The fight for the right to represent the GOP in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District special election hit a peak moment of tension on Thursday....

By BRUCE SMITH, The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The man running against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in a GOP runoff for an ope...

This isn't the first time that we've been talking about crowd reactions after a debate. One question we rarely ask, however, is whether these televised responses change the way that those of us at home feel about the candidates.

During Monday night's Republican debate in South Carolina, moderator Juan Williams asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to respond to criticism he...

Rick Santorum schooled Mitt Romney in classic Santorum fashion during the GOP debate in South Carolina Monday night, drawing him in and pouncing. A su...

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- It may have been the moment when former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson extended his riff about how his reality TV show would be diff...

The candidates that the debate organizers want won't be showing up. The AP is in a kerfuffle with Fox News over "restrictions placed on media access." What is the point of this debate, again?

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The 2012 election season begins Thursday in earnest with the Republican Party’s first presidential primary debate here at 9 p.m....

WASHINGTON -- The final field for the first debate of the Republican presidential primary election is set, but there are twice as many hopefuls who ar...