by Jim Heath | Feb 22, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has won the Nevada caucuses, winning a plurality of county delegates. In a speech, Sanders sounded a hopeful tone, saying, “When I look out at an audience like this and I see the diversity and beauty in this audience … I have absolute...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders has earned the Democratic front-runner status after winning the first-in-the-nation primary. The results from New Hampshire could bring some clarity to a presidential nomination fight that has so far been marred by dysfunction and...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | 2020, Bloomberg, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines
Mike Bloomberg was a surprise winner in a New Hampshire political ritual early this morning, taking 50 percent of the Democratic votes in Dixville Notch … out of 4 votes cast. The tiny town is traditionally one of the first to vote shortly after midnight in primaries...
by Jim Heath | Feb 4, 2020 | 2020, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg took a narrow early lead over Bernie Sanders in the first wave of partial results from the Iowa caucuses today, as the state party released results from 62 percent of precincts. The partial results showed Buttigieg with 26.9 percent of the state’s...
by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2020 | 2020, Analysis, Bernie Sanders, Delegates, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, Headlines, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg
Tonight, Iowans will flock to school auditoriums, union halls, community centers and even a few private homes in 1,681 precincts across the state of Iowa to give us the first glimpse of how real voters feel about the race for the Democratic nomination for president....
by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2018 | Conventions, Delegates, History
It’s been fifty years ago this week since the riots, the beatings, the chaos, the police baton’s, the screaming protesters, the smell of tear gas in the air, all at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Rowdy delegates were set to nominate Vice...
