Results for: Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016

Election 2026: California Republicans Have a Chance
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2026/02/02/election-2026-california-republicans-have-a-chance-n2670480
– worried a weakened Republican Party brass trying to moderate its mission and message. … Democratic leaders and officials at local levels have indicated privately to the two major Republican candidates that they want a Republican … From there, more Republican candidates can flip legislative seats, and maybe even congressional seats!…
Three Mandates to Assure Continuity for the Trump Administration
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottpowell/2026/01/24/three…s-to-assure-continuity-for-the-trump-administration-n2669993
– This is hard to believe, given recent approval/disapproval polling on the Democratic Party. … Party is not motivated to vote, there is a possibility that they could lose their Congressional majority. … President Trump’s enthusiasm to get out and campaign for Republican candidates will help, but there are several more important things…
Stop Calling Cardinal Dolan a Conservative
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2025/12/19/colu…z20251219stop-calling-cardinal-dolan-a-conservative-n2668223
– It was a presidential-campaign season miracle.It was October 2016, at the infamous Al Smith Dinner, a fundraiser for charities, named … The remarks from the political candidates in presidential election years are supposed to be light roasts. … Catholics only really started identifying with the Republican Party when the Supreme Court forced abortion politics on us with Roe…
Is the Bush Family Plotting to Retake the GOP After Trump Leaves Office?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/22/is-the-bu…lotting-to-retake-the-gop-after-trump-leaves-office-n2666868
– First, the Republican Party isn’t coming back. … presidential candidates in 2028. …  The former Bush official also predicted that “there will be a big open field within the Republican Party” for the 2028 presidential
Did You Notice Who VA and NJ Dems Didn't Ask to Campaign for Them?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/11/03/here-are…rginia-and-nj-dems-dont-want-around-for-some-reason-n2665820
– Yet, in both states, Democrats have fielded disastrous candidates. Democratic gubernatorial candidate for the Old Dominion, Rep. … Obama absconded to the blue wall in the waning weeks of the 2016 election. Hillary lost. … And now he’s trying to use his communication skills to make it seem like his party hasn’t gone insane.…
Kamala, Please Run Again
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/10/27/kamala-please-run-again-n2665492
– In addition, Harris was the first Democratic Party presidential candidate since 2004 to lose the popular vote. … 2020, Democratic Party leaders rigged the presidential nomination against U.S. … In 2024, the Democratic Party made sure its voters had no choice in the presidential nomination.…
NAACP: White Democrat Voters 'Will Not Vote for Black Candidates'
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2025/10/23/naacp…democrat-voters-will-not-vote-for-black-candidates-n2665355
– NAACP lawyer Janai Nelson told the court, "It was clear that, regardless of party, white Democrats were not voting for black candidates … On the Republican side, the two primary rivals were Mitt Romney, who would become the first Mormon president, and John McCain, who … for" a woman; 24% "would not vote for" a Mormon; and 42% "would not vote for" a presidential candidate who is "72 years of age."…
Scores of Libs Are Leaving the Dems Over Ghoulish Celebrations Over Charlie Kirk's Death
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/18/scores-of…over-ghoulish-celebrations-over-charlie-kirks-death-n2663474
– “Attempted assassinations of presidential candidates, public executions of healthcare CEOs, and political influencers seems to be in …    “I was always more of a policy voter than party affiliated. …  I registered as a Republican last week.I want it noted that people are fleeing the Democratic party.…
The Reverse Darwinism of the Democratic Party
https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2025/06/30/the-reverse-darwinism-of-the-democratic-party-n2659568
– from Virginia, Tim Kaine, as her running mate in 2016. … She was the only one who could possibly make him look, well, maybe slightly presidential? …  Then the Democratic Party picked – or was forced to pick for racialist/sexist reasons – Harris for its 2024 presidential nominee…
How Much of the Hispanic Vote Did Trump Really Get?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/06/30/how-much-of-the-latino-vote-did-trump-really-get-n2659633
– But his 14-point advantage among noncollege voters (56% to 42%) was double his margin in 2016. … Trump won voters living in rural areas by 40 points (69%-29%), which was higher than his margins in 2020 or 2016. … Absolutely, and for the party overall. "This is no longer a wake-up call" for Democrats.…
The Trump Years: Golden Escalator to Golden Age
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2025/06/16/the-trump-years-golden-escalator-to-golden-age-n2658836
Party establishment. … presidential candidates within weeks of entering the race. … Due to his family’s presidential pedigree, Bush was considered the overwhelming favorite for the 2016 Republican Party nomination.…
The New Politics of Metropole vs. Heartland
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2025/06/06/the-new-politics-of-metropole-vs-heartland-n2658280
– In three consecutive presidential elections in the United States. … In the latest polls in Britain, where the 2016 Brexit referendum was the first notable outbreak. … H patterns in June and November 2016.…
Three Takeaways From Yesterday's Elections
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/04/02/three-takeaways-from-yesterdays-elections-n2654887
