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![Mini Racker](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabac61ee74b6c889/698a3dbd929fad16acbf9e54/Mini-Racker-Headshot.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Mini Racker


Mini Racker is a staff writer at TIME, where she covers political campaigns and Congress. In 2023, she was selected for the National Press Foundation’s Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship.


![Mini Racker](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabac61ee74b6c889/698a3dbd929fad16acbf9e54/Mini-Racker-Headshot.jpg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Mini Racker


Articles 109Collections 4

* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63010c3d28d54d91/698a4444e6e84af3492b0eb5/TrumpBidenAgeCompare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 10, 2024  
### [Biden's Age Worries Voters. Why Not Trump's?](https://time.com/6693305/biden-age-memory-trump-campaign/)  
The two men would be the oldest major party nominees in history  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Ron DeSantis](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b1ad5c646980fbe/698a43e716d8849589c3ca7c/ron-desantis-iowa-loss-win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 16, 2024  
### [In Iowa, Ron DeSantis Takes His Loss as a Win](https://time.com/6555928/ron-desantis-iowa-second-campaign-future/)  
DeSantis’ second-place finish in Iowa means that his campaign will continue into New Hampshire and b...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 12: Republican presidential candidate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49067ced8f0938b/698a43db096a94310f6ae7fa/GettyImages-1923338345.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2024  
### [Inside Ron DeSantis’ Final Push in Iowa](https://time.com/6555607/inside-ron-desantis-final-push-against-trump-in-iowa/)  
The Florida Governor is relying on his ground game, and lowered expectations, to stay in the race  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Fox News Hosts Town Hall With GOP Presidential Candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis In Des Moines, Iowa](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta67cfbb31b65bf8d/698a43d4929fadaab9bfa862/GettyImages-1920759760.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 14, 2024  
### [Stealth Protesters and Trump's Iowa Foes](https://time.com/6555267/iowa-stealth-protesters-and-desantis-haley-ramaswamy-trump/)  
Event disruptions tell you more about the protesters' targets than about their causes  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Campaign signs for Florida Gov. Ron Desantis line the road in front of Drake University, where CNN is hosting a presidential debate in Des Moines on Jan. 10, 2024.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt86548800756c65a7/698a43c786f68e791b6f320c/iowa-caucus-weather-cold-snow-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 12, 2024  
### [This Iowa Caucus May Be the Coldest Ever](https://time.com/6554715/iowa-caucus-blizzard-forecast/)  
Temperatures in Iowa may fall to 15 degrees below zero.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![IA: FOX News Presidential Town Hall With Former President Do](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd27fc70e395cfe0c/698a43c1457a52c751d684de/trump-iowa-town-hall.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2024  
### [In Iowa, Trump Pitches Himself as Above the Fray, While DeSantis and Haley Squabble for Second Place](https://time.com/6554223/trump-iowa-town-hall-election-desantis-haley-debate/)  
Trump was only two miles away from his leading challengers for the Republican presidential nominatio...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Presidential Candidate Chris Christie Campaigns In New Hampshire](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48fb84a5d396a852/698a43bd4ee262246531c1b7/GettyImages-1885686918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 10, 2024  
### [Christie Suspends 2024 Bid](https://time.com/6554141/chris-christie-end-presidential-campaign-haleye/)  
The former New Jersey Governor suspended a campaign focused on thwarting Donald Trump.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign stop at K &amp; B Emporium on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81865d060c03a552/698a4398b21a9c9a86507f07/nikki-haley-campaign-002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 9, 2024  
### [Nikki Haley's Slow Burn Was No Accident](https://time.com/6552240/nikki-haley-trump-iowa-republican-debate/)  
It was a strategy that her campaign stuck with amid months of second-guessing  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Rep. Lauren Boebert](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7af6a40a1ecbe004/698a437616d8846f3dc3c9bb/GettyImages-1848260349.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 26, 2023  
### [Boebert's Bid Will Be a Key Race of 2024](https://time.com/6550037/lauren-boebert-election-theater-beetlejuice/)  
Even before the Beetlejuice scandal, the race was already drawing strong national interest.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Fourth Republican Presidential Debate Held In Tuscaloosa, Alabama](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4eb0970c9f2cb3fa/698a43094ee262452431c06d/GettyImages-1836218674.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 7, 2023  
### [Biggest Moments From the Fourth Republican Debate](https://time.com/6343648/fourth-republican-debate-biggest-moments/)  
The highlights from the fourth Republican debate with Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, and...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Rep. George Santos](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6bce9ef536afb4ee/698a42dbcabb1d3bbde5203e/GettyImages-1761278591.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2023  
### [What Happens to George Santos' Seat?](https://time.com/6341848/george-santos-seat-special-election/)  
The voters in his battleground New York district will vote in two elections next year on his replac...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Smaller Group Of Candidates Attends Third GOP Presidential Debate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c10b4e5254ec32a/698a42d9e6e84a32e02b0c34/GettyImages-1783036363.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 1, 2023  
### [Who Qualifies for Fourth GOP Debate?](https://time.com/6341333/next-republican-debate-desantis-qualify/)  
The fourth Republican debate on Dec. 6 will be the smallest yet.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d89a76bdb2a2c8e/698a4266e6e84aa7ad2b0b50/WWII-danger.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2023  
### [Politicians Keep Invoking World War III](https://time.com/6336897/israel-war-gaza-world-war-iii/)  
Historians say the current global situation is not like those that led to World War I and World War ...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Virginians Vote In General Election As All 140 State Legislative Seats Are At Stake](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2edb7e447303ab1/698a42380116821924983a12/GettyImages-1768975145.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2023  
### [Democrats Aim to Flip More State Houses](https://time.com/6334562/exclusive-2024-memo-democrats-flip-state-houses/)  
Democrats plan to position state-level races as part of a national fight for abortion access and oth...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Cofounders of Oath, Brian Derrick and Taylor Ourada.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt15ad091cdca568de/698a4228b3fce357700cafe5/oath-brian-derrick-taylor-ourada.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 13, 2023  
### [A New Political Fundraising Platform Wants to Help Grassroots Donors Give More Efficiently](https://time.com/6333967/oath-online-fundraising-politics/)  
Oath bills itself as a way for political donors to funnel their money to races that truly matter.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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