CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If Cory Booker decides to run for president one day, he already has a personal connection to the first caucus state of Iowa. The mayor of Newark, N.J., told about 60 Iowa delegates during a Democratic convention gathering that he w...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When the Democratic Party’s national convention opens this week, President Barack Obama’s target audience won’t be in the crowd. It will be the small sliver of undecided voters in battleground states who will be critical to the out...

As Democrats gather in Charlotte this week to nominate President Barack Obama for a second term, a majority of Illinois delegates who responded to a Daily Herald survey think his support for legalizing same-sex marriage will boost his election chanc...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Republican convention propelled Mitt Romney into the fall campaign on a high note, thanks to his well-received acceptance speech, an appealing cast of future party leaders and a relentless drumbeat of criticism of President Barack ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Viewers tuning into the Republican National Convention have heard Ann Romney speak lovingly of her husband and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pledge "a new era of truth telling." What they haven't heard is talk of offshore tax havens, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said his party’s anti-immigration policies are costing Republicans elections and contributing to lower fertility rates and gloom in the U.S. “The most vociferous anti-immigrant kind of candidates lose,”...

TAMPA — Backing off questions about a possible 2014 run for governor, Republican U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock said Wednesday that winning suburban congressional races is “huge” for the GOP. Schock, speaking to Illinois delegates to the Republican National...

WASHINGTON — Politicians know every hurricane means avoiding disaster — including their own. Intent on showing the empathy and crisis leadership voters want, Republicans from Mitt Romney to Southern governors scrambled to shape their tone and tactic...

NEW YORK — Four years ago, Megyn Kelly roved the Democratic and Republican convention floors as a reporter for Fox News Channel. Starting Monday in Tampa, Fla., she'll be in Fox's booth as anchorman with Bret Baier for the 2012 meetings. The elevati...