Biden’s polling said Trump would win at least 400 electoral votes before president quit the race, Obama’s aide claims
2 months ago

Biden’s polling said Trump would win at least 400 electoral votes before president quit the race, Obama’s aide claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The Biden campaign’s own internal polling at the time when they were telling us he was the strongest candidate, showed that Donald Trump was going to win 400 electoral votes,” Jon Favreau said on the Pod Saves America podcast. “That’s what their own internal polling said.” open image in gallery A former speechwriter for Obama says Biden’s own summer polling showed him getting crushed by Donald Trump come November Biden ended up dropping out of the race over the summer after a series of gaffes and concern about his age. open image in gallery Speechwriter Jon Favreau described Biden’s initial decision to run for reelection as a “catastrophic mistake” Favreau described Biden’s initial decision to run for reelection as a “catastrophic mistake.” The former speechwriter said those in his circle refused to believe polling that showed he was unpopular. His circle was also telling reporters that Harris couldn’t win, the speechwriter claimed “So, they were shivving Kamala Harris to reporters while they told everyone else, not a time for an open process,” he said.

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Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won
1 day, 10 hours ago

Harris didn’t lose the election so much as Trump won

Live Mint  

As Republicans prepare to take control of the federal government, Democrats are assessing what went wrong in the 2024 election and what they need to change. First, pre-election surveys consistently showed that Ms. Harris’s ceiling was substantially higher than Mr. Trump’s, meaning a higher percentage of voters said they’d consider voting for her than him. Yes, Ms. Harris lost all …

Biden still regrets ending re-election campaign, feels he could have defeated Donald Trump: Report
1 week, 4 days ago

Biden still regrets ending re-election campaign, feels he could have defeated Donald Trump: Report

Hindustan Times  

Joe Biden still feels bad about withdrawing from presidential run in 2024 and thinks he could have defeated Republican leader Donald Trump, according to a new report. Outgoing President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. Insiders familiar with the discussions told the Washington Post that …

Joe Biden regrets stepping out of the 2024 presidential race, thinks he'd have beat Trump: Report
1 week, 4 days ago

Joe Biden regrets stepping out of the 2024 presidential race, thinks he'd have beat Trump: Report

Firstpost  

With just over three weeks left in the office, US President Joe Biden regrets two things, one stepping out of the 2024 US Presidential race against Donald Trump and the other appointing Merrick Garland as the US Attorney General, a White House source has revealed After an embarrassing defeat for the Democrats in the 2024 US Elections, reports are emerging …

7 charts and maps show where Kamala Harris underperformed and lost the election
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1 month, 1 week ago

7 charts and maps show where Kamala Harris underperformed and lost the election

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Zooming in on the hotly contested battleground states where the election was much closer, Harris and Trump both gained votes compared with 2020 in Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada. Harris got fewer votes there compared with Biden in 2020, and Trump carried it with his largest margin of …

Trump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where he did it
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where he did it

Associated Press  

It’s a daunting reality for Democrats: Republican Donald Trump’s support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency. There were some notable pieces to how Trump’s victory came together: Trump took a bite in Northern metros Though Trump improved across the map, his gains were particularly noteworthy in urban counties home to the cities of Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia, …

'I am humbled': J Ann Selzer quits polling after she wrongly predicted Harris winning Iowa
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

'I am humbled': J Ann Selzer quits polling after she wrongly predicted Harris winning Iowa

Firstpost  

Trump ultimately won the state and the presidential race by a landslide, leaving Democrats in complete shambles. When the votes were ultimately counted, it was found out that Selzer was off by 16 points J Ann Selzer who is known as the "queen of polling," rose to fame after she predicted that virtually unknown senator, Barack Obama, would beat frontrunner …

Trump’s win has been described as resounding. It was closer than you think
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s win has been described as resounding. It was closer than you think

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While media members and political experts are labeling Trump’s win sweeping, Harris lost the …

How could voters choose Trump and AOC? Pay attention, Democrats
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How could voters choose Trump and AOC? Pay attention, Democrats

LA Times  

New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked her social media followers why they voted for her and Trump. As the final votes are tallied, it appears that President-elect Donald Trump has received 75.1 million votes while Vice President Kamala Harris received 71.9 million. In 2020, when President Biden beat then-President Trump, he received nearly 81.3 million votes to Trump’s 74.2 …

