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This combination of photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking during a rally in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 12, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, right, speaking during a rally in Warren, Mich., Nov. 1, 2024.

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Trump flips Georgia and moves closer to reclaiming the White House

Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago.

November 06, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Same-sex marriage cake toppers are displayed on a shelf at Fantastico on December 5, 2017 in San Francisco, California. The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a civil rights case over a Colorado baker's refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

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  • Elections

Colorado voters protect same-sex marriage, California and Hawaii still voting

In Colorado, voters have passed Amendment J, repealing a ban on same-sex unions passed in 2006, according to a call by The Associated Press.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Chiriguayo, KCRW
Kelly Ayotte addresses a crowd of supporters in Salem at an election night victory party.

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  • Elections

Republican Kelly Ayotte wins New Hampshire governor

Republican Kelly Ayotte wins the race for governor in New Hampshire over Democrat Joyce Craig in what was described as the most competitive race for governor in the country this year.

November 05, 2024
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  • Josh Rogers, NHPR
Kelly Ayotte addresses a crowd of supporters in Salem at an election night victory party.

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  • Elections

Republican Kelly Ayotte wins New Hampshire governor

Republican Kelly Ayotte wins the race for governor in New Hampshire over Democrat Joyce Craig in what was described as the most competitive race for governor in the country this year.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Josh Rogers, NHPR
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on October 30, 2024.

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  • Elections

North Carolina’s Josh Stein wins race for governor over Mark Robinson

 Stein is the current attorney general and he noted his work winning opioid settlements. But it was controversy over Robinson’s inflammatory rhetoric that dominated the race.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Colin Campbell
Cristian Ortega carries his son Luca as he walks in the snow into the Oak Creek Town Hall to drop off his ballot on Election Day, November 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Colorado.

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  • Elections

Colorado voters move to put existing abortion laws into state constitution

Already a regional hub for abortion access, the vote is an example of states that are trying to strengthen their laws for reproductive rights.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Bente Birkeland and
  • Bente Birkeland, Colorado Public Radio
Christopher Reid, 54, a U.S. Army veteran, relaxes in a hammock alongside homemade signs supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Florida's Amendments 3 and 4, which would legalize recreational marijuana and enshrine abortion rights in the state, respectively, across from a polling place at the Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida on Tuesday.

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  • Elections

Florida recreational marijuana measure falls short

The policy would have authorized the state’s medical marijuana growers and retailers to sell to consumers.

November 05, 2024
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  • Ryland Barton
Supporters of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, who turned out to protest against abortion wait to follow the bus at the start of the "Reproductive Freedom Bus Tour" by the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Gov. Tim Walz, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Boynton Beach, Fla.

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  • Elections

Florida amendment to expand abortion access fails. A six-week ban remains

The vote faced a 60% threshold, and the failure leaves abortion banned across most of the South beyond six weeks of pregnancy — when many still don't realize they're pregnant.

November 05, 2024
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  • Regan McCarty, WFSU
A voter casts a ballot at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

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  • Elections

New York votes to put abortion rights in the state constitution

Abortion rights are part of a sweeping amendment preventing various forms of discrimination.

November 05, 2024
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  • Ian Pickus, WAMC
A copy of Project 2025 is held during the Democratic National Convention in August.

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  • Politics

Project 2025 keeps coming up this election. What is it?

Project 2025 refers to a controversial plan drafted by the conservative Heritage Foundation to overhaul the U.S. government.

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Franco Ordoñez
An audience member holds a brochure on abortion rights as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on reproductive rights at Ritchie Coliseum on the campus of the University of Maryland on June 24, 2024 in College Park, Maryland. Harris is speaking on the two year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and struck down federal abortion protections.

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  • Elections

Abortion will be protected in the Maryland state constitution

Abortion is already legal in Maryland. Passing the amendment means that voters have made it much more difficult for lawmakers to restrict abortion in the future.

November 05, 2024
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  • Scott Maucione, WYPR
Workers count ballots at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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  • Elections

Milwaukee is recounting about 34,000 ballots due to human error

Milwaukee election officials are retabulating some 34,000 ballots because the voting machine doors weren't properly secured this morning. They say the issue has been resolved but will delay results.

November 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Residents cast in-person absentee ballots at a polling place set up at the Warner Park recreation center on October 30, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

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  • Elections

You've heard of swing states. Here are 7 swing counties to watch

Here seven counties to watch — one in each swing state — that might give some idea how the race is going and why one candidate or the other won:

November 05, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Republican Senate candidate Mike Braun speaks during a campaign stop on November 3, 2018 in Greenwood, Indiana. Braun is locked in a tight race with incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Donnelly.

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  • Elections

Republican Mike Braun wins Indiana governor’s race

The first-term senator’s campaign pitch centered on his experience starting and growing an auto parts business into a multi-million-dollar company.

November 05, 2024
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  • Brandon Smith, Indiana Public Broadcasting

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  • Elections

Follow NPR for 2024 election night coverage

Tune in to NPR starting at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 5 as polls begin to close, and stay with us throughout the night as results come in.

November 05, 2024
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  • Heidi Glenn
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