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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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New Mexico high court revisits issue of spousal testimony
SANTA FE, N.M . (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court has revisited a 2019 decision that barred the state’s court system from continued use of a longstanding legal privilege that disallows testimony by a defendant’s …
Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory ov…
Democrat says redistricting process will be fair, open
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A top-ranked Democrat offered assurances Friday that legislative districts will be redrawn in a “fair, open, and transparent process” as the Legislature initiates the redistricting process, re…
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The Latest: Perdue, Ossoff head to Georgia US Senate runoff
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the election in Georgia:
Star Stockton mayor's reelection wavers, but he's confident
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who skyrocketed to national attention as one of the youngest mayors of a big city in the country, says he is “100%” confident he will win reelection despite e…
Legislature may meet in convention center amid pandemic
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators are grappling with the public health risks of convening their next session in January amid surging statewide rates of coronavirus infections and deaths.
Lockdown at Nevada prison where 93 inmates COVID-19 positive
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — State prison officials have ordered a lockdown at a medium-security facility in northern Nevada after 93 inmates and seven staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.
Daines sends campaign team to Arizona for ballot count
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana sent his campaign team to Arizona on Friday in a move his campaign said is aimed a helping ensure transparency as the Southwest state counts votes i…
Kansas budget gap mostly melts away with new fiscal forecast
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas saw most of a projected state budget shortfall melt away Friday with a fiscal forecast that is less pessimistic about the economy and tax collections than a dire estimate issued this spri…
California elects 25-year-old lawmaker, youngest in 82 years
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has elected its youngest state lawmaker in more than eight decades, elevating a 25-year-old progressive Democrat who already has years of legislative experience to the state Ass…
The Latest: Georgia counties processing provisional ballots
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the election in Georgia: