Daily Digest: Trump and Sanders win big
So, the experts were spot on in their predictions from a couple months back, right?. Oh, wait. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are now the front-runners? This year the conventional wisdom is definitely to be taken with a large grain of salt.
Let's take a look at what happened yesterday and what happens next.
Here's the Digest:
1. The message from New Hampshire voters? Let's give the outsiders a chance. (New York Times)
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2. With Trump getting his first victory, the fight on the Republican side was once again for second place. Ohio Gov. John Kasich was the runner-up. (Washington Post)
3. Hillary Clinton is hoping states with more racial diversity will get her back in the hunt. (Politico)
4. Remember when Marco Rubio gave a victory speech after finishing third in Iowa last week? Yeah, that might have been a little premature. (Boston Globe)
5. So who goes on and who drops out? (NBC)
6. Here in Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants 35,000 state employees to have access to paid parental leave. (MPR News)
7. Republicans won two special legislative elections yesterday. (Star Tribune)