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Updated 7 hours, 13 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
Trump, Biden fight hard for Arizona's 11 electoral votes

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's electoral college votes have been a safe bet for Republicans for most presidential elections over the past seven decades. But not in 2020.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Long lines form as Pennsylvania voters make their choice

Voters appeared to be turning 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 b…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Trump seeks Minnesota breakthrough; Smith eyes Senate return

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Voters in Minnesota are deciding whether to make President Donald Trump the first Republican to carry the state since Richard Nixon in 1972 — or to hold to their usual line and back former Democr…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Parson, Galloway bring competing visions to governor's race

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters on Tuesday will choose to give Republican Gov. Mike Parson a full four years in charge of Missouri or to give the job to Democrat Nicole Galloway, in a race that shaped up as a referendu…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Trump-Biden showdown, Senate race top Michigan's ballot

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden is seeking to reclaim the once-reliably blue Michigan for Democrats, while President Donald Trump is trying to again seize the key battleground state.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Senate race hot in Kansas; GOP expects to keep 2 House seats

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has had its most competitive U.S. Senate race in decades, though President Donald Trump is expected to carry the state again and voters appear likely to elect two new Republican congressm…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News Guide: A look at Maine's general election

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
The Latest: Polls open for general election in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the general election in Texas (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Governor, congressional seat are among key Missouri races

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Four years after Republicans turned in a dominant performance in Missouri, the Republican governor and a veteran GOP congresswoman are facing strong challenges from Democrats on Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Voters get final say on costly US Senate campaign in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The most expensive political race in Maine history

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
AP News Guide: A look at New Hampshire's election races

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s governor, a U.S. senator, and its two House members sought another term during the general election Tuesday. Here is a summary of those races on the ballot:

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Massachusetts voters to decide ballot questions, Senate race

BOSTON (AP) — A statewide referendum that would transform the way ballots are cast and tallied in Massachusetts, and a bid by incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey for another six-year term, are dominating T…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Vermonters voting for president, governor, lone US rep

As polls opened on Election Day Tuesday, more than 80% of the number of Vermonters who voted in the 2016 presidential election had already cast their ballots for president, governor, the U.S. House representative a…

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
GOP hope to win seats from NH's all-Democratic delegation

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democrats are seeking to maintain their dominance of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation on Tuesday while Republicans hope to regain lost ground.

Updated 5 years, 9 months ago
Rhode Islanders deciding speaker's fate, state name change

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A statewide referendum that would shorten Rhode Island's official name and the Democratic House speaker's tight race for reelection are dominating Tuesday's election in the Ocean State.