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  • A resurgent Rick Santorum won Republican presidential caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado on Tuesday night, a stunning sweep that raised fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney's appeal among the ardent...

  • GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich did his best to ignore his poor showing in three states Tuesday, spending the day campaigning in Ohio and staying out of sight when primary results rolled in from Minnesota, Colorado...

  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 10:50 PM EST2012-02-01 03:50:37 GMT
    Mitt Romney has claimed a decisive victory in the Florida primary, becoming the first  candidate to win a second contest in the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

  • Tuesday, January 31 2012 6:58 PM EST2012-01-31 23:58:01 GMT
    Rookie Florida Senator Marco Rubio has attracted attention in the past two days due to a mention of his name as a possible VP pick, and for his assessment that Florida could decide the GOP nomination. About 2 million ballots will be cast Tuesday in the Florida primary.

  • Monday, January 30 2012 12:08 PM EST2012-01-30 17:08:59 GMT
    Although polls have placed both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich as top runners in Florida's GOP presidential primary, Romney has taken the lead back after strengthening his presence in Thursday's CNN debate.

  • South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's endorsement of Mitt Romney was hailed as a coveted prize in the presidential nomination contest that could help seal the deal for the Republican frontrunner. Instead, a double-digit loss...

  • Monday, January 23 2012 9:14 AM EST2012-01-23 14:14:33 GMT
    An Occupy protester was escorted out of a Citadel auditorium after throwing glitter at Rick Santorum as he was meeting with supporters Saturday night.

  • Monday, January 23 2012 9:02 AM EST2012-01-23 14:02:31 GMT
    South Carolina's attorney general has notified the U.S. Justice Department of potential voter fraud.

  • Monday, January 23 2012 8:59 AM EST2012-01-23 13:59:04 GMT
    Newt Gingrich worked to capitalize Sunday on his upset victory in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary, while Mitt Romney moved quickly to cut his losses before the next contest with a promise to release his income tax returns within 48 hours.

  • Sunday, January 22 2012 10:05 AM EST2012-01-22 15:05:09 GMT
    Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset win in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to Mitt Romney and scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

  • Saturday, January 21 2012 8:53 PM EST2012-01-22 01:53:00 GMT
    Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul told supporters Saturday that the momentum of his campaign will continue.

  • Saturday, January 21 2012 8:49 PM EST2012-01-22 01:49:10 GMT
    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told supporters Saturday he's going to compete for every vote in every state after Newt Gingrich beat him in the South Carolina primary.

  • Saturday, January 21 2012 6:38 PM EST2012-01-21 23:38:49 GMT
    Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich collided Saturday in the South Carolina primary, the first Southern testing ground in the race for the Republican presidential nomination and historically a harbinger of the final outcome.

GOP Presidential Candidates

Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich is famously known for being the Speaker of the House of Representatives during President Bill Clinton's two terms in office.
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Rep. Ron Paul

Rep. Ron Paul has represented the 14th congressional district of Texas since 1997.
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Gov. Rick Perry

Gov. Rick Perry was a late arrival to the field of GOP candidates when he entered the race this past summer shortly before the Iowa Straw Poll. More>>

Mitt Romney

Before entering into politics, Mitt Romney was a successful businessman and eventual CEO of Bain Capital, a global management consulting firm.
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Rick Santorum

Rick Santorum is known by his supporters to be one of the socially conservative candidates for president.
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Common prenatal tests become campaign issue

First birth control, now prenatal testing? Once again a fact of life for many American women has become a jarring issue in the presidential race. More>>

Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows. More>>

Mich. voters: Santorum connects better than Romney

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum promised Monday to revive manufacturing, cut taxes and shrink government, pledges that drew loud applause from conservative Michigan voters who said he was more in line with... More>>

Romney says Obama has 'fought against religion'

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administration has "fought against religion" and sought to substitute a "secular" agenda for one grounded in faith. More>>

Gingrich tells OK lawmakers he'll reel in feds

A once-powerful Washington figure himself, Newt Gingrich pledged Tuesday to state lawmakers in Oklahoma that he'd shrink the role of the nation's capital if sent back as president. More>>

Santorum blasts Obama's motives on power, abortion

A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values. More>>

GOP 'super PACs' overtaking campaigns' fundraising

An unmistakable dynamic is playing out in the money game among Republican presidential candidates: New "super" political action committees are growing more powerful than the campaigns they support. More>>

Obama promotes modest American dream

This time around, President Barack Obama's message can sound decidedly down-to-earth. More>>

Gingrich: Obama has 'anti-American' energy policy

Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from... More>>

Romney to Ohioans: Santorum is no 'budget hawk'

Mitt Romney says rival Rick Santorum is "no longer a budget hawk" and that he'd do a better job controlling spending as president. More>>