congratulated former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Wednesday for his much-hyped televised clash with Fox News host Megyn Kelly the previous evening, expressing his solidarity in the notion that the two men "don't play games."

October 26, 2016

Trump touts Old Post Office renovation as ‘metaphor’ for nation’s potential

Donald Trump took a detour from the campaign trail Wednesday to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Washington marking the official opening of his new luxury hotel blocks from The White House -- sparking questions about whether it was the best use of his time less than two weeks out from the election.

October 26, 2016

Tea partyers back Donald Trump despite his pricey fiscal plan

Donald Trump's tax and spending plans would explode the deficit, according to independent analyses, but tea party voters, the political movement born as a protest against government debt, are still willing to roll the dice with the billionaire businessman, saying he is the closest thing they have to a political home this year.

October 25, 2016