LA mayor to back Clinton
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a rising star in national Democratic politics and one of the nation's top Hispanic elected officials.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a one-time Clinton administration aide, has decided to endorse Barack Obama over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary, The Associated Press has learned.
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The Trail | Candidate agrees to two new debates against Clinton, with first set for Feb. 26.
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Mayor Ray Nagin says he's enthusiastically supporting eight-term U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, who is the target of a federal bribery investigation and faces his first real opposition since his first campaign.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he will support the candidacy of former socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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Bloomberg - July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose constituency as a New York senator includes Wall Street, is backing efforts to boost taxes for managers of private-equity firms and hedge funds.
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The Los Angeles Times editorial board said on Friday it endorses Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for the presidential primary election in the paper's first presidential endorsements since 1972.
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Former Sen. John Edwards Thursday said he will accept public financing for his presidential campaign, and challenged his chief rivals for the Democratic nomination, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to follow his lead.
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A U.S. congressman from Louisiana, under investigation by the FBI after they found $90,000 in cash in his freezer, was endorsed by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Saturday and vowed that allegations of bribery would not hurt his re-election campaign.
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THE RACE: Support for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Hillary Clinton in a theoretical general election matchup in New Jersey, with and without an independent candidacy by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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David N. Dinkins, who was New York City's first black mayor and who supported Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988, says his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton "starts with friendship and loyalty.".
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One of Clinton's most prominent African-American supporters says he is planning to vote for Obama
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton kicked off a national volunteer drive Saturday to clean up litter and graffiti &#151; an event that showcased environmental activism and presidential politics.
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The former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 25  - Bill Clinton&#39;s return to the US presidential campaign, just seven weeks after a quadruple heart-bypass operation, is intended to fire up Democrats, especially African American voters, ahead of the November 2 election.
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A city councilman was hoping to become the first Iranian-born mayor of this tony Los Angeles suburb in elections held Tuesday, a sign of the growing clout of Persian immigrants here.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said today she was willing to lose support from voters rather than make an apology she did not believe in.