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Planned Parenthood to Spend Record $50M in Midterm Elections
The nation’s leading abortion rights advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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Candidates Make Last-Minute Push Ahead of Tuesday's Vt. Primary
Vermonters will go to the polls Tuesday for the state’s primary elections, though many already have cast ballots through early voting and vote-by-mail options. The three candidates in the state’s most closely-watched contest — for the Democrats’ nomination for U.S. House in November’s general election — focused on get-out-the-vote efforts Monday. Molly Gray, the current lieutenant governor, and Louis...
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Your Guide to the Primary Elections Today in Connecticut
The Connecticut primaries are happening today and voters across the state will be voting in several primary races. There is a Republican primary for the United States Senate and one for U.S Representative. There are primaries for Secretary of the State, Treasurer and several state senate and representative races. The Connecticut primaries are today, Tuesday, Aug. 9. The polls are…
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Election Night Takeaways: Abortion Backlash and Trump's Revenge
In one of the biggest days of this year’s primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a scandal-tarred former governor seeking a Senate seat.
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5 Charts That Show the Real Threat of Young Voters Skipping the Midterms
With headlines about abortion, mass shootings, the climate crisis, and economic woes virtually inescapable, Gen Z and young Millennials are more engaged with politics than their parents’ or grandparents’ generations ever were at their age. But a number of new indicators, related to political frustrations and disengagement from the system suggest many of those young, politically-engaged Americans still may not…
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Former Oath Keeper Warns of Potential for Future Extremist Violence
Former spokesman for the Oath Keepers extremist group Jason Van Tatenhove testified Tuesday before the Jan. 6 committee that he believes that without intervention, domestic extremism groups could incite violence in future elections. “We’ve gotten exceedingly lucky that more bloodshed did not happen.”
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First Primaries Since Roe V. Wade Overturned Show Abortion Is on Ballot
A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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GOP Reps. Boebert, Miller Win Primary Battles Against More Centrist Candidates
Two of Congress’ staunchest conservatives repelled more centrist challengers to lock up Republican nominations on Tuesday.
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Colorado GOP Rejects Candidates Who Back Trump Election Lie
Colorado Republicans have rejected two prominent election deniers in primaries Tuesday night. It’s a setback for the movement to install backers of former President Donald Trump’s election lies in positions with power over voting. Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters lost the Republican primary for secretary of state to Pam Anderson, a former clerk in suburban Denver. Peters was indicted for...
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Election Workers Facing An Increase In Threats Across Country
This week’s gripping testimony to Congress about threats to local election officials following the 2020 presidential election had a rapt audience outside Washington — secretaries of state and election clerks across the U.S who said the stories could easily have been their own.
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Justices Seem Poised to Hear Elections Case Pressed by GOP
The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans. It could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting. It also could cut state courts out of the equation.
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Decision 2022: Gubernatorial Candidates Run Unopposed in Maine Primaries
Current Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and former Republican Gov. Paul LePage both run unopposed in today’s primaries.
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Abrams-Kemp Slugfest for Georgia Governor Promises to Be Pricey, Long and Ugly
Both Abrams and Kemp are already talking about what they need to do to mobilize voters after primaries that drew heavy turnout.
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The Case for Universal Voting
Sue O’Connell spoke with Miles Rapoport, author of “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting,” which argues why all members of a democracy must participate in elections.
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Biden's Messaging, Leadership Face Tests in Next Democratic Primaries
A new round of primary elections across the U.S. this week is exposing heightened tensions within the Democratic Party.
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1 in 3 Fear That Immigrants Want to Replace Americans, Influence Elections, Poll Shows
Two-thirds of Americans, according to the AP poll, feel the country’s diverse population makes the U.S. stronger, and far more favor than oppose a path to legal status for immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children.
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GOP Works to Get Out the Vote After Calling Elections Rigged
Republicans backing Donald Trump’s false statements about the 2020 election are now campaigning for votes by preaching skepticism about elections.
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Is New Hampshire's First in the Nation Primary in Jeopardy?
The Democratic National Party is coming after New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary — making a public push to change the rules to allow other states to apply for the coveted spot. At the Airport Diner in Manchester, a popular stop on the campaign trail almost every candidate, people say the primary is a source of pride for Granite…
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RNC to Require GOP Candidates to Abstain From Debates
The Republican National Committee says it will now require party candidates for president to pledge not to take part in debates organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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RNC Votes to Withdraw From Commission on Presidential Debates Events
The RNC announced voted to require GOP presidential candidates to abstain from presidential debates sanctioned by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which has overseen the process for decades.