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News Articles: Elections

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren addresses the crowd at the inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Nygren was sworn in as president and is the youngest person to serve in that position. His vice president, Richelle Montoya, is the first woman in that job.

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Buu Nygren has been sworn in as the next Navajo Nation president

Nygren beat out incumbent President Jonathan Nez in the tribe's general election by about 3,500 votes. The 36-year-old had never held political office before now.

January 10, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Signs used for polling stations are seen in a bin at the El Paso County Courthouse during the presidential primary Texas on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.

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  • Politics

Democrats' new primary calendar isn't quite a done deal, as complications arise

Georgia and New Hampshire have asked for extensions to try and meet the Democratic Party's requirements to move into the early voting window, but it's not clear how they can overcome the hurdles.

January 10, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Sheree Ralston is the executive director of the Fannin County Development Authority. On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 she filed paperwork to run for her late husband and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston' s 7th District House seat.

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  • Elections

Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat

The widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is headed into a runoff in a special election for Ralston’s Northwest Georgia House seat.

January 04, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
PBS NewsWeekend Why some House Republicans are holding out on McCarthy’s speaker bid

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: UGA victory shifts day one of legislative session; McCarthy fights for speakership

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Hundreds of documents from the January 6th Committee outline Georgia's importance to the effort to overturn the 2020 election. The Fulton County election probe may soon recommend criminal charges. And proposals to eliminate Georgia's runoff system continue.

January 03, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Rep-elect George Santos (R-NY3) acknowledges inventing significant parts of his life story before winning a House seat on Long Island, but says he'll still take office next month.

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  • Politics

Some GOP leaders say Republican Santos 'lied' about career and Jewish heritage

Rep.-elect George Santos from New York has acknowledged deceiving voters about most of his life story. He's still slated to be sworn in as a part of the new Republican House majority next month.

December 27, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

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  • Politics

Kari Lake loses her legal challenge to the results of the Arizona governor's race

A judge rejected the Republican's claim that problems with ballot printers on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct. Lake lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs by just over 17,000 votes.

December 24, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Legislation passed by Congress would clarify that the vice president's role in certifying the Electoral College vote is ceremonial. Here, then-Vice President Mike Pence is seen in the House chamber early on Jan. 7, 2021, to finish the work of the Electoral College after a mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol.

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  • Elections

Congress passes election reform designed to ward off another Jan. 6

The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.

December 23, 2022
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  • Miles Parks
Karoline Leavitt at a campaign stop in New Hampshire, just days before her loss on election day. Leavitt would have been one of the first members of Generation Z elected to Congress, and the first Republican.

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  • Elections

These young Republicans want the GOP to invest in Gen Z, but it's an uphill battle

Young conservative leaders are demanding changes from their party after a majority of Millennial and Generation Z voters turned out for Democrats in the midterm elections.

December 23, 2022
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  • Elena Moore
Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Trump, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in August 2022.

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  • Media

Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election

"I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said under oath about former President Trump's false claims that Dominion Voting Systems cheated him of votes in 2020. Dominion is suing Fox News.

December 22, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Maddy Lauria
Stacey Abrams speaks from a stage to an audience.

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  • News

Stacey Abrams' next move may involve advocating for the disabled

Speculation has been brewing over what is next for Stacey Abrams. After she lost her second bid for Georgia governor in November 2022, the Democrat has been quiet about her plans.

December 22, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff
U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia

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  • Elections

Georgia congressman may have illegally voted, newspaper says

Republican U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson's congressional website shows he lives in The Rock, 63 miles away from his former home in West Point, but he voted three times in the county where he no longer lives, possibly violating state law.

December 22, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during an Aug. 18 news conference to announce that the state's new Office of Election Crimes and Security was in the process of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud.

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  • Elections

Florida's effort to charge 20 people with voter fraud has hit some roadblocks

Months after the controversial arrests, one case ended with a plea deal and at least three have been dismissed. And attorneys say Florida's cases face a tough road — even if they make it to trial.

December 22, 2022
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  • Ashley Lopez
The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday.

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  • Elections

Who voted (and didn't) in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff

More registered Georgia voters stayed home than voted in the Dec. 6 runoff, but the state still set midterm voting records this year.

December 21, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Rep.-elect George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Nov. 19 in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

New York GOP leader calls accusation of faked bio for new GOP House member 'serious'

Rep.-elect George Santos won a House seat on Long Island in November but now much of his biography and resume appear to have been invented.

December 20, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17. The committee is meeting Monday to vote on what actions to take following its investigation.

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  • Politics

The Jan. 6 committee is voting on criminal referrals

The House panel has been investigating the Capitol riot and is concluding this work with a final report and various recommendations.

December 19, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
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