Donald Trump wins Arizona, clinches all 7 swing states in US election victory
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Donald Trump wins Arizona, clinches all 7 swing states in US election victory

India Today  

Donald Trump completed a clean sweep of all seven swing states in the US presidential election, securing victory with a projected win in Arizona. The Grand Canyon State, which holds 11 electoral votes, was the last battleground to declare its result, putting Trump’s total at 312 electoral votes against Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226. The win in Arizona marks the …

President-elect Trump at 312 electoral votes, Harris at 226
1 month, 4 weeks ago

President-elect Trump at 312 electoral votes, Harris at 226

The Hindu  

Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in this week’s U.S. presidential election, U.S. TV networks projected on Saturday, completing the Republican’s sweep of all seven swing states. Mr. Trump also broke with precedent by skipping Mr. Biden’s inauguration, but the White House has said the Democratic president will attend the upcoming ceremony. Mr. Biden’s meeting with Mr. Trump will …

2024 US Election Results: Donald Trump clinches victory in Arizona; sweeps all 7 swing states; here’s what it means
1 month, 4 weeks ago

2024 US Election Results: Donald Trump clinches victory in Arizona; sweeps all 7 swing states; here’s what it means

Live Mint  

Donald Trump won Arizona after a delay in vote counting, marking his second victory in the state following his 2016 win. What Trump's Arizona win means for 2024 US elections With Arizona's results finalised, Donald Trump has completed a clean sweep, bringing his Electoral College total to 312, compared to 226 for Vice President Kamala Harris, reports have stated. The …

Trump’s 2024 victory revealed voter shifts that could reshape America’s political landscape
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump’s 2024 victory revealed voter shifts that could reshape America’s political landscape

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump won across the map — improving on Republican margins nearly everywhere and delivering on his promises to win over more non-White voters on his way to defeating Vice President Kamala Harris. And perhaps more important for Democrats, the results paint a daunting picture of a party whose national coalition has fractured — with suburbs where …

Why AP called Nevada’s presidential race for Trump
2 months ago

Why AP called Nevada’s presidential race for Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump won his sixth battleground state of the 2024 election early Saturday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris in Nevada. The Associated Press declared Trump the winner after concluding there were not enough uncounted ballots in the state’s strongest Democratic areas to overcome the former president’s 46,000-vote lead over the Democratic nominee. Here’s a look at how …

Donald Trump wins Nevada, putting him over 300 electoral votes and leaving Arizona as the last state to be called
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2 months ago

Donald Trump wins Nevada, putting him over 300 electoral votes and leaving Arizona as the last state to be called

ABC  

President-elect Donald Trump won the state of Nevada on Saturday, according to the Associated Press, returning the state and its six electoral votes to Republicans for the first time since president George W Bush carried it in 2004. Trump clinched a second term on Wednesday when Wisconsin pushed him past the 270 electoral votes needed to win, so Nevada's six …

Where did Joe Biden fail?
2 months ago

Where did Joe Biden fail?

Al Jazeera  

The outgoing US president is widely said to have achieved too little or nothing. Across the United States, leading Democrats are looking at how and why they lost significant ground in the presidential election. Some are blaming President Joe Biden for the defeat of Kamala Harris, who only had four months to run her campaign. The list of critiques is …

Trump’s win was real but not a landslide. Here’s where it ranks
2 months ago

Trump’s win was real but not a landslide. Here’s where it ranks

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. As of Saturday, Trump is winning the popular vote with a little more than 74.5 million votes, although millions of votes have yet to be counted in California, Washington and Utah, among others. Reagan lost only Washington, DC, and Minnesota, the home state of his Democratic rival, Walter Mondale, …

I was the only pollster to predict the Trump landslide – this is how I did it
2 months ago

I was the only pollster to predict the Trump landslide – this is how I did it

The Independent  

The Wednesday before election day I was in Detroit. Sheree, like one in three of her fellow ethnic minority voters, backed Trump on Tuesday – the best outcome a Republican candidate has achieved among non-white voters in decades. Our final poll predicted a three-point lead for Trump in the popular vote – the biggest lead forecast by any pollster, and …

US election results: How did opinion polls undercount Trump voters again?
2 months ago

US election results: How did opinion polls undercount Trump voters again?

