Eric Bradner - National Political Reporter
Eric Bradner
National Political Reporter
Eric Bradner is a national political reporter for CNN, covering the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 Democratic presidential contest.
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Biden will win Hawaii Democratic caucuses, CNN projects
Mar 7, 2024
President Joe Biden will win Hawaii’s Democratic presidential contest Wednesday, CNN projects, continuing his march to the party’s 2024 nomination.
Takeaways from Super Tuesday
Mar 6, 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made their seemingly inevitable rematch all but official, with both notching huge Super Tuesday wins and Nikki Haley expected to drop out of the GOP presidential race.
Colin Allred wins Democratic nomination in Texas Senate race to face Republican Ted Cruz in November
Mar 6, 2024
US Rep. Colin Allred has won the Democratic nomination in Texas to take on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
What to watch for on Super Tuesday
Mar 5, 2024
The beginning of the end of the 2024 presidential primaries starts Tuesday, when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to all but clinch a rematch of their 2020 contest eight months ahead of the November general election.
Trump wins all delegates at stake in Michigan GOP convention amid leadership battle
Mar 2, 2024
Former President Donald Trump won all 39 delegates at stake at a Michigan Republican convention Saturday, as officials there sought to move past a leadership battle that has split the state party into rival factions.
Michigan Republicans set for convention as leadership dispute causes confusion
Mar 2, 2024
Michigan Republicans are gathering for their state convention Saturday in Grand Rapids — but also in Battle Creek and Houghton Lake, and potentially in Detroit, too.
Takeaways from the Michigan primaries
Feb 28, 2024
Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day.
Biden and Trump win Michigan primaries
Feb 28, 2024
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties’ primaries in Michigan on Tuesday.
What to watch for in the Michigan presidential primaries
Feb 28, 2024
The Michigan primary on Tuesday will not only assess President Joe Biden’s strength in a key battleground state, but also serve as a litmus test on the president’s refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Takeaways from South Carolina’s Republican primary
Feb 25, 2024
Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, defeating Nikki Haley on her home turf as he completed his sweep of the early voting states.
January 6 insurrection glorified at pro-Trump CPAC gathering
Feb 24, 2024
At an influential gathering of conservatives this weekend, the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol is being treated as a rallying cry — with speakers, vendors and attendees fanning the flames of conspiracy over the events of that day.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s border tactics force Democrats to confront migrant crisis in their own backyards
Feb 22, 2024
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating border tactics have brought the migrant crisis to the doorsteps of Democratic-led cities and states, placing the issue at the forefront in a heated election cycle and forcing Democrats to answer to it.
Democrats will flip Santos seat in New York, further shrinking House GOP’s narrow majority
Feb 14, 2024
Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi will win a high-stakes special election in New York to succeed disgraced Republican George Santos, a result that will further shrink the House GOP’s narrow majority and provide President Joe Biden and his allies a morale boost as the general election campaign kicks into gear.
Trump wins Nevada Republican caucuses
Feb 9, 2024
Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, CNN projects, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates.
Nikki Haley will lose Nevada GOP primary to ‘none of these candidates’ as Biden notches Democratic win
Feb 7, 2024
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will lose Nevada’s non-binding Republican primary to “none of these candidates,” an option Nevada voters have to express their dissatisfaction with all of the candidates on the ballot, CNN projects.
Biden will win South Carolina Democratic primary, earning his first delegates of 2024, CNN projects
Feb 4, 2024
South Carolina, the state that launched Joe Biden to the Democratic nomination four years ago, will deliver the president his first official primary victory of the 2024 campaign on Saturday, CNN projects.
About
Eric Bradner is a national political reporter for CNN, covering the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 Democratic presidential contest.
Bradner came to CNN in 2014 as a reporter on the digital politics team’s breaking news desk. Prior to CNN, he spent a year covering international trade at Politico. Bradner also spent more than four years as the Indiana Statehouse bureau chief for the Evansville Courier & Press, where he covered governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence as well as state-level campaigns.
Bradner grew up in Greenville, Indiana, and now lives in Washington. He’s a die-hard University of Louisville basketball and Chicago Cubs baseball fan, obsesses over the NBA and NFL drafts and free agency, and loves the Dave Matthews Band.