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Here are the key primary election results from Wisconsin

Wisconsin holds top billing Tuesday, with a competitive Republican governor's primary highlighting races there.

August 09, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Elections

Here are the key primary election results from Minnesota

Polls in Minnesota, which has competitive primaries for several contests, close at 8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET.

August 09, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer listens to complaints while addressing Election Day ballot shortages in the county.

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  • Elections

Election issues in this Arizona county provide fodder for both political parties

Last week's primary in Pinal County was marred by ballot issues, giving both Republicans and Democrats opportunity to push their respective narratives about election administration.

August 08, 2022
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  • Ben Giles
Ron DeSantis, seen speaking to reporters from Fox News in 2018 when he was running for governor of Florida, has been prominent in a recent trend of Republicans ignoring or actively avoiding mainstream press, particularly national outlets.

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  • Elections

Republicans have long feuded with the mainstream media. Now many are shutting them out

A trend of GOP candidates ignoring or actively avoiding legacy media — particularly national outlets — is building this year. That can hamper voters' ability to make informed choices.

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

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  • Elections

GOP Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach Trump, advances in Wash. primary

Newhouse will face Democrat Doug White in November's general election in the heavily Republican district.

August 06, 2022
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  • Benjamin Swasey
Alie Utley and Joe Moyer react to their county voting against the proposed constitutional amendment during the Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kan., on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

How the 2022 midterms strategy could change after the Kansas abortion vote

Republican and Democratic strategists are recalibrating how much of an issue abortion rights will play in the midterm elections after a decisive vote by Kansans in favor of abortion rights.

August 06, 2022
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  • Barbara Sprunt
The first voters under Georgia's newly passed voting rules in the East Macon 3 precinct in Macon, Ga., cast their ballots on Tuesday.⁠

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  • Elections

Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections

A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's statewide election of its five public service commissioners illegally dilutes Black voting power. The judge on Friday ordered the state to not prepare ballots for two races that had been scheduled in November.

August 05, 2022
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  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff
Arizona Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake speaks at an election-night gathering in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday.

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  • National

Kari Lake, news anchor turned election denier, is Arizona GOP nominee for governor

Kari Lake, who has spent her campaign spreading election lies, was endorsed by Trump. Her rival, Karrin Taylor Robson, was backed by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

August 05, 2022
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  • Ben Giles
Miami-Dade County Elections Department employees check the tabulation made by voting equipment that will be used in the upcoming state primary election.

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  • Elections

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.

August 05, 2022
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  • Miles Parks
President Biden started his presidency only selectively referring to his predecessor as "the former guy." But he's talking about Donald Trump frequently in recent weeks and months.

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  • Politics

Biden used to keep Trump mentions to a minimum. Not anymore

With the midterms approaching and lots of chatter about whether Biden will run in 2024, Donald Trump is a useful foil for the president once again.

August 05, 2022
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  • Tamara Keith
Blake Masters, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Tucson.

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  • National

Talk of 'invasion' moves from the fringe to the mainstream of GOP immigration message

With midterm elections looming, many Republican candidates have embraced increasingly extreme language about immigration. Immigrant advocates worry that such rhetoric stokes fear and hate.

August 04, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
A mural of Rep. John Lewis on a street named after him Feb. 11, in Nashville, Tenn. The late Lewis was part of a movement that marched downtown from the historically Black neighborhood of North Nashville to take part in lunch counter sit-ins. That same neighborhood is redistricted into a mostly white congressional district, which some Democrats are comparing past civil rights violations.

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  • National

Today in Nashville, 9 Republicans run for a seat redistricted out of Democrats' reach

GOP lawmakers in Tennessee have redrawn Nashville from one Democratic congressional district into three GOP-leaning districts. Democrats will have a difficult, if not impossible, time getting elected.

August 04, 2022
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  • Blaise Gainey
Mark Finchem, a Republican candidate for Arizona secretary of state, waves to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a rally put on by former President Donald Trump in Arizona on July 22.

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  • Elections

Election denier Finchem wins GOP nomination to oversee voting in Arizona

Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and is a longstanding member of the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers.

August 04, 2022
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  • Miles Parks

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  • Elections

Here are the key primary election results from Tennessee

Voting concludes Thursday in Tennessee's primary elections for governor and U.S. House districts.

August 04, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Abortion-rights supporters cheer as the proposed Kansas constitutional amendment that would allow abortion restrictions in the state fails. They were watching election results at the Kansas for Constitutional Freedom watch party in Overland Park.

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  • Politics

Abortion rights shockwave rocks the midterms and 3 other takeaways from primaries

Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have opened the door to abortion restrictions. Elsewhere, Trump showed strength in GOP races again. Both outcomes will impact the midterms.

August 03, 2022
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  • Domenico Montanaro
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