By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-2016-gop-race-in-5-questions Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The 2016 GOP race in 5 questions Politics Mar 22, 2016 4:08 PM EDT Today marks exactly 365 days since the starting pistol of the 2016 race, when Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first in either party to announce a presidential candidacy. Since then the field of hopefuls swelled to 22 and shrunk down to the current set of five. We can’t say we feel nostalgic about the past year of rollicking campaign news, but this unpredictable, eye-opening and important election cycle did make us want to look back a little. And we wondered, what do people remember from the haze and heat so far? And what already has been forgotten? MORE: Take the Democratic version of our quiz here We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews
Today marks exactly 365 days since the starting pistol of the 2016 race, when Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first in either party to announce a presidential candidacy. Since then the field of hopefuls swelled to 22 and shrunk down to the current set of five. We can’t say we feel nostalgic about the past year of rollicking campaign news, but this unpredictable, eye-opening and important election cycle did make us want to look back a little. And we wondered, what do people remember from the haze and heat so far? And what already has been forgotten? MORE: Take the Democratic version of our quiz here We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now