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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 wins Nevada, keeping battleground in Democrats’ column
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Joe Biden has won Nevada, continuing a 16-year trend of Democrats picking up the Western battleground state.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's vote falsehoods, into day of defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential se…
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Republicans back Chuck Morse for Senate president
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Chuck Morse of Salem is poised to take back the gavel at the Statehouse.
Democrat Susie Lee wins reelection to U.S. House in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Susie Lee wins reelection to U.S. House in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District.
Georgia vote count continues as state edges near final count
ATLANTA (AP) — As partisans celebrated and protested Democrat Joe Biden's victory Saturday, some Georgia counties inched toward a final count of ballots in the state elections.
Statement from President-elect Joe Biden on election
Statement by President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday's election results:
Text of statement from President Donald Trump
Text of a statement from President Donald Trump on the election result:
Nevada Democrat Susie Lee reelected to US House
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats successfully won reelection in Nevada’s two battleground congressional districts, surviving challenges from well-financed Republicans in the western swing state where the outcome …
Republican David Schweikert wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 6th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican David Schweikert wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 6th Congressional District.
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Biden takes Pennsylvania; Lamb wins in 17th House District
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters pushed Democrat Joe Biden over the top to make him the new president-elect Saturday, returned all the state's 18 members to Congress, and elected the first Republican audi…
GOP Rep. Schweikert fends off Dem challenger in Arizona 6th
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Rep. David Schweikert has survived a strong Democratic challenge to win another term representing Arizona’s 6th Congressional District.
EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of his native Pennsylvania on Saturday, and by extension of the tightly contested U.S. presidential race against President Donald Trump.…