San Francisco mayor fights for reelection while Oakland mayor battles recall
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Mayor London Breed is fighting a self-funded philanthropist for reelection while in nearby…
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AP Race Call: Republican Anna Luna wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 13th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Luna, a first-term congresswoman and Freedom…
Continue Reading Hurricane Rafael plows across Cuba as a Category 3 storm after knocking out power on the island
Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Scott Franklin wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 18th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Scott Franklin won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Andrea Kale. The inland 18th…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Kat Cammack wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 3rd Congressional District
Republican Rep. Kat Cammack won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. She has represented the 3rd District, which includes…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Maria Elvira Salazar wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 27th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Salazar represents a Miami-Dade district…
Continue Reading Cherfilus-McCormick wins Florida US House District
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. She ran…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Vern Buchanan wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 16th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Buchanan, who has served in the House since 2007,…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican John Rutherford wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 5th Congressional District
Republican Rep. John Rutherford won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 5th District includes most of Jacksonville…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Mario Diaz-Balart wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 26th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 26th District stretches across southern…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Kathy Castor wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 14th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 14th District is centered around Tampa Bay,…
Continue Reading How the AP is able to declare winners in states where polls just closed
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has declared winners in some states where polls had just closed, and in some cases before…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Maxwell Frost wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 10th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Frost, the youngest member of the House, first won…
Continue Reading Unexpectedly, news outlets wind up having a relatively traditional election night experience
AP Media Writer After months of reporting on what polls described as a remarkably close race, news outlets finally have the chance to report on…
Continue Reading AP VoteCast: Economy ranked as a top issue, but concerns over democracy drove many voters to polls
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, but the future of democracy was…
Continue Reading Jury finds Alabama man not guilty of murdering 11-year-old girl in 1988
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A jury has found an Alabama man not guilty of killing an 11-year New Hampshire girl more than 35 years ago. The case…
Continue Reading South Dakota has rejected an abortion rights measure and voted down recreational marijuana
Associated Press Voters in South Dakota have rejected a proposal to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution, preserving a…
Continue Reading West Virginia voter, ACLU file lawsuit after Democrat state senate candidate left off ballot
Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A voter filed a lawsuit against a county in ruby-red West Virginia calling for a special election after…
Continue Reading Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno defeats incumbent US Sen. Sherrod Brown in key Ohio race
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Bernie Moreno has defeated Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio to help shift control of…
Continue Reading Virginia judge orders election officials to certify results after they sue over voting machines
WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) — A judge in a rural Virginia city has ordered two officials there to certify the results of the election. The pair filed a…
Continue Reading Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer is elected to a third US Senate term
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican Deb Fischer has won a third term representing Nebraska in the U.S. Senate. Fischer won her previous…
Continue Reading Voters back Nebraska’s ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and reject a competing measure
Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters have enshrined the state’s current ban on abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy…
Continue Reading Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse wins a fourth term in the US Senate from Rhode Island
Associated Press Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island has won a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. Whitehouse beat Patricia Morgan, a…
Continue Reading Democrat Gabe Amo, Rhode Island’s first Black representative in Congress, wins reelection
Associated Press Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative in Congress from Rhode Island, has won reelection. Amo easily beat his Republican…
Continue Reading Democrat Ruben Gallego faces Republican Kari Lake in US Senate race in Arizona
Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, faces well-known former television news anchor and…
Continue Reading Democratic US Rep. Jeff Jackson is elected as North Carolina’s attorney general
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson has been elected as North Carolina’s next attorney general. Jackson…
Continue Reading North Dakota voters defeat ballot measure to largely axe property tax
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters have rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes. Critics said the…
Continue Reading ‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy contractor behind one of the military’s biggest scandals, sentenced to 15 years
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding…
Continue Reading 76ers’ Joel Embiid is suspended by the NBA for three games for shoving a newspaper columnist
NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was suspended by the NBA on Tuesday for three games without pay for shoving a member of the…
Continue Reading North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is elected as the state’s governor
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has been elected the state’s next governor. The Democrat…
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