Citizens United is a conservative 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization in the United States founded in 1988. In 2010,the organization won a U.S. Supreme Court case known as Citizens United v. FEC,which struck down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting corporations and unions from making expenditures in connection with federal elections. The organization's president and chairman is David Bossie.
Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party,he was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district serving north Atlanta and nearby areas from 1979 until his resignation in 1999. In 2012,Gingrich unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Aaron Klein is an American-Israeli conservative political commentator,journalist,strategist,bestselling author,and senior advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He served as campaign manager for several of Netanyahu's election campaigns and chief strategist for Netanyahu's 2020 election campaign that resulted in a rotating unity government with Netanyahu at the helm and his 2022 campaign in which Netanyahu won a full-term. Klein was Netanyahu's full-time strategic advisor in government from 2020 to 2021,during the period Netanyahu was prime minister of Israel's 36th government and he serves as a strategic advisor to Netanyahu during Israel's 37th government.
The South Carolina presidential primary is an open primary election which has become one of several key early-state presidential primaries in the process of the Democratic and Republican Parties choosing their respective general election nominees for President of the United States. South Carolina has cemented its place as the "First in the South" primary for both parties.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to the United States presidential election of 2012. The election was the 57th quadrennial United States presidential election held on November 6,2012.
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8,2016. The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former secretary of state and former first lady Hillary Clinton and Virginia junior senator Tim Kaine,in what was considered one of the biggest political upsets in American history. It was the fifth and most recent presidential election in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote. It was also the sixth and most recent presidential election in U.S. history in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state;the others have been in 1860,1904,1920,1940,and 1944.
Adam Daniel Kinzinger is an American politician,senior political commentator for CNN,and former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Kinzinger originally represented Illinois's 11th congressional district and later Illinois's 16th congressional district.
The following is a timeline of major events leading up to,during,and after the 2016 United States presidential election. The election was the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election,held on November 8,2016. The presidential primaries and caucuses were held between February 1 and June 14,2016,staggered among the 50 states,Washington,D.C.,and U.S. territories. The U.S. Congress certified the electoral result on January 6,2017,and the new president and vice president were inaugurated on January 20,2017.
In 2016,Hillary Clinton ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States. Clinton ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for president,in which she became the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party. An experienced politician,Clinton served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013,a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009,and the first lady of the United States as the wife of Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. She was defeated in the general election by the Republican candidate,businessman Donald Trump.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump was formally launched on June 16,2015,at Trump Tower in New York City. Trump was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election,having won the most state primaries,caucuses,and delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. He chose Mike Pence,the sitting governor of Indiana,as his vice presidential running mate. On November 8,2016,Trump and Pence were elected president and vice president of the United States. Trump's populist positions in opposition to illegal immigration and various trade agreements,such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership,earned him support especially among voters who were male,white,blue-collar,working class,and those without college degrees. Many voters in the Rust Belt,who gave Trump the electoral votes needed to win the presidency,switched from supporting Bernie Sanders to Trump after Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nomination.
Fundraising plays a central role in many presidential campaigns,and is a key factor in determining the viability of candidates. Money raised is applied for the salaries of non-volunteers in the campaign,transportation,campaign materials,media advertisements and other contingencies. Under United States law,officially declared candidates are required to file campaign finance details with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) at the end of every calendar month or quarter. Summaries of these reports are made available to the public shortly thereafter,revealing the relative financial situations of all the campaigns.
Businessman Donald Trump of New York,the 2016 Republican nominee for President of the United States,considered several prominent Republicans and other individuals before selecting Governor Mike Pence of Indiana as his running mate on July 15,2016. Pence formally won the vice presidential nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention on July 19. The Trump–Pence ticket would go on to defeat the Clinton–Kaine ticket in the 2016 presidential election but ultimately lost to the Biden–Harris ticket in 2020.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Michigan voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote,pitting the Republican nominee,businessman Donald Trump,and his running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic nominee,former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. At that time,Michigan had 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The Never Trump movement is an ongoing conservative movement that opposes Trumpism and U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. It began as an effort on the part of a group of Republicans and other prominent conservatives to prevent Republican front-runner Trump from obtaining the 2016 Republican Party presidential nomination.
"Basket of deplorables" is a pejorative phrase from a 2016 US presidential election campaign speech delivered by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton on September 9,2016,at a campaign fundraising event. She used the phrase to describe "half" of the supporters of her opponent,Republican nominee Donald Trump,saying they're "racist,sexist,homophobic,xenophobic,Islamophobic". The next day,she expressed regret for "saying half",while insisting that Trump had deplorably amplified "hateful views and voices".
Make America Number 1 is a right-wing super PAC that supported the presidential campaigns of Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election. During the primary campaign,the super PAC was known as Keep the Promise I. In the general election,it informally termed itself Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC,but was not allowed to officially use this term and chose the name Make America Number 1. The PAC is run by Rebekah Mercer,the second daughter of its largest donor Robert Mercer.
Glenn Richard Simpson is an American former journalist who worked for The Wall Street Journal until 2009,and then co-founded the Washington-based research business Fusion GPS. He was also a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
From 2017 through 2021,Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States. In November 2024,he won the 2024 presidential election,and his second term will start in 2025.
