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Dent leads Garcia in 13th District race
MOSES LAKE — Incumbent Rep. Tom Dent, R-Moses Lake, maintained a commanding lead in the race for Position 1 in Was…
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Montana: Revise Conceal Carry Laws (End local govt authority)
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137 of 143 precincts - 96 percent
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Nevada: Allow Same-Sex Marriage (Constitutional Amendment)
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Colorado: Ban Late-Term Abortions (Exempt medical need)
Wife's racist tweets about Harris spur official to resign
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A school board president in the San Francisco Bay Area has resigned after his wife's racist comments about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris raised an outcry.
Nevada flags a majority of counties as high risk amid surge
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials reported 960 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one additional death on Monday, bringing the statewide totals to 110,982 cases and 1,852 deaths since the start of the pa…
Republican Ken Calvert wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 42nd Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Ken Calvert wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 42nd Congressional District.
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Republican Tom McClintock wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 4th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tom McClintock wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 4th Congressional District.
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'Tail winds': California prepares for Biden presidency
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House, California is planning for a transition of its own: From the state of resistance to a state of acceptance.
Health secretary: Pennsylvania at critical point in pandemic
As new coronavirus cases explode, Pennsylvania’s top health official on Monday warned the state is at a “critical point” in the pandemic and begged recalcitrant residents to wear masks, avoid congregating and take …
Trump campaign sues to block Pennsylvania election result
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign launched a lawsuit to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, suing Monday as counties continued to sort through provisional ballots …
Kentucky AG joins lawsuit in Pennsylvania election case
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican attorney general joined in a lawsuit Monday challenging mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania, saying what happens elsewhere in a presidential election matters to Kentuckians.