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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…
Trump, Biden in close race as Wisconsin again in spotlight
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Joe Biden were locked in a tight race in Wisconsin as vote-counting stretched past midnight, and the nation's eyes turned to the same Midwestern battlegrounds that de…
Measure for $5.5 billion in stem cell funding leads narrowly
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A proposition that would keep alive California's first-of-its-kind stem cell research program with a $5.5 billion infusion of borrowed money had a narrow lead.
The Latest: Republicans keep Rep. Will Hurd’s seat in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the general election in Texas (all times local):
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.