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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: A group working to elect more Republican women to Congress is putting nearly $1 million behind an ad campaign in Iowa and Texas asking voters to support three GOP lawmakers in their state who are pushing for increased U.S. energy production in order to bring down g...
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After months of flirting with the idea, former President Donald Trump announced his third bid for the White House - and in doing so, the 76-year-old an incredibly small group of former presidents who returned to the campaign trail even after losing a re-election. Needless to say, the move was unusual... however it is n...
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Unity is rare in politics, as we all know, but there is something partisans agree on: Keep Facebook's and other corporate companies' money out of elections. In a new survey provided exclusively to Secrets, independents, Democrats, and Republicans are against letting outside groups finance elections, including the Mark ...
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Reps. Mary Miller of Illinois (left) and Lauren Boebert of Colorado (right) campaigned with former President Donald Trump on Saturday. Both women face competition in their respective primaries. Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images We already took a look at the nine Democratic primaries to watch in a preview yesterday, so n...
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I regret to inform you that it’s election season again.With the midterms approaching in November, US politics junkies will soon find themselves sucked back into a familiar pattern: devouring news reports on the latest polls, comparing polling averages, and compulsively refreshing election forecast models until the tren...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O'Rourke on Friday reported raising nearly $32 million in his bid for Texas governor during the first half of 2022, more than Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and a haul that puts their race on track to smash spending records in November's midterm elections.The new figures, released as cam...
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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock kicked off a busy day of campaigning on Saturday in the final weekend ahead of the runoff election with a rally featuring some of the nation’s largest labor unions.Those representing Unite Here, a union for hospitality industry workers, wore red and black. The Service Employees International U...
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In Texas, a special primary election is being held to serve the remaining months of former Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's term.Key congressional races to follow in Tuesday's primary elections in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Texas:CROSSING TRUMP: SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS FACE CHALLENGERSGet Today in...
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Former President Trump last week said he has not endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker of the House, saying he had endorsed him in just his reelection bid in California’s 20th Congressional District. Speaking to conservative talk show host Wayne Allyn Root, Trump specified that he hasn’t ...
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By Keith Burbank Bay City News OAKLAND (BCN) Oakland residents will get to vote on greater eviction protections, term limits for City Council members and a likely fairer election process following action by the City Council. The council on Monday placed those proposals on the ballot for voters to consider in November a...
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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats gathering for their annual state convention this weekend are focused on reelecting Gov. Tony Evers and defeating Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, but also know that history is against them in the midterm year as voters face high inflation, rising gas prices and growing concerns about a r...
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RENO, Nev. — Adam Laxalt’s GOP primary win launched Wednesday what is poised to become one of the most closely watched, costliest and perhaps among the nastiest Senate races in the country, with results that have implications for how the battleground presidential state swings in 2024. Republicans see the fight over Dem...
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is moving to the center ahead of the midterm elections, backing a gun safety measure and insisting he is willing to work with President Biden on middle-of-the-road proposals if Republicans win back the Senate majority in November.   McConnell’s message is aimed squarely at...
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Illinois is one of eight states that heads to the polls on Tuesday. Alexandra Buxbaum / Sipa USA via AP Images By the end of the day on Tuesday, 29.5 states — why do you always have to make things difficult, New York? — will have held their 2022 primary elections. But we still have to get through Tuesday first! On June...
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GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Toward the end of a candidate forum put on by a central Arizona GOP club this week, Mark Finchem, a candidate for secretary of state whose views about the 2020 election generally have no basis in reality, told the audience that he had “breaking news” to share. Finchem then fed the crowd a remarkabl...
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Politics July 29, 2022 / 1:38 PM / CBS News Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, former U.S. Senate candidate, undated photo Sarah Godlewski campaign, via Instagram Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski dropped out of the state's Democratic U.S. Senate primary Friday, clearing the path for Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to win ...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears said Republicans are gaining momentum in the historically blue state because an increasing number of Democrats are crossing over and supporting the GOP's common-sense policies. She told "Fox & Friends First" Tuesday that the November midterms w...
