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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…
Biden, Harris win set off celebrations on California streets
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — News of President-elect Joe Biden's victory on Saturday set off celebrations on Oakland's city streets as people expressed hometown pride in Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her history…
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Oregon: Provide Addiction Recovery Services (Fund with marijuana tax
Alabama officer resigns over comment about Biden voters
FLOMATON, Ala. (AP) — A southwestern Alabama police officer has resigned after he posted a threatening message against supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Some Rhode Islanders celebrate, others question, Biden win
Like people across the country, some Rhode Islanders on Saturday celebrated former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential victory while others echoed President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated allegations of voter f…
California's Issa declares victory in US House comeback bid
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former California Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa declared victory in his race to return to Congress where he once headed the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and launched…
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. That got him the state’s 20 electoral votes, …
Native son Joe Biden takes Pennsylvania and the presidency
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania catapulted its native son, Joe Biden, to victory and the White House on Saturday after a long, hard-fought and expensive campaign in which Democrats wrested the battleground stat…
AP VoteCast: Georgia voters sour on state of nation
Voters in Georgia made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
AP VoteCast: Nevada voters sour on state of nation
Voters in Nevada made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
AP VoteCast: Arizona voters sour on state of nation
Voters in Arizona made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
AP VoteCast: Pennsylvania voters sour on state of nation
Voters in Pennsylvania made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
2 Republicans, 1 Democrat elected Arizona utility regulators
PHOENIX (AP) — Two Republicans and one Democrat have won their races in the little-watched battle for control of Arizona’s utility regulatory commission.
Nevada Democrats Lee, Horsford reelected to US House
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats successfully won reelection in Nevada’s two battleground congressional districts, surviving challenges from Republicans in the swing state.