Al Jazeera  

It’s the third consecutive election in which opinion polls have underestimated Trump’s support. Ahead of the United States presidential elections on Tuesday, public opinion polls had predicted a neck-and-neck race between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Pollsters got it wrong even in several states that Harris won – undercounting Trump’s support and thereby predicting a far great margin …

Biden assures peaceful transfer of power in 1st address after Trump's victory
2 months ago

Biden assures peaceful transfer of power in 1st address after Trump's victory

India Today  

Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Thursday assured that he will ensure a peaceful transfer of power on January 20, 2025, the day when Donald Trump will swear in as the country's 47th President. In his first remarks after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential election, Biden was all praise for the 2024 Democratic nominee, saying she …

Biden praises Harris after poll defeat: She will remain a champion for Americans
2 months ago

Biden praises Harris after poll defeat: She will remain a champion for Americans

India Today  

US President Joe Biden broke his silence after his Vice President and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, was defeated in the presidential election by her Republican opponent, Donald Trump. In a statement issued by the White House on Wednesday evening, just hours after Trump was officially declared the 47th President of the US, Biden said Harris led a historic election campaign …

Biden breaks silence on Kamala's loss, says choosing her as VP was the ‘best decision’: ‘She will continue the fight’
2 months ago

Biden breaks silence on Kamala's loss, says choosing her as VP was the ‘best decision’: ‘She will continue the fight’

Hindustan Times  

Joe Biden broke his silence on Kamala Harris' electoral loss in 2024. In a statement shared on X hours after Donald Trump’s victory, Biden wrote, “What America saw today was the Kamala Harris I know and deeply admire.” Joe Biden breaks silence on Kamala Harris' loss ‘Her story represents the best of America’s story’ Calling Harris a “tremendous partner and …

How the polls accurately forecast a Trump victory
2 months ago

How the polls accurately forecast a Trump victory

Salon  

Donald Trump’s shocking Election Day victory wasn’t the only comeback on Election Day. “The key characteristic is a decline in the Democratic vote, not an increase in the Republican, suggesting that Democrats were unable to reassemble the winning coalition from 2020.” “They still understated Trump vote share consistently, which is as we’ve seen before, and this led to some incorrect …

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden
2 months ago

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden speaks about the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. US Election Results highlights: Donald Trump has made a political comeback to become the 47th US President after winning the electoral college with a tally of 292 votes against Democrat rival Kamala Harris. A senior Harris aide …

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden
2 months ago

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden speaks about the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. US Election Results highlights: Donald Trump has made a political comeback to become the 47th US President after winning the electoral college with a tally of 292 votes against Democrat rival Kamala Harris. A senior Harris aide …

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden
2 months ago

US Election Results: We accept the choice the country made, says Joe Biden

Hindustan Times  

US President Joe Biden speaks about the results of the 2024 election in the Rose Garden on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. US Election Results highlights: Donald Trump has made a political comeback to become the 47th US President after winning the electoral college with a tally of 292 votes against Democrat rival Kamala Harris. A senior Harris aide …

Election results breakdown reveals how Trump won by a landslide - taking both the popular vote and the crucial electoral vote
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2 months ago

Election results breakdown reveals how Trump won by a landslide - taking both the popular vote and the crucial electoral vote

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump made gains with nearly every voting bloc he lost in the 2020 election and put together a coalition of multi-ethnic working-class voters to defeat Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris did worse than Joe Biden among black voters and women voters YOUNG VOTERS Trump made major gains among young voters – particularly among men, who made a dramatic shift to …

Five surprising things we learned from the 2024 results
2 months ago

Five surprising things we learned from the 2024 results

Live Mint  

It may take some time to complete all the results, but based on initial returns and AP VoteCast data, here are five major developments from election night. Voter survey numbers from Tuesday showed Trump won 18- to 29-year-old men by 11 percentage points, securing 54% of that group compared with 43% for Kamala Harris. Harris won college-educated voters by 16 …

