Outside the Beltway

With the election over, New York’s junior Senator seems to have changed her mind about running for President.

With the 2020 Campaign set to begin as soon as the 2018 campaign ends, Democrats find themselves facing an age issue.

Michael Bloomberg is flirting with the idea of running for President in 2020. He’s done this before, of course, but this time he seems far more serious.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s name may be unfamiliar, but he’s looking to change that.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hints that he’s thinking of running for President in 2020.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

Hillary Clinton is hinting about maybe running in 2020 again. Is she serious, or is this just a publicity stunt?

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

Some Democrats and political pundits are putting Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke forward as a potential 2020 candidate, but he says no.

Bernie Sanders could find repeating the success of 2016 in 2020 may not be so easy.

Rather than cauterizing an open wound, she’s fanned the fuels of a fire.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says he would not consider a Supreme Court nominee in 2020. But does he really mean it?

After a long and contentious battle, Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to become the 114th Supreme Court Justice.

After passing on the opportunity in 2016, Elizabeth Warren is leaving the door open to a run for President in 2020.

Ohio billionaire Les Wexner was a top Republican donor and fundraiser in Ohio, but not anymore.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has selected former Senator Jon Kyl to replace John McCain in the Senate.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready.

Democrats have pulled the trigger and essentially eliminated the power of superdelegates except in the unlikely event that a nominating convention goes to a second ballot.

Here’s what will happen regarding the selection of a successor to Senator McCain.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’d like to stay on the Court at least until she turns 90, but it’s unlikely she’ll go anywhere voluntarily as long as Donald Trump is President.

Notwithstanding his dismissive public rhetoric about the former Vice-President, Donald Trump apparently sees Joe Biden as his biggest potential threat in 2020.

If President Trump’s trade war continues, it could have a serious impact on the political fortunes of President Trump and his party.

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, who challenged Nancy Pelosi for a leadership spot in 2016, is telling supporters he’s running for President in 2020.

Republicans will hold their 2020 National Convention in the same city that hosted the Democrats back in 2012.

The midterm elections are still four months away, but Democrats are already making moves to prepare for the race for their party’s Presidential nomination in 2020.

The Democratic National Committee is one step closer to adopting a rule change that would make superdelegates largely irrelevant to the party’s nomination process.

Democrats are rallying around the “Abolish ICE” slogan in response to the Trump Administration’s immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them.

Democrats are on the verge of reducing the power of superdelegates to the point where they will essentially become meaningless in the nomination process.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable.

At least one red state Democrat will be voting against Gina Haspel.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Hoping that Donald Trump might not run for reelection? Don’t get your hopes up.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

The senior Senator from Massachusetts denies interest in 2020 but won’t promise to serve out a new Senate term.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s old.

Women voters are turning decidedly against Donald Trump, this could pose problems for Republican in 2018 and beyond.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she has no intention of leaving office before the 2020 election.

A new poll shows President Trump losing to a “Generic Democrat.” This poll means nothing.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Susan Collins will stay in the Senate rather than running for Governor of Maine next year.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Donald Trump’s core supporters in the Republican Party remain intensely loyal, and that seems unlikely to change.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken says he’s not running for President. Is this a real denial, or a non-denial denial, though?