Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — An attorney for Karen Read argued in front of the state’s highest court that several charges related to the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend should be dropped. Read is accused of ramming into John O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him to die in a snowstorm in January
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Shomari Figures won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Thursday. Republican Rep. Barry Moore, who currently represents the district, is running in the neighboring 1st District after a federal court ordered Alabama to draw a new congressional district that ensured Black residents’ voting power. That decision also brought
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Chris Deluzio won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Wednesday. A former Navy officer, Deluzio has held the seat since 2023. This year, he defeated Republican Rob Mercuri, an Army veteran who represents part of Allegheny County in the state House of Representatives. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden carried this
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández (CNN) — El senador de Texas Ted Cruz ganará la reelección a un tercer mandato, proyecta CNN, derrotando al retador demócrata, el representante Colin Allred, y negando a los demócratas una de sus mejores oportunidades para mitigar las posibles pérdidas en otras partes. El estado de Texas fue durante mucho tiempo un bastión
Continue ReadingRepublican Tony Wied won election to a U.S. House seat representing Wisconsin on Tuesday, holding the seat for his party. Wied won the backing of former President Donald Trump and defeated Democrat Kristin Lyerly, an obstetrician who had sued to overturn Wisconsin’s abortion ban. Lyerly tried to make the race about abortion, but Wied prevailed
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Maxine Waters won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Tuesday. She defeated Republican small business owner Steve Williams. The 86-year-old Waters, whose heavily Democratic 43rd District is anchored in Los Angeles, is known for her outspoken, sometimes blunt personality. She has been gaveled off the House floor for accusing Republican
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Angie Craig won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Minnesota on Tuesday. Craig, a former journalist and communications professional, will serve a fourth term representing suburban and rural areas south of Minneapolis and St. Paul. She defeated Republican Joe Teirab, a Marine Corps veteran, former federal prosecutor and son of a Sudanese
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate. Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks, former executive of Prince George’s County, Maryland, prevailed in their races to double the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate –
Continue ReadingBy Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Republican Bernie Moreno will defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, CNN projects, a key pickup for the GOP in a state that’s been trending its way and putting the GOP one step closer to securing the Senate majority. The three-term incumbent was already the last remaining Democrat in nonjudicial statewide
Continue ReadingKamala Harris won Oregon on Tuesday, adding eight electoral votes to her tally. Oregon has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous presidential election after gaining a congressional seat following the 2020 census. The Democratic nominee for president has won Oregon since 1988. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner
Continue ReadingKamala Harris won Oregon on Tuesday, adding eight electoral votes to her tally. Oregon has one more electoral vote this cycle than it did in the previous presidential election after gaining a congressional seat following the 2020 census. The Democratic nominee for president has won Oregon since 1988. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris wins Oregon.
Continue ReadingDemocratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine won reelection in Virginia for his third term Tuesday, beating Republican challenger Hung Cao. Kaine was widely expected to keep his role as the Commonwealth’s junior senator. Political scientists said there was only a narrow path to victory for Cao given Virginia’s moderate electorate, aversion to Trump in 2020 and
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday. Garcia won her fourth term in the Houston district. One of the first two Latinas to serve in Congress from Texas, the attorney was selected as one of the House impeachment managers in the first attempt to remove Donald Trump
Continue ReadingAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market, Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks and bitcoin all stormed higher Wednesday as investors made bets on what Donald Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy and the world. Among the losers the market sees: the renewable-energy industry and potentially anyone worried
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Cliff Bentz won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Tuesday. Bentz was first elected to the seat in 2020 after serving in the Oregon Legislature for just over a decade. He defeated Democrat Dan Ruby. His sprawling rural district spans all of eastern Oregon and most of southern Oregon. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Cliff Bentz wins reelection to U.S. House in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District.
Continue ReadingDemocrat Maxine Dexter won election to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Tuesday. She defeated Republican Joanna Harbour in the district’s first open race with no incumbent in nearly three decades. She will be succeeding fellow Democrat Earl Blumenauer, who had represented the solidly blue district that includes part of Portland since 1996. The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Maxine Dexter wins election to U.S. House in Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District.
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Tuesday. Bonamici was first elected to the House in a special election in 2012. This year, she defeated Republican Bob Todd. The district spans Oregon’s northern coast and includes part of liberal Portland. It hasn’t sent a Republican to Congress since
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