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Edit StoryJun 13, 2022,09:29am EDT|Updated Jun 13, 2022, 10:42am EDTTopline Former President Donald Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien is no longer testifying Monday before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack at the Capitol, the committee said in a statement, saying he has a family emergenc...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Two Washington GOP House candidates, both of whom are seeking to represent two different Congressional districts in the state, will face off in their primary elections next week against incumbent Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump last y...
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Chicago Election Board Chair Marisel Hernandez recently included an unusual warm weather addendum to her regular pre-election pitch encouraging voters to cast ballots in the upcoming Illinois primary: Do so before you leave town.“If you’re planning on a summer vacation in the coming weeks, choose to vote by mail,” she ...
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A company linked to the father of a Missouri Democratic congressional contender is funding a political action committee attacking his opponent, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission. YACHAD PAC, a new committee spending against Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., in her upcoming primary challenge, is run by Repu...
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DENVER (AP) — It was no shock that state Rep. Ron Hanks and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters handily lost their recent Republican primaries in Colorado for U.S. Senate and secretary of state.Hanks was outspent 14-to-1 by his rival. Peters, who was vying to become Colorado’s top elections official, had been indicted on sev...
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TAYLOR, Mich. — Tudor Dixon's campaign for governor was left for dead.As recently as May, the former conservative commentator and actor had been polling near the bottom of a crowded Republican primary field and struggling to raise money. But unlike her character in the low-budget 2011 horror movie "Buddy BeBop vs. the ...
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, said Sunday that criminal charges against the people involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election -- including former President Donald Trump -- were not his "principal interest" compared to understanding how the ...
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during his speech during a rally at the Iowa States Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., October 9, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Mummey/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's online fundraising ha...
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is reportedly keeping the door open to a 2024 White House run, even if former President Donald Trump enters the fray. Speaking to roughly two dozen top advisers and donors Tuesday, Cotton detailed some of the groundwork he has laid for a presidential bid, emphasizing that no contender would scare...
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Democratic senators are pushing back on whispers within their party that President Biden, 79, is too old to run for a second term.  Senators say they will strongly support Biden if he opts to run for reelection, despite growing concerns over his low public approval rating and his ability to win a grueling presidential ...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering. State Issue 1, the sole question on the ballot, calls for raising the threshold for passing future change...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Trump-endorsed candidate Adam Laxalt told Fox News Digital Thursday that his campaign raised $2.8 million during the second quarter as he campaigns in the Nevada Senate, four months before faces incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., in the November elec...
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Democrats and Republicans alike are heading out to the ritzy Hamptons, New York's summer playground, to fill their campaign war chests in the final months of the 2022 midterm elections and, in some cases, to test presidential aspirations for 2024.With just under 100 days until the November elections, more than a dozen ...
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The South Carolina GOP primary will mostly be devoid of drama. Still, all eyes are on the 1st Congressional District, where Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) seeks the renomination against Donald Trump-endorsed Katie Arrington, in yet another test of the former president's influence within the party. Arrington won a shocking prim...
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Adam Laxalt speaks to a crowd at an election night event on June 14, 2022 in Reno, Nevada. (Trevor Bexon/Getty Images)A string of election-denying conspiracy theorists, some with close ties to QAnon, won their elections Tuesday night, pushing the Republican Party further into the arms of former President Donald Trump—a...
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An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - Voters in Illinois and Colorado will pick candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in primaries on T...
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WASHINGTON — One of the most reliable rules of American politics is that a president’s first-term midterm elections are bad for the president’s party. Since 1950, the president’s party has gained seats in the first midterm only once, in 2002, the first national election after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001...
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is reportedly discussing the possibility of a 2024 presidential campaign with major Republican donors. The decision, reportedly, will ultimately depend on the 2022 midterm elections and not former President Donald Trump. Tom Cotton, the junior senator from Arkansas, possibly running against Donal...
