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For millions of women who believed America was on the precipice of electing its first female president, the 2024 election is another disappointment. Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala H...

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Many California congressional incumbents prevailed on Election Night, early results show, but some key races remain too close to call. California is poised to help determine which party controls ...

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Fourth Congressional District Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, said Wednesday he’s open to taking a new role in the incoming Donald Trump administration, potentially leading the Department of Agricult...

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Democrats clung to one last hope Wednesday that they could still retain some serious clout in Donald Trump’s Washington as control of the House of Representatives remained uncertain. It takes �...

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Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, defeated his Democratic challenger in California’s 3rd Congressional District, the Associated Press projected on Wednesday. Kiley, a freshman congressman, faced D...

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Mitch McConnell celebrated a new incoming GOP majority on Wednesday, after Republican candidates overperformed polls in key Senate races across the country in the 2024 election. The outgoing GOP ...

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Donald Trump marginally increased his win total in Kentucky in the 2024 presidential election. Kentucky was the first state called for Trump on Tuesday night, granting the Republican nominee its ...

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Kentuckians voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump for the third time in eight years. But it was the highly engaged battleground states of Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina that ...

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Don’t expect to know a clear winner on Tuesday night in California’s 13th Congressional District, home to what’s expected to be one of the nation’s closest 2024 House of Representatives �...

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Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, was leading former Assemblyman Rudy Salas, D-Bakersfield, in early returns from California’s 22nd Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to the Associ...

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Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, was leading his Republican challenger in California’s 9th Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press, as early returns came in. Harder...

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Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Roseville, was leading his Democratic challenger in California’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press, as first results came in. Ki...

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Republicans won control of the Senate in Tuesday’s elections, gaining seats in West Virginia and Ohio. Other tight races remained too close to call in both the House and the … Click to Contin...

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Rep. James Comer easily won reelection Tuesday night to represent Kentucky’s 1st District, a district that sprawls from West Kentucky up to the commonwealth’s capital city of Frankfort. Comer...

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Lexington-area Republican Congressman Andy Barr easily clinched a seventh term in office representing Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. The 51-year-old B...

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It’s a three-peat for former President Donald Trump in North Carolina. The Associated Press called the state for Trump at 11:18 p.m., as unofficial results continued to trickle in from … Clic...

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Much of the country’s attention will be on North Carolina on Election Night as results roll in for one of the most pivotal battleground states. As votes are counted and … Click to Continue »...

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Following three rallies across the state over the weekend, Donald Trump kicked off his final day of campaigning for the White House with a stop in Raleigh. The former president … Click to Conti...

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Thirty-nine minutes into former President Donald Trump’s 90-minute speech in North Carolina on Wednesday afternoon, he peered down and pointed at a single man in a crowd of more than … Click ...

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With early voting now ended in North Carolina, the turnout looks different from 2020. More voters cast their ballots during in-person early voting than ever before, far fewer voters used … Clic...

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Kamala Harris is close to making history. She could become the first woman president, first Asian-American president, first woman of color president and first Democrat from California to be elect...

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All eyes have been on North Carolina this election cycle, but not because of its congressional races. Last October, the Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly created a new map for...

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House of Representatives control runs through California, experts say, where several incumbents are at risk of losing their seats. The San Joaquin Valley holds California’s most vulnerable incu...

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Former President Donald Trump is wrapping up his campaign in part with a series of rallies in North Carolina over the weekend, ending in Raleigh on Monday. More than 4 … Click to Continue »

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Rep. John Duarte and Adam Gray faced off on costs, water and abortion in their last debate for one of the nation’s most competitive House of Representatives elections, with each … Click to Co...

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A company contracted by Florida and several other states to track the cultivation and sale of legal marijuana has been linked to two men who have been penalized for insider … Click to Continue ...

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Dan Bishop is confident that his promise to help law enforcement “restore law and order” will resonate with voters as they head to the polls and choose a new attorney … Click to Continue »...

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says private Republican polls reveal nearly the same picture that public polls do: The 2024 presidential race is tied in each of the seven … Click to...

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The Marion and Old Fort early voting sites are about a 15-minute drive apart, but on a sunny Wednesday afternoon in late October, the scenes in each location were vastly … Click to Continue »

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The specter of former President Donald Trump’s false election claims still looms four years after his defeat, especially in battleground North Carolina, which could be the decisive state in det...

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