Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party ... Legislative leaders reviewed a measure Monday ...

Contrary to some early reports about the draft primary legislation, including one in the Free Press, the May school elections would not be consolidated with the primary ... Under current circumstances, state Democrats have been stripped of ...

Florida's delegates lost their right to vote at the party's August nominating convention in Denver because the state broke party rules by moving its primary election to Jan ... Neither state was expected to hold do-over primary or caucuses ...

By Lawrence Messina Voters in West Virginia's Democratic primary will get to choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but they won't select any delegates to the party's national convention ... The primary's outcome will still govern ...

FORMER prisoner of war John McCain emerged as the clear front- runner for the Republican presidential nomination yesterday, with a victory in the hotly contested Florida primary and the promise of support from Rudy Giuliani ... "We have a ways to ...

14--Another proposal for a do-over Michigan Democratic primary election is taking shape in the form of a state-run election that would be paid for with private donations raised by Democrats ... Legislation allowing for a second presidential primary ...

If New Mexico's Republican primary is a pro forma event - Sen ... Delegates are typically allocated based on primary ...

9--Now is not the time for Florida to hold another primary for the Democratic presidential nomination ... Hillary Rodham Clinton have renewed their call to seat Florida's delegates at the national convention -- no matter that the state violated party ...

There was a slight chance Pennsylvania could still have had a say in the Republican primary ... Madonna said Clinton can claim victories on Super Tuesday and Junior Tuesday, and her win in Ohio - a toss-up state in each of ...

In a primary season that has been full of surprises, however, it is the Republicans who now have their nominee, Sen ... (An irony for Californians is that if we had kept our presidential primary in June, where its been traditionally, we ...

Seigelman went to prison, why good lawyers were run out of the Justice Dept, and why the next President has to first undo the work of the Bush years, to transform the USA back into a Constitutional Republic. This was supposed to be a nation of laws, ...

News You can use WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama powered past Hillary Rodham Clinton in the race for Democratic convention delegates Tuesday, scoring outsized primary victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia on a night of ...

By David Espo AUSTIN, Texas - Barack Obama has a secret weapon in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Texas, pretty well-known in these parts: George W ... Until two decades ago, the primary was advisory only, and all delegates were picked in ...

A poll released Friday showed Barack Obama gained enough ground on Hillary Clinton to make the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary a toss-up ... In New Hampshire, undeclared voters can vote in either party primary, scheduled for ...

Powers wants five of the state's six superdelegates to back the Democratic presidential candidate who wins the state's May 13 primary. The idea is to make the state's primary relevant, during this supercharged and tightrope presidential ...