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• Gingrich Woos Ohio'S Early Gop Primary Voters

  CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is campaigning in Ohio in hopes of appealing to Republicans who will vote well ahead of the state's March 6 primary. Gingrich says he suffered in Florida because Mitt Romney captured many early

  02/07/2012 3:11 AM

• Romney Looks to Squelch Santorum'S Late Rise

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) Republicans in Colorado and Minnesota are holding their presidential caucuses Tuesday, and Mitt Romney is hoping he hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's attacks for too long. Santorum was rising ahead of the contests after largely bypassing Florida and

  02/07/2012 2:16 AM

• Messy Caucuses in Nevada, Iowa Raise Questions

  LAS VEGAS (AP) After fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon. Those troubled contests cast a shadow over the volunteer-run presidential selection process just as

  02/07/2012 2:04 AM

• Gov. Perry Ventures Back Into Texas Public Eye

  ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) Rick Perry acknowledged Monday that he's not used to losing but also vowed "I'm not slipping off into the sunset" while promising to battle federal energy and environmental policies he says would cost Texas jobs. Making

  02/06/2012 11:08 PM

• Ariz. Senate Panel Advances Guns on Campus Bill

  PHOENIX (AP) Arizona lawmakers Monday advanced a pair of gun-rights bills that would expand where firearms could be carried, including a proposal allowing concealed weapons on university campuses, touching off pointed criticism from groups as divergent students and law enforcement

  02/06/2012 7:43 PM

• Romney Works to Fend Off Santorum Challenge

  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) Mitt Romney is dispatching top surrogates to attack rival Rick Santorum over Santorum's past support for spending on pork-barrel projects. Romney is the front-runner in the Republican presidential race and he's working to fend off an

  02/06/2012 5:02 PM

• Tea Party: Warming or Resigned to Mitt Romney

  DENVER (AP) Tea party activists long skeptical of Mitt Romney are either warming up to the GOP presidential front-runner or reluctantly backing him after giving up on finding a candidate they like better. Whatever the reason, the former Massachusetts governor

  02/06/2012 4:21 PM

• Campaign Funds to Help Pay Ohio Gov'S Speech Costs

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Barred from using tax dollars, some Ohio lawmakers expect to use campaign cash for travel expenses related to this year's new site for the governor's State of the State address. State law allows elected officials to pay

  02/06/2012 3:31 PM

• Fact Check: Gingrich Overstates His Fla. Results

  WASHINGTON (AP) After losing Saturday's Nevada caucus race, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sought solace in what he called an encouraging statistic: that his supporters were turning out to vote more enthusiastically than those of his chief rival, Mitt Romney.

  02/06/2012 2:57 PM

• Texas Primary Date in Doubt After Deal Talks Stall

  SAN ANTONIO (AP) Texas is all but certain to have an even later say in choosing the Republican presidential nominee after what at first looked like a breakthrough deal in a bitter dispute over redistricting maps ended with wide rejection

  02/06/2012 1:37 PM

• Judge Weighs Constitutionality of Redistricting

  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) A Kentucky judge says he may rule by midweek on the constitutionality of legislative redistricting in a case that has the state's election filing deadline in flux. Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd listened to more than

  02/06/2012 12:57 PM

• Gingrich Shunned Lobbying But Hired Lobbyists

  WASHINGTON (AP) GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting business never lobbied. But records show that he hired state and federal lobbyists, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs. Gingrich's Center for Health Transformation hired a former Georgia

  02/06/2012 11:44 AM

• Ohio ad From Boehner'S Gop Opponent Shows Fetuses

  CINCINNATI (AP) A fellow Republican challenging House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) has aired a campaign ad featuring graphic images of aborted fetuses and questioning Boehner's stance on abortion. David Lewis is challenging Boehner in the March 6 primary. His ad

  02/06/2012 11:05 AM

• Critics Worry Senate ad Will Revive Asian-Bashing

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans. Michigan has seen its share

  02/06/2012 9:27 AM

• Ohioans Hit Deadline to Register For March Primary

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) It's a presidential election year, and Ohio residents are running out of time to register to vote in the March 6 primary. Monday is the deadline for registration forms to be turned in or postmarked, and for

  02/06/2012 5:49 AM