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Biden, Cruz headline dueling events as 2016 buzz swirls through South Carolina

...politics for a brief time every four years during the presidential primary season, when it usually is the third state to...and New Hampshire - the first two states to hold presidential primary contests last year - during the inaugural weekend...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2013-05-03/biden-cruz-hea
Rants & Raves

...PRETTY FUNNY The Chronicle is surprised by S.C. support for Mark Sanford. S.C. voted for Newt Gingrich in the presidential primary. Newt cheats on wives, changes wives, changes religions based on constituency, had his famous failed "contract...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-15/rants-raves
George McGovern, former senator and presidential candidate, dies

...power that had been wielded by party leaders and bosses at the national conventions. The result was the system of presidential primary elections and caucuses that now selects the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees. In 1972, McGovern...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-10-21/george-mcgovern-senator-and-
Romney wins Georgia, South Carolina

...votes.Although Georgia is a bastion for Republicans, it has not always favored Romney. During the state's presidential primary in March, exit polling showed Romney had trouble attracting two big parts of the local GOP base: voters who describe...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-11-06/romney-wins-ge
GOP candidate McLeod's Democrat vote questioned

...Georgia's 2008 Democratic presidential primary to oppose Barack Obama...vote in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary with a fib."The voting...primary in 2004, their 2008 presidential primary and their 2010 general primary...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/2012-06-06/gop-candidate-
Civil rights leader blasts Barrow for saying he'll vote to hold AG in contempt

...primary elections since 2002 - including the 2008 presidential primary that featured then-Sens. Obama and Hillary Clinton...him as well."McLeod insists he cast his 2008 presidential primary vote for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richard, not for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/georgia-elections/georgia
Reactions to the court's decision on the Affordable Care Act

...continues to want to put tax hikes on the American people."Haley endorsed Mitt Romney before South Carolina's presidential primary in January and campaigned for him inside and outside the state.She repeated her stance that the law should be repealed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-06-28/reactions-courts-decisio
City Ink: Richmond County sheriff race heats up

...said he voted in Democrat presidential primaries "because they win most general...local partisan posts. But presidential primaries include no local contests...Bill Richardson in the 2008 presidential primary because he had objections...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2012-06-09/city-ink-richmo
Maria Sheffield campaign accuses Wright McLeod of intimidation tactics

...negative," an e-mailed announcement stated.Noting that McLeod recently acknowledged voting in the Democratic presidential primary in 2008 and donating more than $7,000 to a Democratic candidate in 2010, the e-mail said McLeod's campaign...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/georgia-elections/2012-06
Don't underestimate power of your vote

...opposition from either party for presidential candidates this election year. In 2008, you may recall in the Democratic presidential primary, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were vying for the Democratic nomination. Even the general primary...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2012-07-14/dont-underestima