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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election
EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…
Meijer wins Republican primary in retiring Amash's district
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An Iraq War veteran whose family started the Meijer chain of stores has won the Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional District in western Michigan.
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The Latest: Longtime eastern Arizona lawmaker Allen defeated
PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on Arizona's primary election (all times local):
Australian leader says US-China war no longer inconceivable
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday his government held a less dramatic view of U.S.-China strategic tensions than a predecessor who warned of a potential “hot war…
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Judge to hear legal challenge of Louisiana virus regulations
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration Wednesday was defending Louisiana's statewide mask mandate and bar restrictions enacted to combat the coronavirus outbreak, as a state district judge co…
Rep. Fred Upton wins primary; 2 Dems vying to face him
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Longtime Republican Rep. Fred Upton on Tuesday defeated a primary challenger in his congressional district in southwestern Michigan.
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Big Arizona voter turnout brings slow results, few surprises
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters turned out in near-record numbers to set the stage for a high stakes battle for the U.S. Senate, keep former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's comeback hopes alive and give a strong challenger to a…
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Kansas Rep. Watkins unseated after facing criminal charges
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Freshman Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins lost his Republican primary Tuesday after being charged with
Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri
Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's Democratic pri…
McSally, Kelly move on to set up hot Arizona Senate race
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic astronaut Mark Kelly secured their parties' nominations Tuesday in the Arizona race to finish the late John McCain's U.S. Senate term.
St. Louis prosecutor chided by Trump wins primary race
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, whose job performance has been lauded by some civil rights activists and criticized by President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans, held off a chall…