2018 governora s race starts to loom large after November. So whoa s going to run?

Republican-leaning South Carolina probably won't be a major factor in the presidential race, so attention is turning to the 2018 campaign for governor. Incumbent Nikki Haley is constitutionally prevented from seeking a third term, but lots of Republicans are jockeying to succeed her, even with the filing period still 18 months away.

Democratic VP nominee Tim Kaine speaks at a rally in Greensboro on Aug. 3, 2016.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will give what the Hillary Clinton campaign is calling a "major national security speech" when he comes to Wilmington this week. "Sen. Kaine will underline that Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who has the experience, temperament and judgement to serve as commander in chief and who has the vision to make America safer and stronger together," the campaign said in a news release Saturday.

Hassan is not an independent

If you ever needed more proof that Gov. Maggie Hassan was in this Senate race to support Washington Democrats, look no further than her recent interview with CNN. In that interview, she was asked if Hillary Clinton was honest or trustworthy, she spouted the same lines all Democrats across the country are saying, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton has proved time and time again not to be very trustworthy.

Vice presidential candidates and the outcome of the race

Political experts and historians have consistently chronicled the fact that vice presidential choices have no significant effect on the presidential race outcome. However, this has been a very unconventional presidential political year.

U.S. Attorney’s Office recommends a new trial for Bob McDonnell: report

APRIL 27: Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell speaks to members of the media in front of the U.S. Supreme Court April 27, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court heard the corruption appeal from McDonnell, who and his wife were convicted of accepting more than $175,000 of gifts and favors from businessman Jonnie Williams, who wanted their help to promote his dietary supplement product called Anatabloc.

Arizona GOP defends wanted poster of Democrat Kirkpatrick

Two Pakistani military helicopters are planning to search Saturday morning for a pair well-known Utah climbers missing on an icy mountain. The Pakistan military plans to search with helicopters Saturday morning for a pair well-known Utah climbers missing on an icy mountain peak that has been encased by thick clouds and snowfall for days.

California lawmakers deliver for liberals on climate, wages

California delivered on its reputation as a testing ground for liberal ideas as state lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session that extended the nation's most ambitious climate change programs, raised the minimum wage to $15 and toughened gun laws. While they failed to address some of the maddening challenges afflicting Californians' daily lives - most notably, skyrocketing housing costs and crumbling roads - lawmakers advanced top priorities for the labor, environmental, gun-control and anti-tobacco movements.

Kansas tax collections $10M short of expectations in August

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announces that his administration is working on a new education funding system proposal and calls on leaders in Kansas and the education community to assist in developing the proposal during a press conference Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at the Kansas Statehouse, in Topeka, Kan. TOPEKA, Kan.

Maine GOP, Democrats meet to discuss governor’s conduct

In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Lepage said Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, he intends to seek "spiritual guidance" in hopes of quieting a controversy he created when he left an obscene message on a Democratic lawmaker's voicemail and then said he wished he could challenge him to a duel and point a gun at him.

Here’s how special interests lined up in fight over $15 minimum wage in N.J.

Gov. Chris Christie's veto Tuesday of a bill that would phase-in a $15 minimum wage for New Jersey has not ended the battle as Democratic legislative leaders now vow to put it on the 2017 election ballot as a constitutional amendment. But a behind-the scenes fight has already been waged over the bill, with big-time business interests who pushed lawmakers and Christie to oppose it, while unions and other interests lobbied for it.

Hillary Clintona s new book underscores Democratic Partya s leftward shift since 1992

Twenty-four years after Bill Clinton published "Putting People First," Hillary Clinton is about to produce her own policy tome: "Stronger Together: A Blueprint for America's Future." The 249-page book, which was co-written with her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, is set to be published on Sept.

Murphy calls for probe of Fulop campaign

The gubernatorial campaign of former Goldman Sachs executive and U.S. ambassador to Germany Phil Murphy is asking state election officials to investigate Mayor Steve Fulop, alleging Fulop is financing a gubernatorial campaign of his own with funds intended for his mayoral re-election "in clear defiance of New Jersey law." Fulop is widely believed to be gunning for the Democratic nomination for governor next year but he has not declared his candidacy.

Women officeholders find making change slow

JULY 30: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand embraces End Rape on Campus co-founder Andrea Pino, a survivor of sexual assult at the University of North Carolina, during a news conference about new legislation aimed at curbing sexual assults on college and university campuses at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. With strong bipartisan support in the Senate, the bill would require schools to make public the result of anonymous surveys about campus assaults and impose significant financial burdens on universities that fail to comply with some of the law's requirements.

Races about Race

His latest-telling African Americans that they are doing lousy so "what the hell have you got to lose?" is his way to promisea nothing. He has no legitimate policy changes he swears he will implement to change black youth employment numbers Trump will do very well with uneducated white voters in former slave states, supposedly.