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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…
AP News Guide: Top of the Vermont ticket is governor, US rep
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The races for governor and the U.S. House top the ballot in Vermont,
Mainers to use ranked voting for president for first time
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A
NH governor's race spotlights leadership, loyalty to Trump
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu faces Democrat Dan Feltes on Tuesday after a campaign in which the candidates questioned each other’s loyalty and leadership skills.
Fates of candidates, ballot questions in Mass. voters' hands
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters face a lot of choices, and not just for
AP News Guide: Election Day 2020 in Delaware
DOVER, Del. (AP) — This year’s general election in Delaware was like none ever seen in the state before. Tens of thousands Delawareans took advantage of a universal voting-by-mail law authorized under emergency pow…
Name change, incumbent futures in Rhode Islanders' hands
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders on Tuesday are picking a president, deciding whether to return a U.S. senator and two U.S. House members to Washington, and passing judgment on a ballot measure that would sh…
AP News Guide: Election Day 2020 in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — While more than half of Maryland’s registered voters had already mailed in their ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic or voted in person at early voting centers ahead of Election Day, more th…
All eyes on Pennsylvania as election finish line nears
Pennsylvania voters are poised to play a crucial and perhaps decisive role in choosing the next president as Donald Trump and Joe Biden headline a statewide election in which millions of ballots have already been c…
AP News Guide: Presidential, US House races top Ohio ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After a surge in early in-person and absentee voting, final 2020 ballots have been cast in Ohio, a state initially all but written off by Democrat Joe Biden in his race to unseat Republican Pr…
Ohio pivotal in presidential race; US House seats unchanged
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s role as a bellwether for the nation remains in play this year after Democrat Joe Biden mounted a strong challenge to Republican President Donald Trump for the state’s 18 electoral votes…
Election Day — more like election deadline — arrives in NJ
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.
AP News Guide: A look at New Jersey's elections
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democrats Joe Biden and Cory Booker emerged victorious Tuesday in New Jersey.
Tax question, Senate, House races on ballot in Illinois
CHICAGO (AP) — As the polls opened Tuesday, in a surge driven by the coronavirus pandemic, 3.5 million Illinois residents had already cast their ballots.
All eyes on Pennsylvania as the election finish line nears
Pennsylvania voters are poised to play a crucial and perhaps decisive role in choosing the next president as Donald Trump and Joe Biden headline a statewide election in which millions of ballots have already been c…
Democrats looking to chip into GOP's Indiana dominance
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans were poised to continue their Indiana political dominance as voters cast this year’s final ballots Tuesday, although Democrats had some chances to claw back to greater relevance.