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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…
Virginia making congressional picks in primary elections
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Polls have closed in Virginia, where voters are choosing Republican and Democratic nominees for various congressional races in low-key primary elections.
Runoff decides Republican nominee for N.C. Congress seat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Voters in western North Carolina were choosing on Tuesday the Republican nominee for a congressional seat held by Mark Meadows, before he became President Donald Trump's chief of staff.
Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act
ATLANTA (AP) — When some Georgia voters endured a pandemic, pouring rain and massive waits earlier this month to cast their ballot, President Donald Trump and other Republicans blamed local Democrats for presiding …
California city of Fort Bragg considers name change
FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) — A rugged Northern California coastal city named for a Confederate general may ask voters to change its name as people protesting racial inequality and police brutality tear down monuments …
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Authorities investigate possible suicide in holding cell
BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Lake Havasu City police are handling an investigation into the death of a woman who was found unresponsive in her holding cell.
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New York votes after primary season like no other
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A primary election season like no other will reach its conclusion Tuesday, as New Yorkers pick their candidates for congress, president and other offices following campaigns in which candidates …
Runoff decides Republican nominee for N.C. Congress seat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Voters in western North Carolina are choosing the Republican nominee for a congressional seat held by Mark Meadows, before he became President Donald Trump's chief of staff.
California city of Fort Bragg considers name change
FORT BRAGG, Calif. (AP) — A rugged Northern California coastal city named for a Confederate general may ask voters to change its name as people protesting racial inequality and police brutality tear down monuments …
Election Day in South Carolina; but for only half the state
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Election Day is here again for South Carolina, but polls are only opening in half of the state's counties.
Senate, House races among decisions in Kentucky primary
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Presidential primaries may top the ballot June 23, but there are several others races to be decided in Kentucky including party nominations for a U.S. Senate seat. Other contested races on the…
GOP runoff winner to face Dem chairman of Homeland Security
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi.