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Progressive district attorney faces tough-on-crime challenger in Los Angeles

Progressive district attorney faces tough-on-crime challenger in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Gascón won election as Los Angeles County district attorney in 2020 on promises to implement criminal justice reform in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.
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Republican Mike Kehoe faces Democrat Crystal Quade for Missouri governor

Republican Mike Kehoe faces Democrat Crystal Quade for Missouri governor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe is facing Missouri state Rep. Crystal Quade on Tuesday for the governorship. Kehoe is strongly favored to win in the heavily Republican state, where Quade is the House minority leader.
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Empty seats become a more common sight at Trump's final rallies

Empty seats become a more common sight at Trump's final rallies

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade bragging about his crowds. Lately, he’s been making the same boasts to swaths of empty seats.
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Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw face off in a New Jersey Senate race opened up by a bribery scandal

Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw face off in a New Jersey Senate race opened up by a bribery scandal

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters are deciding between Democratic U.S. Rep.
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Wisconsin voters to decide legislative control and noncitizen voting question

Wisconsin voters to decide legislative control and noncitizen voting question

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters will get a chance in Tuesday's elections to shift the balance of power in the Legislature and decide whether to explicitly forbid foreign nationals from ever voting in the state.
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Wisconsin Senate race pits Trump-backed millionaire against Democratic incumbent

Wisconsin Senate race pits Trump-backed millionaire against Democratic incumbent

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S.
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Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and pick up an open seat

Wisconsin Republicans look to reelect a US House incumbent and pick up an open seat

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A first-term Wisconsin Republican who was in the nation’s Capitol during the Jan.
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The winner of a North Carolina toss-up race could help decide who controls the US House

The winner of a North Carolina toss-up race could help decide who controls the US House

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A pathway for Republicans to keep the U.S. House or for Democrats to take control of it may partially hinge on who is victorious in North Carolina's only toss-up congressional district . Democratic U.S. Rep.
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The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots

The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day 2024 arrived Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner.
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Control of Congress may come down to a handful of House races in New York

Control of Congress may come down to a handful of House races in New York

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers could play an outsized role Tuesday in determining control of the U.S.
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