Joe Biden blamed for Donald Trump's re-election win
2 months ago

Joe Biden blamed for Donald Trump's re-election win

Raw Story  

Joe Biden is ultimately to blame for Donald Trump's election win, according to an analysis. The president who defeated Trump in 2020 should have stepped down after one term, according to Daily Beast special correspondent Michael Daly, rather than attempt to run for re-election at 81 years old. "And the duly chosen candidate would have been in a better position …

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House
2 months ago

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House

China Daily  

By HENG WEILI in New York | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-06 13:55 A man walks down to the Exposition Building to vote during the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day in Portland, Maine, US, Nov 5, 2024. The US presidential election reached a climax on Tuesday as Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump vied for …

What the electoral map tells us about Kamala Harris’ loss
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2 months ago

What the electoral map tells us about Kamala Harris’ loss

Politico  

The vice president lagged behind President Joe Biden’s 2020 pace with rural Black voters in southern Virginia, eastern North Carolina and south Georgia. It was a function of diminished Democratic margins with voters of color but also Harris’ failure to hit Biden’s high marks in the suburbs and exurbs of Northern Virginia — which were supposed to be MAGA killing …

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House
2 months ago

Trump, Harris in tight battle for White House

China Daily  

A man walks down to the Exposition Building to vote during the 2024 US presidential election on Election Day in Portland, Maine, US, Nov 5, 2024. The US presidential election reached a climax on Tuesday as Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump vied for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. As …

‘A hard political pill to swallow’: Dems grapple with losing Latino voters
2 months ago

‘A hard political pill to swallow’: Dems grapple with losing Latino voters

Politico  

Surveying the wreckage after Trump’s victory, Democrats across the country suggested the problem was obvious, even if the solution isn’t: Trump, they said, has been able to connect with Latinos and speak to their economic frustrations, their concerns about their families and their worries about the future of the country, in a raw, unfiltered way that many of their own …

Harris, President Biden call Trump to congratulate him on election win
2 months ago

Harris, President Biden call Trump to congratulate him on election win

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to concede the election and congratulate him on his victory, according to a senior adviser to the vice president. Harris, once viewed as a potential savior for the Democratic Party after Joe Biden 's reelection campaign stalled, is reckoning with a profound rejection by American voters in this year's presidential election. …

US Election Results: 7 out of 10 states vote for abortion rights
2 months ago

US Election Results: 7 out of 10 states vote for abortion rights

Hindustan Times  

US Election Results: Donald Trump will be the 47th US President US Election Results: Republican candidate Donald Trump secured the electoral college after winning Wisconsin state over Kamala Harris to become the 47th President of the United States. From Trump’s courtroom conviction, a bullet grazing his ear, a dramatic debate that dashed incumbent President Joe Biden’s hopes of re-entering the …

US Election 2024: Decoding 5 possible outcome scenarios in Harris vs Trump fight
2 months ago

US Election 2024: Decoding 5 possible outcome scenarios in Harris vs Trump fight

Live Mint  

The voting is underway across the United States of America to elect the nation's 47th President. Kamala Harris Becomes First Female President of US If Harris, 60, wins, she would be the first female president of the United States of America and the first US president of South Asian origin. This means the two presidential hopefuls – Kamala Harris nor …

How Biden would have fared against Trump if he had never dropped out
2 months ago

How Biden would have fared against Trump if he had never dropped out

The Independent  

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The Battle for Pennsylvania: A Legacy of Democracy and the Future of American Constitutionalism
2 months ago

The Battle for Pennsylvania: A Legacy of Democracy and the Future of American Constitutionalism

Hindustan Times  

The battle for the future of American constitutionalism and democracy and the imagination of what the US should represent in the world is being fought in the state where it all began: Pennsylvania. The next American president will preside over the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on July 4, 1776, by delegates at the …

Nate Silver's final forecast: "As close as you can possibly get to 50/50"
2 months ago

Nate Silver's final forecast: "As close as you can possibly get to 50/50"

Salon  

When Nate Silver says the election is "closer than a coin flip," he's basing it on hard numbers — heads empirically win 50.5 percent of the time, a greater margin than Vice President Kamala Harris' 50.15 percent chance of winning the superstar election handicapper's final forecast. In six out of the seven crucial battleground states, the model's polling average holds …

Trump, Harris polls: Biden would probably still be in the race if not for this.
2 months ago

Trump, Harris polls: Biden would probably still be in the race if not for this.