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By Jason LangeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on the ballot for November's most competitive congressional elections have a growing financial advantage over Republicans, with a few Republican campaigns showing signs they are struggling at fundraising, new financial disclosures show.Republicans are still favored to win ...
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Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado, clerk indicted on multiple felony counts stemming from an election security breach, poses in a jail booking photograph in Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S. March 9, 2022. Mesa County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJune 27 (R...
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Arizona voters head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the state's primaries. Leading Republican candidates in some key contests have doubled down on far-right conspiracies denying the results of the 2020 election. Stephanie Sy reports on how these candidates are shaping the race. Judy Woodruff: Voters in Arizona ...
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A Republican push to repeal a law that allows undocumented residents to apply for driver’s licenses could face a clearer path to the November ballot, after GOP leaders said a wealthy donor has committed to supporting the effort.If activists gather enough signatures, voters will decide whether to keep or nix the law, wh...
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The battle for Senate control will hinge on campaigns in any one of six states, maybe seven, as Republicans aim to net the single seat they need to reclaim the majority in the midterm elections. Democrats are defending the barest of advantages. Their rule over the evenly divided, 50-50 Senate exists courtesy of the tie...
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Topline The Federal Reserve’s “heightened sensitivity” to rising inflation expectations could be triggered by a barrage of political ad campaigns that are expected to highlight surging consumer prices ahead of the midterm elections in November, analysts at Goldman Sachs warned on Friday, adding that the central bank ma...
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After a spring and early summer dominated by a near-weekly slate of high-profile Republican primaries, July is quiet, all except for Maryland, where the sleepy GOP nominating contest for governor is beginning to heat up. It’s unfolding in what is, by now, a familiar fashion. Outgoing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and f...
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While former President Donald Trump remains a commanding force within the GOP over a year after departing office, his provocative demeanor has led some in the GOP to argue he shouldn't get the party's nod for the 2024 presidential election. High-profile Republicans have been splintered over whether he should run, with ...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren railed against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, urging voters who feel the same way to channel their energy at the ballot box in November’s midterm elections.“I am spitting mad over this. We have six extremist justices on the United States Supreme Court who have decided that t...
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By Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporterImage source, EPAImage caption, A shift in the electoral winds before November's mid-terms could have dramatic implications for abortion rights across the USAs the dust settled on the Supreme Court's decision overruling the constitutional right to an abortion, politicians across ...
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While former President Donald Trump remains a commanding force within the GOP over a year after departing office, his provocative demeanor has led some in the GOP to argue he shouldn't get the party's nod for the 2024 presidential election. High-profile Republicans have been splintered over whether he should run, with ...
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Penny Mordaunt has “not been available” for her job as a trade minister because she has spent months preparing a leadership campaign, her boss has claimed.Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the international trade secretary, said that other ministers had to “pick up the pieces” in the department because Mordaunt had not been pullin...
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Politics Updated on: July 14, 2022 / 12:11 AM / CBS News Early voting in the Arizona primary is underway as the Republican candidates for Senate faced off in a tense debate Wednesday night. The debate, hosted by conservative TV network Newsmax, just days before former President Donald Trump is scheduled to campaign in ...
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A staffer for Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) sought to have delivered a slate of "alternate" electors to then-Vice President Mike Pence that would swing the results of the 2020 election in favor of President Donald Trump, according to text messages revealed by the Jan. 6 committee. The aide, Sean Riley, texted Chris Hodgson, ...
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Politics August 1, 2022 / 10:06 PM / CBS News Primary elections in five states Tuesday Primary elections will take place in five states on Tuesday 06:07 Former President Donald Trump on the eve of the Missouri primaries gave his much-coveted endorsement in the Republican primary for Missouri's open Senate seat, but the...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic strategist James Carville pushed back on Saturday against CNN’s Jim Acosta over concerns about Democrat interference in Republican primaries.Acosta questioned the ongoing strategy of Democrat groups boosting "extremist Republicans" during the primaries to ensure th...
