Presidential races

Carlos Gutierrez, who chaired Mitt Romney's Hispanic Steering Committee, blames Romney's rightward primary shift on immigration for his loss.

The former vice presidential candidate said in his first post-election interview voters didn't unilaterally implement the president's agenda last week.

Democrats say it's time to "normalize" voting nationwide after ballot-box debacles on Tuesday caused long delays in several states. 

The Florida Democratic Party is calling for a reform of Florida's voting systems as officials continue to count votes in the presidential election.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is headed to Iowa, an early sign he could be interested in running for president.

Rubio will head there next week to headline a birthday fundraiser for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R), one of the most influential Republicans in the state, his spokesman announced. Rubio will be in Altoona on Saturday, Nov. 17.

Iowa's caucuses have long begun the presidential primary season, and it's never too early for candidates to start courting opinion-makers in the state.

Obama senior campaign adviser David Axelrod downplayed talk of an election mandate on the "fiscal cliff" on Thursday. 

Leaders lash out, saying Romney's attempts to paint himself as a centrist and hide his principles cost him the presidency. 

Romney and George Allen lost in military-heavy Virginia after making criticism of defense cuts big parts of their campaigns.

If the margin holds, it would be the largest margin of victory with Hispanics in U.S. history.

The Tea Party Patriots unloaded a barrage criticism on Mitt Romney Tuesday night after news broke of President Obama's reelection. 

The group released a statement blasting Romney as a "weak moderate" who was the choice of party elites in Washington.

"For those of us who believe that America, as founded, is the greatest country in the history of the world — a ‘Shining city upon a hill’ — we wanted someone who would fight for us," said Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots, on Tuesday night.