CRISSA NELSON | editor-in-chief
Following the course of eight Democrats, 11 Republicans and 29 candidates of four other independent parties as they sprint for the finish line to proclaim victory as 44th President of the United States.
The gun has been fired and the candidates are off, as three front running democrats and six republicans battle for their respective parties’ nominations in the nation’s primary electioins and maybe one step closer to victory.
With three Democratic and four Republican primary elections completed, initial leading democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and republican candidate Mitt Romney have taken back the lead with victories in Michigan on Tuesday Jan. 15, after a slow step off the starting line.
Clinton was strongly silenced in the first primary election, the Iowa Caucasus, taking third to democratic winner Barack Obama. Yet she swiftly took the lead and has maintained it with victories in New Hampshire and Michigan.
Jan. 5 gave republican Mitt Romney a powerful step as he closed in on Mike Huckabee, the lead after Iowa, with a victory in the Republican Wyoming Primary election and again in Michigan.
Major political changes are the promise of every candidate. With heated opposition across party lines and within them, the success of the unconventional “religious republican” Huckabee and the politically “young” Obama in Iowa was greatly attributed to an increase in youth involvement calling for change.
Feb. 5 marks the California primary election. Register to vote and be a part of taking a voice in this election season. 
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