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Reps. Mary Miller of Illinois (left) and Lauren Boebert of Colorado (right) campaigned with former President Donald Trump on Saturday. Both women face competition in their respective primaries. Michael B. Thomas / Getty Images We already took a look at the nine Democratic primaries to watch in a preview yesterday, so n...
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In the wake of a historic union election victory at the Amazon JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, more Amazon workers in the US are trying to replicate that success with their own organizing campaigns in other states.The moves comes despite losses in Alabama and at a second warehouse in Staten Island, where wor...
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Former President Donald Trump is apparently eyeing an early 2024 announcement in an attempt to win back the White House — and it could come in the next few days. Behind the scenes, Trump is mulling an early entry into the 2024 fray to capitalize on lackluster polling for President Joe Biden and deter any stiff GOP prim...
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(Courtesy of the Chen campaign) California has not elected a nonincumbent Republican to statewide office since 2006. Lanhee Chen, the GOP nominee for state controller, is betting he can make some history. “Our campaign is really about competence and about defending the taxpayers — it’s not about ideology,” Chen said Th...
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Dan Cox, a Maryland state legislator who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, talks to reporters June 30 in Annapolis, Md. (Brian Witte / Associated Press)Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Trump, on Tuesday won the Republican primary for Maryland governor, defeating a mode...
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The state of Georgia is putting former President Trump’s grip on the Republican Party to the test. Trump-backed candidates have faced a handful of setbacks in recent primary races, but nowhere has that been as evident as Georgia. Trump’s revenge-driven push to take down Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and Secretary of State Brad R...
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Campaign advisers say they all told Trump not to declare victory on election nightJason Miller, Bill Stepien and Ivanka Trump all testified that they did not believe the then-president could declare victory on election night. Stepien said the former president expressed to staff that disagreed with him on this that they...
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Donald Trump’s endorsement may have helped a number of Republican candidates get through their midterm primaries this year — but some may now be wary of the former president's continued involvement. Trump has reveled in what he describes as a highly successful endorsement track record. On Wednesday, he boasted of anoth...
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses thousands of anti-abortion activists at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - Seventeen months after leaving office, former President D...
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Arizona’s Republican attorney general recently lashed out at hecklers who repeatedly interrupted him for not prosecuting 2020 election fraud cases more aggressively, telling them the “truth hurts.”“I know people are upset. But you know what? We’re conservatives. The Constitution matters,” Mark Brnovich, who is running ...
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The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners want to make sure Chicagoans’ votes are cast in time for the primary Tuesday.Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file photo With only a few days left before the primary election Tuesday, city election officials say early voting has been lagging and are urging Chicagoans to make sure th...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace said Democrats are pushing for police funding due to a "branding problem" ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. On "Fox & Friends First" Friday, Mace noted that Democrats are trying to readjust strategy and appeal to voters after Speaker Pelosi s...
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Update: Updated at 9:25 a.m. Wednesday with more info on South Texas contests.WASHINGTON — Having broken Democrats’ century-long grip in the Rio Grande Valley, Mayra Flores received a hero’s welcome Tuesday evening as she became Texas’ newest member of Congress.Fellow Republicans packed their side of the House to greet...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Mary Miller says former President Donald Trump's endorsement is "huge" as she faces off on Tuesday in an Illinois congressional primary against fellow House Republican Rep. Rodney Davis.Miller is a first-term representative in Illinois' 15th Congressional District, which...
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Rarely has a rising politician thrilled party regulars the way Ron DeSantis is thrilling Republicans right now."If you were scripting a perfect Republican presidential candidate, the list of preferred requirements would read something like DeSantis' resume," broadcaster Piers Morgan swooned in the New York Post last mo...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told party members Friday that the future of the Democratic agenda to preserve abortion rights and restrict guns — the subjects of two landmark Supreme Court rulings this week — will depend on the midterm elections."Over the last two days...
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Politics July 12, 2022 / 11:04 AM / CBS News Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan believes that if former President Donald Trump were to announce a 2024 presidential bid before the midterm elections, it "would be a terrible mistake" for the GOP and could "upset the applecart" for the party's aspirations in the midterm elections t...