– , but Republican turnout was weak -- and notably relatively weak, compared to Democratic turnout. …  Democratic energy is sky-high; Republican energy is less so. …  Crawford came close to hitting Hillary Clinton's 2016 raw vote total in Wisconsin last night.…
A Formidable President Storms Ahead
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2025/03/07/a-formidable-president-storms-ahead-n2653410
– to a kangaroo court proceeding before a hostile judge in New York, has maintained a campaign rally schedule that would daunt candidates … It was surely no accident that the narrow and previously fractious Republican majority in the House elected a speaker and passed a … Democrats have a point when they say Trump started this with his derogatory nicknames for 2016 opponents.…
The RNC's 'Loyalty Pledge' Is an Insulting Joke
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2023/08/17/the-rncs-loyalty-pledge-is-an-insulting-joke-n2627172
– The Republican National Committee has insisted that all candidates must sign the pledge if they wish to participate in the debates … endorse the 2016 Republican presidential nominee regardless of who it is. … To paraphrase Will Rogers:  I don't belong to any organized political party, I'm a Republican.…
Republican Donors, Now Is Your Time to Step Up
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2023/08/17/republican-donors-now-is-your-time-to-step-up-n2627144
– The Iowa caucuses may still be months away, but it’s already crunch time for Republican presidential candidates (myself included). … Here’s the situation: To qualify for the first Republican primary debate next week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) is requiring … In recent years, super PACs affiliated with individual candidatesRepublican and Democrat—have been known to attract single donations…
Debate Advice for Republicans: Issues, Not Oprah
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2023/08/16/debate-advice-for-republicans-issues-not-oprah-n2627134
– As the first Republican debate approaches, I have an urgent appeal to the candidates: Please adopt the good things Donald Trump did … presidential run. … Republican voters want issues, not Oprah.…
We Now Know Who's Hosting the Second RNC Debate. What Does That Mean for Trump?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/08/09/we-now…whos-hosting-the-second-rnc-debate-will-trump-show-n2626811
– Later this month, qualifying Republican presidential primary candidates will have the chance to participate in the first RNC debate … to host the 2nd Republican Primary Debate in September! … Other Republican candidates in that boat include the likes of former Rep.…
The Paths Forward for the GOP Presidential Field
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2023/08/25/the-paths-forward-for-the-gop-presidential-field-n2627512
– Wednesday evening's much-anticipated first Republican presidential primary debate came and went without an obvious "winner" or dominant … Some of the second-tier candidates, such as former U.S. … Barring that, the only other straightforward way of ensuring a close race for the Republican presidential nomination is for the field…
Republican Debate: Whatever Happened in the Debate, Fundamentals Could Still Matter
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2023/08/25/rep…pened-in-the-debate-fundamentals-could-still-matter-n2627503
– One lesson of that campaign, and of many others, is that voters seek in presidential candidates qualities that they find lacking in … As the veteran poll analyst Nate Silver points out, since 2004, only one of the Republican or Democratic candidates leading in Iowa … That candidate (Hillary Clinton in 2016) won by only 1%.…
Republican Candidates, and All GOP, Must Stand Together
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffdavidson/2023/08/24/column-n2627207
– The Democrats will demonize any Republican who seeks high office, particularly whoever wins the GOP nomination. … If he runs as a third-party candidate, the Left-leaning Mr. West will drain votes from the Democrat candidate party. … All Republican presidential candidates and all Republican politicians, now hear this: You must stand united in vigorously denouncing…
Can Trump Win Next Year?
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2023/08/22/can-trump-win-next-year-n2627348
– The people of the Republican Party must consider this election very conscientiously and choose candidates who can win, at all levels … Trump will indeed be the Republican Party nominee next year.   … That is provided, of course, the Republican Party can limit Democratic Party cheating and stealing, not at all a given.  …
Reality Resistant Voters
https://townhall.com/columnists/alanjosephbauer/2023/08/21/column-n2627270
– Hispanic voters have noticeably moved more towards the Republican party during the past few cycles, but college-educated women, blacks … many to vote Republican for the first time in their lives. … I do not believe that any of the other current Republican candidates for president is so inspiring as to potentially cause Democratic…
Some in the GOP Have to Realize That This 2024 Fantasy Is Never Going to Happen
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/09/07/some-in-t…ize-that-this-2024-fantasy-is-never-going-to-happen-n2628126
– That’s been replaced by the neo-populist wave that Trump rode to victory in 2016  Ms. … She was the only Republican candidate to dispatch Biden above the poll’s 3.5-point margin of error.  … Meanwhile, the other GOP candidates all polled neck-and-neck with Biden under the margin of error. …
Wait, Larry Hogan Is Still Talking About Running for President?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2023/09/06/wait-l…hogan-is-still-talking-about-running-for-president-n2627931
– I didn't want to see a repeat of 2016. … We need to narrow it down to find a leader who can get the Republican Party back on the right track. … Mitt Romney (R-UT), another anti-Trump Republican, has also called for more candidates to drop out, as he did in a column that The…
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