Nicholas Riccardi, Author at Valley News

NH secretary of state won’t attempt to block Trump from ballot

by Holly Ramer Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressSeptember 13, 2023

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s top election official said Wednesday he will not invoke an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on ballots in the state, which will hold the first Republican presidential…

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., arrives for a campaign stop at the Spotlight Room at the Palace, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressFebruary 11, 2020

In this Nov. 6, 2019, photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., stands in the New Hampshire secretary of state's office in Concord, N.H., after filing to be on the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary ballot. The bottom tier of the Democratic presidential field is soldiering on. About a half-dozen candidates are still polling around 1% and not making the debates. But they’re staying in the race because they think the primary is still very unsettled. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

Longshots say 2020 still anyone’s race chance

by Holly Ramer Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressNovember 11, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, in Clear Lake, Iowa. Bennet will be endorsed by former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart on Saturday at the New Hampshire Democratic party’s convention. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bennet picks up presidential backing of ex-Sen. Gary Hart

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressSeptember 6, 2019

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks before Senator Bernie Sanders during a rally with young voters on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. Bennet says he is seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. The three-term senator made the announcement Thursday on “CBS This Morning.” He is now among more than 20 Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colo. Sen. Bennet enters race

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressMay 2, 2019

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Katie Hill, bottom right, votes in Agua Dulce, Calif. California is trying to matter in the 2020 presidential election. The nation’s biggest state has moved up its primary in the hopes of getting some love from candidates along with the traditional quartet of early states, Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

California Maneuvers to Make Bigger Impact in 2020 Election

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressDecember 27, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., talks to campaign volunteers at a Democratic campaign office in Phoenix. As the November elections near, Democrats are focusing on health care. It's been a constant drumbeat since the GOP launched its effort to repeal the Obama-era health law and is the subject of the greatest share of political ads on television now. It's a top issue in campaigns from Virginia to Nebraska to California, and especially in Arizona, where Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has made it the foundation of her Senate campaign. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Democrats See Health Care As Key Issue

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressOctober 14, 2018

In this Tuesday, May 29, 2018 photo, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., shakes hands with band members while attending the 34th Annual Farmworker Student Recognition Ceremony in Homestead, Fla. In a district stretching from upscale Miami suburbs to the Everglades and down the Florida Keys to eccentric Key West, 70 percent of Curbelo’s constituents are Hispanic and nearly half are foreign born. Those are among the highest percentages in the nation, giving many a first-hand stake in Congress’ immigration fight. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

GOP Moderates Rebel on Immigration

by Alan Fram Associated Press, and Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressJune 2, 2018

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016 AND THEREAFTER-In this July 1, 2016 photo, weeds grow around an old building and picket fence in Rocky Ford, Colo., in Otero County, a rural and increasingly impoverished part of southern Colorado. Two different economic worlds are writ large in this state. It is among those with the greatest economic gap between urban and rural areas, according to an Associated Press review of Economic Innovation Group data. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Politics Divide Nation’s Urban, Rural Areas

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressJuly 5, 2016

A Secret Service agent stands guard at the exit door as Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event, Saturday, April 9, 2016, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

2016 Hopefuls Look East, West For Delegate Support

by Nicholas Riccardi Associated PressApril 9, 2016