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Updated 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

Grant County Sheriff’s race close in unofficial primary results Tuesday

EPHRATA — The Grant County Sheriff’s race was neck-and-neck with a 0.2 percent gap when voting closed yesterday, a…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Colorado voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Colorado made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: New York voters sour on state of nation

Voters in New York made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Michigan voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Michigan made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Texas voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Texas gave President Donald Trump its 38 electoral votes while holding negative views about the country’s direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Early voting shattered, Wisconsin may hit record turnout

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After shattering early voting records, Wisconsin voters from the rural north to the urban southeast came out in force on an unusually warm Election Day, even as

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Nevada high court asked to stop Vegas-area mail ballot count

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republicans and President Donald Trump’s campaign asked the state Supreme Court in battleground Nevada on Tuesday to fast-track an appeal aimed at stopping the count of mail-in ballots in the Las V…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Vermont GOP Gov. Phil Scott votes for Biden over Trump

BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott said he cast his ballot Tuesday for Vice President Joe Biden, the first time in his life he voted for a Democrat.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Voting in Georgia remains mainly smooth, with a few hiccups

ATLANTA (AP) — Despite some technical problems, voting in Georgia on Tuesday got off to a mostly smooth start — a marked departure from a

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
A Wyoming first: 4 women compete for US House, Senate

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Voters for the first time will decide Tuesday between four women as the major party candidates for U.S. House and Senate in Wyoming — two Republicans with previous experience in Congress and t…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Delaware voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Delaware made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Tennessee voters mixed on state of nation

Voters in Tennessee made their pick for president while holding mixed views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Massachusetts voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Massachusetts made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: North Carolina voters sour on state of nation

Voters in North Carolina made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Illinois voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Illinois made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP VoteCast: Georgia voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Georgia made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.