Donald Trump, the leading Republican contender in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, is skipping the final GOP debate on Thursday before next week's first election contest in the Midwest farm state of Iowa. Meanwhile, former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are locked in a tight Democratic presidential nominating contest in Iowa, according to the latest survey.
Trump Skipping GOP Debate
- By VOA News
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at BR Miller Middle School in Marshalltown, Iowa, Jan. 26, 2016.
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, speaks during a campaign event at Music Man Square, Jan. 27, 2016, in Mason City, Iowa.
