Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary Tuesday, seizing his first big victory in the Republican presidential contest and immediately blunting the momentum of his chief rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona. ...more

January 16, 2008

Republican rivals Mitt Romney and John McCain both promised to revive recession-ravaged Michigan and the auto industry Monday as they campaigned in a presidential primary neither can afford to lose. ...more

January 15, 2008

After Sen. John McCain's victory here Tuesday, the Republican field is more scrambled than ever, with the battleground now shifting to a series of states where each of the leading candidates thinks he holds certain advantages. ...more

January 9, 2008

Democratic primary voters in New Hampshire viewed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as more likely than New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to beat the Republican nominee in 2008, according to exit polls done Tuesday, a reversal of previous trends in national polls. ...more

January 9, 2008

Preliminary results of a survey conducted for The Associated Press among voters arriving at the Iowa caucuses Thursday night: ...more

January 4, 2008

With his frontrunner status in the GOP presidential primary in jeopardy, Rudy Giuliani will give a major speech in Tampa on Saturday that top campaign aides hope will "mark a turning point in the campaign." ...more

December 14, 2007

Just two months ago, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York appeared to have turned a corner in Iowa. Now, as the race here enters its final month, she is once again fighting to fend off concerns that have dogged her from the start of her campaign in the state. ...more

December 4, 2007

Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson said Friday that New York City is not a model for the rest of the country and that Rudy Giuliani should stop basing his stances on his time as that city's mayor. ...more

November 24, 2007

Americans say they are weary of political polarization and pugnacity. If so, the current situation in presidential politics is unstable: The leading Democratic and Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, are the most polarizing and pugnacious candidates, respectively. Hence Barack Obama and Mitt Romney might be stronger than national polls suggest. ...more

November 18, 2007