Slate  

Slate takes final stock of just how Not Normal this election was. It was the first general-election faceoff ever to be held before September, and Biden’s team had reportedly pushed for such a schedule, in fact, because it felt the arrangement would give him “time to recover if he floundered.” Well, things sort of worked out that way. Heading into …

Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive
2 months, 1 week ago

Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive

LA Times  

Supporters crowd a Harris rally in Phoenix on Thursday. But it was a different sort of welcome news: “Mom and Dad, we’ve decided we’re voting for Harris.” Multiply that by a few million, and you have the tension of the final week of what polls show is one of the closest presidential races in American history: Across the U.S., especially …

Harris, Schiff enjoy big leads in California, but Biden’s victory was bigger in 2020, poll finds
2 months, 1 week ago

Harris, Schiff enjoy big leads in California, but Biden’s victory was bigger in 2020, poll finds

LA Times  

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign event Sept. 25, 2024, in Mint Hill, N.C., and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking a campaign event Oct. 19, 2024, in Atlanta. Anna Kelly, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, which is coordinating closely with the Trump campaign, said in a statement to …

CNN Data Reporter Has 'Holy Cow!' Moment Over 2024 Trump-Harris Polling Detail
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CNN Data Reporter Has 'Holy Cow!' Moment Over 2024 Trump-Harris Polling Detail

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN’s senior political data reporter Harry Enten on Tuesday detailed just how close the polls say the 2024 race for the White House remains, with now less than two weeks until Election Day. Enten said he’d analyzed polling data back to the 1972 election and declared of this year’s toe-to-toe contest between Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and …

Why you should stop looking at 2024 election polls in the coming weeks
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Why you should stop looking at 2024 election polls in the coming weeks

LA Times  

I watch polls for a living. They want to know — if you’re reading this, you probably want to know — the one answer that polls in a close race can’t provide: Who’s going to win. Adam Carlson, a former Democratic pollster who has compiled data from multiple surveys, notes that polls in 2020 significantly overestimated Trump’s support among Black …

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election and took no responsibility for any of the mayhem that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building to block the peaceful transfer of power. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to …

Harris just cut Trump’s lead in half in one of the reddest states
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Harris just cut Trump’s lead in half in one of the reddest states

Raw Story  

Vice President Kamala Harris has been steadily outperforming former President Donald Trump in multiple battleground states and currently leads him in the latest national polls. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that, according to the latest poll from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University, Harris is now within five percentage points of Trump among Texas voters, trailing by a …

Trump boasts at rally 'we officially defeated' Biden as he decries Democratic 'coup'
5 months, 1 week ago

Trump boasts at rally 'we officially defeated' Biden as he decries Democratic 'coup'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump took a victory lap that he "officially defeated" President Joe Biden, while at the same time whining that he now has to go up against Vice President Kamala Harris, at a Turning Point USA event in Florida on Friday evening. "We defeated him, he was badly beaten," said Trump. Read also: Trump wonders if people with …

Trump’s campaign quickly pivots to Harris after Biden announces decision to leave the race
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s campaign quickly pivots to Harris after Biden announces decision to leave the race

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s campaign has spent the last year-and-a-half viciously attacking Joe Biden, ridiculing his policies, mocking his fumbles and relishing a rematch they felt they were winning. In a statement Sunday responding to the news, Trump campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita and fellow campaign chief Susie Wiles railed against Harris, insisting she “will be even WORSE for …

Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris: How Democrats convinced him to do it.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden drops out, endorses Kamala Harris: How Democrats convinced him to do it.

Slate  

President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race—announced Sunday afternoon in a post on X—is a watershed moment for Democrats. Then came last Saturday’s horrific assassination attempt on Trump, something that many observers initially thought would more or less end the internal putsch attempt against Biden, a 2024 version of the “flight to safety” that seemed to send many …

Joe Biden Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race
55 years ago

Joe Biden Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race

Wired  

President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday following a nearly monthlong pressure campaign mounted by Democratic leaders and donors to oust him. “And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on …

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