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  • Elections

Distorted graphic in Georgia governor race

When it comes to political images, seeing shouldn’t always be believing. Case in point is an image recently tweeted by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that is misleadingly presented to make his polling advantage over Republican rival David Perdue appear larger than it actually is in a hypothetical general election matchup with Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • Robert Farley
Rrepublican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Republicans "are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased [Commission on Presidential Debates] in order to make their case to the American people."

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  • Politics

Republicans say they're quitting the 'biased' Commission on Presidential Debates

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel claims that the commission "refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates."

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Governor Brian Kemp

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  • Elections

Television ad attacking Brian Kemp makes unsubstantiated Georgia election claim

The Georgia secretary of state’s office is investigating a conservative watchdog group’s claims of illegal “ballot harvesting” in the state during the November 2020 general election and a special election runoff in January 2021. But the pending investigation is not evidence that “widespread illegal ballot harvesting” elected Georgia’s two Democratic U.S. senators, as a conservative super PAC’s TV ad claims.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • D'Angelo Gore
Former Sen. David Perdue R-Ga., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic development project in Georgia’s history is drawing opposition from an unusual source: former Republican U.S. senator Perdue. A former corporate executive, Perdue is looking to unseat Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a fellow Republican, in this year’s gubernatorial race.

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  • Elections

Trump PAC gives $500,000 to attack Georgia's Brian Kemp

Former President Donald Trump has given $500,000 to a group that is now running ads attacking Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The spending appears aimed at boosting former U.S. Sen. David Perdue's Republican primary challenge to Kemp, although it never mentions Perdue by name.

April 14, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Caucusgoers are seen here in Carpenter, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. The Democratic National Convention approved a resolution Wednesday that revamps its presidential nominating process, which means Iowa could lose its "first in the nation" status.

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  • Elections

Iowa and New Hampshire are not guaranteed to be first contests for Democrats in 2024

The Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that will likely upend the party's traditional presidential primary calendar.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Juana Summers and
  • Barbara Sprunt
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, a Republican, concedes the race to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Nov. 12, 2021 — 10 days after Election Day.

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  • Elections

After 2020, a candidate conceding an election is no longer a sure thing

Before former President Donald Trump's baseless assault on the U.S. voting system, candidate concessions were taken for granted. No more.

April 14, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks
(L-R) Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

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  • Elections

The top 10 Senate seats that are most likely to flip to the other party

Though more Republican-held seats are up for grabs in November, Democratic struggles mean the GOP has improved its likelihood to take control of the Senate. Here are the key contests to watch.

April 13, 2022
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
France's President and French liberal party La Republique en Marche (LREM) candidate to his succession Emmanuel Macron waves to supporters during a one-day campaign visit in Hauts-de-France region, in Carvin, northern France, on Monday.

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  • Europe

On the presidential campaign trail, competing visions of France emerge

As President Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen campaign for the April 24 run-off election, analysts say the vote results will have deep consequences in France and on the world stage.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley
Stacey Abrams

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  • Elections

Georgia elections lawsuit backed by Abrams goes to trial

A trial has gotten underway in a federal lawsuit that alleges serious problems with Georgia's election system. The trial began Monday with lawyers for the plaintiffs arguing that the state has erected a series of roadblocks to voting through its policies and practices.

April 11, 2022
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  • Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Trump endorses Dr. Oz for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump is basing his support for Dr. Mehmet Oz on electability, as Republican candidates vie for the former president's support in key battleground states.

April 11, 2022
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Rep. Madison Cawthorn has said so many inflammatory things that even some fellow Republicans in western North Carolina's 11th Congressional District are tiring of him. Cawthorn appears with former President Donald Trump on Saturday.

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  • Elections

Cawthorn's inflammatory comments have some Republicans in his district tiring of him

Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has been under fire for recent comments about Ukraine and life in D.C., joins former President Donald Trump at a North Carolina rally on Saturday.

April 09, 2022
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
Anti-government militant Ammon Bundy is among a slate of far-right candidates running for office in Idaho in 2022.

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  • Politics

Republicans face a test of extremists' power in Idaho's primaries

Moderate Republicans are organizing in opposition to extremists gaining control of the party.

April 08, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
An election worker in Atlanta carries a bin of ballots to be scanned on Jan. 5, 2021, during Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff elections.

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  • Elections

Many harried election officials are eyeing the exit. But new workers are stepping up

A recent survey found that 20% of election workers say they are unlikely to continue in their role in the 2024 election cycle. Here are some of the new faces joining the ranks.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks at the Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Elections Officials conference in Athens, Georgia.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | Checking in with Georgia's 'election superheroes'

On this week's episode, we visit Georgia's elections official training conference for a temperature check ahead of the May 24 primary.

April 06, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
In February, ahead of the Texas statewide primary, Carlos Vanegas at the Harris County Elections Office in Houston pushes a cart with mail-in ballots to be sent to voters. The county ultimately rejected thousands of the mail ballots it received back.

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  • Elections

Almost 25,000 mail-in ballots were rejected in Texas for its March 1 primary election

More than 12% of mail ballots were rejected for the primary. That's a far higher rejection rate than in previous contests.

April 06, 2022
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  • Ashley Lopez
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