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Dave Boyer

dboyer@washingtontimes.com

Dave Boyer is a White House correspondent for The Washington Times. A native of Allentown, Pa., Boyer worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer from 2002 to 2011 and also has covered Congress for the Times. He is a graduate of Penn State University. Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Dave Boyer

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner gives a thumbs up outside his polling place at Sacred Heart Center in Winnetka, Ill. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Rauner faces incumbent Democratic Gov. Patrick Quinn in the general election. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Al Podgorski)  MANDATORY CREDIT

GOP’s Rauner wins in Obama’s home state

On a night of embarrassing election setbacks for President Obama Tuesday, perhaps none was bigger than losing the governorship in his home state of Illinois to a Republican.

November 4, 2014
President Barack Obama exits Air Force One after arriving at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia on Sunday Nov. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Air Force One plane develops mechanical trouble

Air Force One developed a mechanical problem while President Obama was on a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Sunday night, forcing his transfer to a backup plane for the return trip to Washington.

November 2, 2014
President Barack Obama gestures as he pauses during his speech to respond to a heckler in the audience during a campaign event for gubernatorial candidate Dan Malloy at Central High School in Bridgeport, Conn., Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Immigration hecklers interrupt Obama at Connecticut campaign rally

In his final campaign swing, President Obama rallied voters Sunday in Connecticut and Pennsylvania for Democratic gubernatorial candidates, but his first rally of the day was interrupted several times by protesters demanding more lenient immigration policies.

November 2, 2014
Shunned by Democratic Senate candidates, President Obama has been relegated to stump in governor races. (Associated Press)

Obama shunned by Senate hopefuls, stumps in governor races

With Democratic Senate candidates treating President Obama as if he's radioactive, the president will spend the final week before the crucial midterm election stumping instead for five gubernatorial candidates from Maine to Wisconsin.

October 27, 2014
New York Gov. Andrew Coumo speaks during a news conference at Bellevue Hospital to discuss Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician who tested positive for the Ebola virus, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in New York. Spencer recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Obama calls N.Y. officials about new Ebola case

President Obama spoke by phone late Thursday night with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo about the city's first Ebola case, offering federal assistance.

October 24, 2014