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News Articles: Elections

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  • Elections

Oregon voters approve permit-to-purchase for guns and ban high-capacity magazines

The measure requires an ownership fee, a safety course, fingerprinting, and a background check in order to obtain a gun permit.

November 15, 2022
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By:
  • Lillian Mongeau Hughes
Ballot counters process absentee ballots on Nov. 8 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The scene this year was much calmer than 2020, when protesters descended on Detroit and yelled for election officials to "stop the count!"

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  • Elections

Election officials feared the worst. Here's why baseless claims haven't fueled chaos

So far, false claims of voting malfeasance have not incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that's become a core belief for many on the right.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Miles Parks,
  • and 1 more
Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, claimed that the limited request for her phone records, served on her service provider T-Mobile, was a violation of the First Amendment.

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  • Law

Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to subpoena Arizona GOP chair's phone records

The court's action means that specific parts of Kelli Ward's phone records will be turned over to the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Jess Zalph
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) attends an election event on Tuesday, several days before narrowly winning her race.

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  • Elections

Sen. Cortez Masto, who gave Democrats the Senate, says people want solutions

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Presidents Trump, Nixon, Ford and Kennedy all felt the impact of midterm elections in different ways.

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  • Politics

The midterms didn't produce a wave. Here's what that's meant historically

Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ron Elving
A record number of openly LGBTQ candidates won their midterm races in 2022.

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  • Elections

What it means that a historic number of LGBTQ candidates won midterm elections

The 2022 midterm election made history with the most wins for openly LGBTQ candidates. At least 340 candidates have won their races, beating the previous record of 336 in 2020.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Ballot Tabulation Center last week in Phoenix. The election is not considered over until the vote totals are reviewed and certified.

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  • Elections

Why elections are not over until the votes are certified

Even after vote counting ends, the midterms are not officially over until the results are certified. Election deniers who don't like the results may try to slow down or stop this step.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
An election worker holds an American flag at a polling place at Galleria At Sunset in Henderson, Nevada on Nov. 8.

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  • Elections

Nevada voters back big changes to their election system

The measure establishes open primary elections and then ranked-choice voting. But because it amends the state constitution, voters will need to approve it again in 2024 for it to take effect.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • Don Clyde
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is seen Monday. The Democrat defeated Adam Laxalt, a Trump-backed Republican and former Nevada attorney general. The win means Democrats retain the U.S. Senate.

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  • Elections

Democrats retain control of the Senate after holding Nevada seat

The chamber was decided Saturday evening after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican nominee Adam Laxalt. That gives Democrats 50 seats.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Laurel Wamsley
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, in Las Vegas last month. The Democrat defeated Adam Laxalt, a Trump-backed Republican and former Nevada attorney general.

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  • Elections

Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto wins Nevada Senate race

The Democratic incumbent has been elected to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate, according to the AP.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates gives an update about the ballot counting during a news conference at the Maricopa County Recorders Office in Phoenix, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022.

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  • Elections

How Maricopa County defeated election disinformation — for now

The Republican chairman of Maricopa County, Ariz., is winning praise for his skilled handling of the election in the face of disinformation and voter conspiracy theories, mostly from his own party.

November 13, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Democrat Cisco Aguilar is seen on Election Day.

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  • Elections

Cisco Aguilar defeats an election denier to become Nevada's secretary of state

The Democrat Aguilar defeated Trump-backed Republican Jim Marchant, who has long baselessly maintained the 2020 election was stolen.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won the U.S. House seat for Washington state's 3rd Congressional District in the 2022 election.

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  • Elections

Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in Washington flips key House seat

Small business owner Gluesenkamp Perez beat Trump-backed Joe Kent in a conservative region of southwest Washington state.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • NPR's Washington Desk
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  • Elections

How redistricting affected the outcome of the elections

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report about how the redrawing of Congressional districts throughout the country affected the outcome of midterm elections.

November 12, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Adrian Fontes on Sept. 22.

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  • Elections

Adrian Fontes is elected Arizona secretary of state, beating election denier Finchem

The Democrat narrowly beat Republican Mark Finchem, who has falsely called the 2020 election "irredeemably compromised."

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
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