Why did Maine and Colorado disqualify Trump from their ballots?

Decisions stem from the US constitution’s insurrection clause and could have major ramifications for 2024 election Officials in Colorado and Maine have ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again, citing his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. In Colorado, the state supreme court ruled 4-3 … Read more

Trump disqualified from Maine 2024 Republican primary ballot

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday disqualified former President Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.  In her ruling, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.”  Bellows made the ruling after some state residents, including a … Read more

Nikki Haley attempts to recover after Civil War comments receive backlash

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is facing scrutiny after leaving out slavery as a root cause of the Civil War during a town hall in New Hampshire. Haley attempted to explain what she meant afterwards, but her opponents seized onto the comments. NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.

Boebert was ‘her own worst enemy’ in re-election race: Wasserman

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) has moved from Colorado’s third Congressional District to its fourth after narrowly winning re-election in 2022. “Boebert may be counting on a fractured primary field to allow her with her existing high profile to retain a seat in Congress,” said Cook Political Report Senior Editor & Elections Analyst Dave Wasserman.