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Updated 4 days, 13 hours ago

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…

Updated 6 years ago
Democrat Jahana Hayes wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Jahana Hayes wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District.

Updated 6 years ago
The Latest: California voters expand digital privacy law

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the California election (all times local):

Updated 6 years ago
Tillis-Cunningham US Senate race too early to call

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham was too early to call Wednesday, with many votes yet to be counted.

Updated 6 years ago
Mace becomes SC's first Republican woman elected to Congress

LADSON, S.C. (AP) — In flipping South Carolina’s 1st District back to GOP control, Nancy Mace has become the first Republican woman ever elected to Congress in the state, adding to a red wave that swept over the al…

Updated 6 years ago
Police arrest 2 men suspected of arson in bank burning

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two men are in custody on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed a bank in a San Diego suburb in May after protesters demonstrated against police brutality following the death …

Updated 6 years ago
2020 Latest: Trump campaign signals Wis. recount request

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on

Updated 6 years ago
Democratic newcomer wins Vermont lieutenant governor post

A woman who grew up on a Vermont farm is poised to become Vermont's next lieutenant governor.

Updated 6 years ago
Wisconsin's Kind survives challenge, wins 13th term

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Democratic Rep. Ron Kind survived a stiff challenge Wednesday from a former Navy Seal to win his 13th term in Congress.

Updated 6 years ago
Wisconsin Democrats sweating out GOP supermajority push

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats waited anxiously on Wednesday to see if they had blocked a Republican attempt to build legislative supermajorities that would negate Gov. Tony Evers' veto powers and allow t…

Updated 6 years ago
Governor names executive to House seat won by dead candidate

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Wednesday appointed a coal company executive to fill a state House seat left open by a Republican candidate who died last month due to complications from COVID…

Updated 6 years ago
AP VoteCast: Florida voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Florida gave President Donald Trump the state’s 29 electoral votes while holding negative views about the country’s direction and the economy, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorat…

Updated 6 years ago
NJ governor signs bill to ban single-use plastic, paper bags

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed legislation prohibiting single-use plastic and paper bags and plastic foam containers.

Updated 6 years ago
"I love Ohio!" President Trump again carries swing state

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — President Donald Trump has again carried Ohio, historically a must-win state for Republicans.

Updated 6 years ago
Democrat Ron Kind wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ron Kind wins reelection to U.S. House in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District.