Tag: Democrat Candidates

Texas Democrat Roland Gutierrez Enters Race to Unseat Cruz

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat, announced his candidacy on Monday to challenge incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the state’s 2024 U.S. Senate race. Mr. Gutierrez, 52, represents a district along the southern border that includes San Antonio and the community of Uvalde—the location of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting of May 24, 2022…


Competitive Race for Open House Seat Taking Shape in Michigan Battleground District

LANSING, Mich.—Former Democratic state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. on Monday announced a campaign for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. Mr. Hertel and another ex-state senator, Republican Tom Barrett, who launched his second run for the seat Sunday night, are the first to announce bids for the seat of…


Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin Won’t Run for Senate in 2024

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) announced he will not be running for retiring Sen. Ben Cardin’s (D-Md.) Senate seat in 2024 and will run for reelection instead. “At this moment, I believe the best way for me to make the greatest difference in American politics in 2024 and beyond is this: to run for reelection to the…


Prospect of an Unlikely Trump-RFK Ticket Remains a Hot Topic

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. draws unusual bipartisan support in the race for the White House, there is a swell of sentiment that he should be former President Donald Trump’s running mate. “They would be an unstoppable duo,” Carla Gericke, both a Republican and Libertarian out of New Hampshire, told The Epoch Times, “I think…


Wall Street Investor Bill Ackman Says RFK Jr. Is Asking ‘Important Questions’ About COVID-19 Vaccines

For years, Democratic presidential candidate hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised serious questions about the safety of certain vaccine ingredients, an issue once the domain of small groups of parents that became a national issue with the onset of COVID-19. During the pandemic, Mr. Kennedy also spoke out against the COVID-19 vaccines, personally and…


RFK Jr. Decries Biden Admin’s Withholding of Some JFK Assassination Records

On the afternoon of Friday before arguably one of the busiest holiday weekends in America, the Biden administration issued a memo announcing that due to national security, it was going to postpone the release of certain classified documents relevant to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK). Despite the quiet announcement on the eve…


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Criticized for Comments Supporting Affirmative Action

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s critical take on the Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action policies and bar schools from applying race-based criteria to admissions has faced an outpouring of criticism online. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision on June 29 revived a strict interpretation of the 14th Amendment to make clear that equal…


RFK Jr. Explains the Evolution of His Vocal Condition

His 2024 presidential campaign requires Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to travel across the country delivering speeches, conducting interviews with the media, and appearing at town halls and other special events. Many voters who have never heard the environmental attorney and Children’s Health Defense founder speak, eventually ask about his voice. When Kennedy was 42, in…


IN-DEPTH: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Needs New Hampshire

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks forcefully and specifically about what he believes he can do. Yet, even coming from a prophet of optimism, one Vivek-y pledge at a libertarian event in northern New Hampshire stands out. “If I win the New Hampshire Republican primary, I will be your next president,” the 2024 hopeful told a liberty-minded audience…


The Democratic Party ‘Has Lost its Way,’ RFK Jr. Says at Chicago Town Hall

In the early stages of his 2024 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gained support from a broad spectrum of voters, leading to speculation that he could run as a Republican or an Independent. But at a Chicago town hall on July 28, the environmental attorney and Children’s Health Defense founder from one of America’s…