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News Articles: Elections

Kirsten Engel, an Arizona Democrat running for U.S. House, speaks during a Women's March rally in Phoenix on Jan. 20.

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  • Elections

House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of '24 campaigns

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

January 29, 2024
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  • Susan Davis
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election.

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  • Politics

Early polls don't always foretell the fate of a first-term president. Does anything?

If polls are not perfect predictors of an incumbent's reelection, is there something else that is? Observers have long sought the True North by which to set their compass and their expectations.

January 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ron Elving
Friends Gloria Smith, left, and Venita Epps say working elections is important. "It is my passion and my duty as a citizen in Fulton County," Epps says.

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  • Elections

They watched 2 election workers face abuse, and it's compelling them to serve in 2024

Even though two 2020 election workers in Fulton County, Ga., endured an onslaught of threats and harassment following baseless fraud claims, people there are eager to serve as poll workers this year.

January 27, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Biden's campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez speaks on Nov. 7, 2023. Chávez Rodriguez was in Michigan on Friday where some Arab American leaders declined to meet her because of the Gaza conflict.

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  • Elections

In Michigan, some Arab American leaders declined to meet Biden's campaign manager

The Arab American community is angry that Biden has not called for a ceasefire in Gaza despite a rising civilian death toll. Some leaders said no to meeting his campaign manager.

January 26, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party after his win in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Why don't GOP voters care about electability this year?

Nikki Haley's pitch is that she can beat Joe Biden. But now that she's lost — twice — voters are signaling they aren't concerned about electability as much as a candidate that shares their values.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake arrives for a rally with Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, during the New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

After seeming to bribe Senate hopeful Kari Lake not to run, Arizona GOP chair resigns

The now-former head of the state's Republican Party accused Lake of leaking a recording in which he offers compensation if she will take "a pause for a couple of years" from running for public office.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a rally on Wednesday in North Charleston, S.C.

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  • Politics

No place like home for Haley as she pins her presidential hopes on South Carolina

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's presidential campaign sees a path to competing against Donald Trump — a path that runs right through South Carolina's Feb. 24 primary.

January 25, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Rep Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., seen here campaigning for former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire, recently said, "Of course I'd be honored — I've said that for a year — to serve in a future Trump administration in any capacity."

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  • Politics

4 things to know about Elise Stefanik, as VP rumors swirl

Just a few years ago, Stefanik was rated the 13th most bipartisan House member. She also differed from Trump on several key issues — but times have changed.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
There's no guarantee Donald Trump, Joe Biden or Nikki Haley will share a debate stage this year.

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  • Elections

So long, presidential debates? Why we may not see Trump, Biden or Haley face off

The political debate seems to have become an endangered species, and there are no assurances we'll see Trump, Biden or Haley share the stage this year.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Brianna Scott
President Biden is greeted by Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers. The union endorsed Biden's reelection bid on Wednesday.

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  • Elections

The UAW endorsed Biden — and panned Republican frontrunner Trump as a 'scab'

Most of the country's other big unions endorsed President Biden in the earliest days of his reelection campaign. But the United Auto Workers held back until today.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Andrea Hsu

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  • Elections

Delegate tracker: Trump leads GOP presidential candidates on road to nomination

How many delegates does each candidate have in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race? NPR keeps track.

January 25, 2024
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By:
  • Hilary Fung,
  • Domenico Montanaro,
  • and 1 more
Left: Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, N.H. Right: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

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  • Analysis

5 takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in the Republican primary Tuesday night. It's hard to see another chance for Haley to get ahead, but she is vowing to keep fighting and is looking toward South Carolina.

January 24, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
File photo of voters in line for January 2021 U.S. Senate runoff election. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

State Senate panel presses ahead with bill that would ban ranked choice voting in Georgia

The Georgia Senate Ethics Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban election officials in Georgia from adopting an instant runoff system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference to determine the outcome of elections.

January 24, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap

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  • Elections

Listen to NPR's special coverage of the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary

Voting concludes Tuesday in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary election. Stream NPR's live audio coverage starting at 7 p.m. ET.

January 24, 2024
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By:
  • Heidi Glenn
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. A lawyer for Raffensperger said on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, that a bill is unconstitutional to give Georgia's appointed State Election Board the ability to investigate Raffensperger. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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  • News

Georgia secretary of state says it's unconstitutional for board to oversee him, but lawmakers differ

A Georgia Senate committee wants to give the appointed State Election Board the legal power to investigate Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's handling of elections. But Raffensperger's office says it's unconstitutional for board members to legally oversee him.

January 24, 2024
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