Election Video

At a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, Demorcratic candidate for president Barack Obama thanks his two daughters and wife for supporting him while on the political trail. (Jan. 1)

The race for the White House isn't all serious business. The presidential candidates have also managed to have some fun during their time on the campaign trail. (Jan. 1)

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux talks to Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson.

GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter is focusing his campaign on New Hampshire.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden says he needs to work to make himself more known to voters.

Presidential contenders rang in the 2008 election year with near-constant campaigning on Monday as a poll showed Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee leading their rivals with three days remaining before the Iowa caucuses.

AP photographer Evan Vucci shows us the sights and sounds of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's Iowa Campaign. (Jan. 1)

AP photographer Rick Bowmer shows us the sights and sounds of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's Iowa Campaign. (Jan. 1)

Presidential candidates took some time to toast New Year's, but they didn't leave the campaign trail, celebrating the occasion in Iowa with supporters. (Jan. 1)

Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee pulls attack ad, but not before showing reporters. See the video here

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain had New Hampshire all to himself on New Year's Eve, as the rest of the field battled for the Iowa Caucus crown. AP correspondent Jason Bronis reports on the McCain campaign. (Dec. 31)

Mike Huckabee says he won't run a TV ad he'd prepared blistering Republican rival Mitt Romney as dishonest. The decision comes just 3 days ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Polls show the race is very close between the 2 in Iowa. (Dec. 31)

ABC's Sunlen Miller tries to keep up with Sen. Barack Obama.

What should the candidates' outlook be in the new year?

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other potential independent presidential candidates are joining prominent Republican and Democratic centrists at a meeting that will consider the merits of a third-party bid for the White House. (Dec. 31)

CNN's Kiran Chetry speaks with Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards about the Iowa caucuses.

GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee talks about his battles with Mitt Romney and preparing for the Iowa caucuses.

With 4 days to the Iowa caucus, Suzanne Malveaux highlights the closing arguments for democratic presidential hopefuls.

In Iowa Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee are neck and neck.

With the Democratic presidential race in Iowa almost too close to call, John Edwards inched ahead in one poll. Could he actually win the caucuses? (Dec 30)

Presidential candidates make the rounds of campuses to gain additional support.

With the Iowa caucuses drawing near, both parties campaign hard for votes.

During a campaign event in Iowa, Elizabeth Edwards becomes a distraction while her husband John tries to win the democratic nomination for president. (Dec 30)

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's camp accused the hard-charging Huckabee of "testiness and irritability," a reflection of the brass-knuckles phase of the most open presidential race in half a century. (Dec 30)

With just days until the Iowa caucuses, democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to tout his message of change. (Dec 30)

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckbee criticized fellow GOP candidate Mitt Romney, saying Romney lies in his advertising. (Dec 30)

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton echoed familiar themes of change in the last few days before the Iowa caucus. (Dec 30)

Republican presidential candidate insists he's inspired to win the White House and lays out problems with other candidates

Has the Republican presidential candidate abandoned the Hawkeye state?

GOP presidential hopeful on his chances in Iowa

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson trudged through ankle-deep snow as he campaigned Friday in Iowa. The actor and former senator from Tennessee chatted with people at a coffee shop and the county courthouse. (Dec. 29)

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani made a rare and brief visit to Iowa as he refocused his campaign message on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and national security. (Dec. 29)

Mike Huckabee returns fire against Mitt Romney as the GOP frontrunners do battle in Iowa. CNN's Mary Snow reports.

Republican Mitt Romney played it safe Saturday with quick stops where he delivered pitches long on platitudes but short on substance. His remarks contrasted with his hard-hitting television ads against rivals Mike Huckabee and John McCain (Dec. 29)

Democrat Hillary Clinton raced through Iowa, arguing she's the candidate who can win back the White House in November. Most polls have shown Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards locked in a tight race in Iowa. (Dec. 29)

Hillary Clinton speaks about the assassination of Prime Minister Bhutto.

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee denounced political attack ads, saying people don't want a president whose campaign is based on what's wrong with someone else. Huckabee said people want a president who will tell them what he would do if elected. (Dec. 29)

With just days to the caucuses, can John Edwards break the Dems three-way tie?

CNN's Mary Snow reports on Mitt Romney's effort to close the deal with conservative, Christian voters in Iowa.