Articles filed under Politics
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Election take-aways: Congress control on knife's edgeNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Wednesday was a day for sorting, sifting and framing of an expensive, exhaustive and highly negative midterm election campaign. And nothing was quite yet ce...
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Kentucky, Michigan voters approve protecting abortion rightsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Mi...
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Warnock, Walker advance to runoff for Senate seat in GeorgiaNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election ma...
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McCarthy's command of GOP weakened by election failuresNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The promise of a red wave receding, Republicans on Wednesday faced the stark reality that any return to power would mean presiding over a narrowly split Con...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Early voting: not goodNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Some 640,000 Pennsylvanians voted ahead of the Oct. 25 debate between Democratic hopeful John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz, who are running for an open U.S. Senate...
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'Disappointed with these results': Durkin leaves Illinois House GOP leadership postNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, a Western Springs Republican, has announced he's giving up his party leadership position. He made the decision after Tuesday's...
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Why AP hasn't called control of Congress yetNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A look at where control of Congress stands in the 2022 midterm elections. WHY HASN'T THE AP CALLED CONTROL OF CONGRESS YET? In short, because neit...
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GOP closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republicans were closing in Wednesday on a narrow House majority while control of the Senate hinged on a series of tight races in a midterm election that de...
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'A heart for change': Advocates celebrate voters' approval of mental health boardsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Voters in four suburban counties made a strong statement Tuesday about the importance of treating mental health. In referendums this fall, voters approved tax increases ...
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Immigration advocates celebrate election firsts, plan next steps for reformNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Pro-immigration activists gathered Wednesday to celebrate the election results of their grass-roots campaign efforts. "I don't know about you all, but I am fired up righ...