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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: Virginia voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Virginia 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: Alabama voters mixed on state of nation

Voters in Alabama 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: Rhode Island voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Rhode Island 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: Connecticut voters sour on state of nation

Voters in Connecticut 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
Short lines in NJ after millions voted already

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Election Day this year marks the end, not the start, of voting across New Jersey as voters decide on the president, Senate, House and whether to legalize recreational marijuana.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Smooth sailing so far in New York election

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest developments in New York's general election:

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Pennsylvania voters out in force in key battleground

Voters turned out in force Tuesday in the key presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania as Donald Trump and Joe Biden headlined a statewide election in which millions of ballots have already been cast.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Voting in Georgia off to mostly smooth start

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
Connecticut voters flock to polls despite pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of Connecticut voters turned out Tuesday to decide races including the divisive presidential election, despite the coronavirus pandemic and the option to mail in absentee ballots.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Turnout heavy but manageable at Nebraska polling places

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska polling places were busy but not overwhelmed Tuesday as voters cast ballots on races from president to the state Legislature.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Huge turnout as California finally reaches Election Day

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Election Day arrived Tuesday in California with a huge number of votes already cast.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Anxiety and hope as New York votes on Election Day

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers lined up to cast their final ballots Tuesday, braving a pandemic that added to their worries about ballot security and where the country is headed.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
GOP candidate for Indiana attorney general has COVID-19

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, the Republican candidate for Indiana attorney general, has tested positive for COVID-19 after developing “some symptoms," his campaign announced Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Open Senate, House races test Democratic hold on New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Election Day voting was progressing Tuesday in New Mexico where Democrats were striving to maintain control of the state's delegation to the U.S. Senate and hand Joe Biden a presidential victo…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Democrat tries again to unseat GOP senator in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democrat Mike Espy is trying unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi by labeling her "Confederate Cindy” and saying she's out of touch with voters in a diverse state that has tr…