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Primary election to narrow candidate fields
EPHRATA — Races for local, statewide and federal offices will be winnowed to two candidates in today’s primary ele…
California's affirmative action measure is failing
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A national awakening on race drove a well-funded, star-studded campaign in California to reinstate affirmative action, but the measure that would allow the nation’s most populated state to gran…
Battle for US House seat in rural Colorado too early to call
DENVER (AP) — A hard-fought Colorado U.S. House race pitting first-time candidate and outspoken Republican Lauren Boebert against Democrat and former state lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush was too early to call Tuesday n…
Democrats Biden, Durbin, Newman win in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in Illinois and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin won reelection on Tuesday, continuing a pattern of Democratic dominance in the state.
Biden wins Maine’s popular vote, at least 3 electoral votes
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden surged to a statewide victory in Maine early Wednesday, winning at least three of the state’s four electoral votes in his bid to unseat President Donald Trump.
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The Latest: California property tax measure is trailing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the California election (all times local):
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Biden wins Arizona, flips longtime Republican stronghold
PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Biden won Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, becoming the second Democratic presidential candidate since 1948 to claim victory in the longtime Republican stronghold.
Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Biden carried Minnesota on Tuesday, dashing President Donald Trump's hopes of becoming the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972, while Sen. Tina Smith fended off GO…
Republican Greg Gianforte elected Montana’s next governor
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican Greg Gianforte won the race to become Montana’s next governor, defeating Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney in Tuesday's election and expanding the GOP’s hold on the state following one of the mos…
News Guide: Hickenlooper, Biden win in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — Colorado voters elected former Gov. John Hickenlooper to replace Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in one of the closest-watched Senate races in the nation.
Republican Tony Gonzales wins election to U.S. House in Texas' 23rd Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tony Gonzales wins election to U.S. House in Texas' 23rd Congressional District.
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Trump wins Texas again; state House hopes fade for Democrats
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Turnout was historic in Texas and the races were closer. But the results in America's biggest red state remained the same.