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| June 14, 2022 12:02 AM  | Updated Jun 14, 2022, 12:42 AM Here's one question White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says reporters shouldn't be asking. CNN's Don Lemon pressed her Monday night on whether President Joe Biden has the stamina, physically and mentally, to run for reelection and lead beyond 2024 f...
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CBS News projects Katie Britt wins the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Alabama, prevailing over Rep. Mo Brooks in their runoff race Tuesday.Virginia and the District of Columbia held primaries Tuesday, and Georgia also held runoff elections, but perhaps the most closely watched race Tuesday was the Alabama GOP Se...
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Republicans believe their luck in Nevada is poised to turn, viewing Tuesday’s primaries as the first step toward a fall sweep in their campaigns for Senate and the state’s four House seats. Not since 2014 have Republicans experienced material success in Nevada, with Democrats getting the better of the GOP up and down t...
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get the free app Updated on: June 15, 2022 / 1:08 AM / CBS News Rep. Nancy Mace faces tough primary Rep. Nancy Mace faces tough GOP primary in South Carolina 11:10 Four states held primary elections Tuesday, and in one of the most closely watched races in South Carolina, CBS News projects Russell Fry wins the 7th-Distr...
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Dan Cox, a far-right state legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican primary for Maryland governor on Tuesday, defeating a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan.Cox will face the winner of the Democratic primary in the November general election. The top ...
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| June 19, 2022 05:35 PM  | Updated Jun 20, 2022, 08:42 PM Former President Donald Trump made it clear that he has not endorsed anyone, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), for speaker of the House. Toward the end of a recent interview, Trump interjected to correct conservative talk show host Wayne Allyn Ro...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of President Joe Biden’s favorite sayings from the campaign trail is, "don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative." And it seems, less than100 days out from the 2022 midterm elections, voters are doing just that: comparing each candidate on their own ...
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) predicted on Sunday that the 2024 elections will be a “mess” when asked how worried he was about the next time the U.S. votes for president given how divided the country is over who is to blame for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. ABC’s “This Week” moderator George Stephanopoulos said all si...
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Washington, D.C. is set to hold its primary on Tuesday, with the results signaling which direction the capital will go in amid growing concerns over crime and housing costs.  In a city that is overwhelmingly Democratic and where a Republican has never been elected mayor, the Democratic primaries largely determine who w...
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Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, emerged at the top of a pack of contenders Tuesday night to nab the nomination to succeed U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush.Jackson’s win over 16 other Democrats in the historic 1st Congressional District sets him up as the overwhelming favorite to continue nearly a...
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LIVE UPDATESA key witness, Trump's 2020 campaign manager, is now unable to testify.Last Updated: June 13, 2022, 12:07 PM ETThe House select committee holds another public hearing Monday -- this time focused on the "big lie" pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies -- that the committee says fueled those w...
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Politics June 24, 2022 / 6:40 PM / CBS News As national Democrats in Washington, D.C. heard from state after state on why they should be among the first to vet the party's presidential nominee, one essential question was repeated: Exactly how diverse is your state? Members of the Democratic National Committee's Rules a...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! "Real Time" host Bill Maher conceded that former President Donald Trump could win back the White House in 2024 if he wasn't so fixated on the 2020 election.  During a panel discussion on Friday night, Maher ridiculed Trump, who took aim at the HBO star during a recent speech,...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! GOSHEN, N.Y. – GOSHEN, N.Y. – Rep. Lee Zeldin say he’s "taking nothing for granted," but on the eve of the New York State primary the front-runner for the GOP gubernatorial nomination touted that he’s the Republican who can oust Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul in November. Looki...
