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Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Voters in Washington state on Tuesday upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include ha...

Nov 05, 2024

Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer is elected to a third US Senate term

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer won reelection Tuesday to a third term in the U.S. Senate, besting challenger Dan Osborn, a former labor union boss and military veteran who gained t...

Nov 05, 2024

Democratic Rep. Angie Craig wins 4th term in Minnesota swing district, beating Republican Joe Teirab

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Angie Craig won a fourth term Tuesday in Minnesota's tightest congressional race, a faceoff against Republican challenger and former federal prosecutor Joe Teir...

Nov 05, 2024

Trump-backed Republican Tony Wied wins a northeastern Wisconsin congressional district

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A first-term Wisconsin Republican who was in the nation's Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was vying for a second term Tuesday, while another candidate running with t...

Nov 05, 2024

Democrat Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota wins 4th Senate term, defeating GOP ex-NBA player Royce White

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has won a fourth term, defeating anti-establishment Republican and former NBA player Royce White in Minnesota's top election matchup. Klobuchar we...

Nov 05, 2024

North Dakota voters defeat ballot measure to largely axe property tax

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes, which critics said would have led to dramatic cuts in state services. The general el...

Nov 05, 2024

Texas border districts are again in the thick of the fight for House control

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas faced his first election Tuesday since his indictment on bribery charges, one of three closely watched races along the U.S.-Mexico border wh...

Nov 05, 2024

Democratic US Rep. Jeff Jackson is elected as North Carolina's attorney general

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson was elected North Carolina's next attorney general on Tuesday, defeating Republican congressman Dan Bishop in an expensive campaign focused on wh...

Nov 05, 2024

Democratic US Rep. Chris Pappas wins fourth term in New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas was reelected to a fourth term Tuesday in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District, maintaining a firm Democratic grip on what once was a swing seat. Papp...

Nov 05, 2024

Trump-backed Republican Bernie Moreno defeats incumbent US Sen. Sherrod Brown in key Ohio race

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Republicans prevailed Tuesday in a must-win Senate race in Ohio, as Trump-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno defeated Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown with control of t...

Nov 05, 2024