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Binyamin Netanyahu hopes to engineer his return to power by launching a “scorched-earth” campaign, courting far-right voters and accusing rivals of being beholden to Islamists.The former prime minister, 72, warned rivals when he was unceremoniously removed from power a year ago that he would return. This week, after th...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With less than a week to go until primary day in New York State, Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin landed an endorsement from one of the biggest names in the GOP as he runs for his party’s gubernatorial nomination.Zeldin, a four-term lawmaker who represents New York’s 1st Congressio...
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Politics July 20, 2022 / 7:00 AM / CBS News Political fundraising and spending trends across the U.S. A look at political fundraising and spending trends across the U.S. 08:11 About $513 million was raised through ActBlue, the Democratic Party's online fundraising platform for small dollar donors, between April 1 and J...
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get the free app Updated on: June 14, 2022 / 11:11 PM / CBS News Rep. Nancy Mace faces tough primary Rep. Nancy Mace faces tough GOP primary in South Carolina 11:10 Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in primary elections in four states, setting up some of the most closely-watched and expensive general election matchups ...
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More Democrats than Republicans questioned in a new survey say they are more likely to vote in the midterm elections after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, published on Monday, found that 78 percent of Democrats said they are more likely to vote in this year’s midter...
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin leads in early results from Saturday’s special primary for the state’s only U.S. House seat, as voters whittled down the list of 48 candidates running for the position that was held for 49 years by Rep. Don Young. Congressional candidate Santa Claus stands in front of the North Pole po...
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State Rep. Bee Nguyen is the Democratic nominee for secretary of state in Georgia after winning a runoff primary, NBC News projects.Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American to serve in the Georgia General Assembly, will face GOP incumbent Brad Raffensperger, who won a tough primary election last month after being targeted...
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The only thing standing in the Republicans' way in the 2022 midterm elections is their own candidates. Nowhere does that promise to be a bigger problem than in Pennsylvania. Two polls this month have found that the Republican candidates for governor and Senate are trailing their Democratic opponents despite the favorab...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – Virginia residents told Fox News their top priorities when considering candidates for Tuesday's primary election are their stances on the economy, education and gun safety. "My top voting priorities—it's definitely our economy," a Loudoun County mother, ...
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Politics June 27, 2022 / 10:56 PM / CBS News The Republican primary between Reps. Rodney Davis and Mary Miller in Illinois' 15th District is emblematic of the choice GOP primary voters face: Trump-type hardliners who deny the validity of the 2020 election versus conservatives who voted to certify President Joe Biden's ...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fox News contributor Ben Domenech said on "The Faulkner Focus" Friday that attacks by the left will only get worse, especially if Democrats lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. LEE ZELDIN, NEW YORK GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, ATTACKED AT CAMPAIGN STOPBEN DOMENE...
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Paul LePage, the Republican whose two terms as Maine’s governor were dominated by his offensive rhetoric and combative leadership, is seeking a political comeback. With no opposition, LePage coasted to the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday, setting up a fierce general election campaig...
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The campaign manager for Dan Sanchez, the Democrat who lost the special election for Texas’s 34th Congressional District, ripped Democratic leadership for the outcome in the heavily Latino district.  Sanchez lost to Republican Mayra Flores, who was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. at 6 years old. The district is 85 ...
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Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano announced on Monday that Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who challenged the 2020 elections results for former President Trump, would join his campaign as a senior legal adviser.  “Jenna Ellis was the first to endorse us and was a champion for our campaign during th...
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Embattled Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, in her closing message to Wyoming voters ahead of the state’s Tuesday primary, once again spotlighted her mission to make sure that former President Donald Trump never returns to the White House."America cannot remain free if we abandon t...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, Democrats and aligned groups raised more than $80 million, a tangible early sign that the ruling may energize voters.But party officials say donors are giving much of that money to national camp...
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Primary voters in four states and Washington, D.C., headed to the polls Tuesday night, determining several contested races in key states that might sway control of Congress in November. Voters cast their ballots in Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C., with some results still too close to call as ...
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Voters are showing an eagerness to junk old slates of presidential candidates and entertain a new cast of hopefuls, opening the door to fresh faces eyeing the 2024 race, including Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Missing in new polling is a desire for past no...
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