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Maricopa County gives an update on the Arizona elections, outstanding votes and timelines.
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Katie Hobbs addresses her supporters in Arizona
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Re-election Speech
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Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott beats Beto O'Rourke securing a third term
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Beto O'Rourke concession speech: 'I'm in this fight for life'
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Declares Victory In Governor’s Race, Easily Defeating Republican Darren Bailey
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Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul Elected to Full Term in New York
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Former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected Arkansas governor on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to lead the state and the highest profile Trump administration official in elected office.
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JD Vance wins Ohio Senate race by wider margin than predicted
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Democrat John Fetterman defeats Trump-backed GOP rival Dr. Mehmet Oz in pivotal Pennsylvania Senate race
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Rand Paul has been reelected for a third term, according to the Associated Press.
He was challenged by Democratic nominee Charles Booker.
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Sen. Marco Rubio wins re-election in Florida, defeating Democratic Rep. Val Demings
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Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, and Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, are in a rematch of their 2018 race. Catch up on what happened during their last debate before Election Day.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and challenger Tiffany Smiley met for the second, and final, time on the debate stage Sunday night, clashing over the economy, health care, gun control and climate change as Smiley relentlessly attacked the incumbent as a “career politician” while Murray responded with policy achievements from a long career in office.
Smiley, a Republican, rarely passed up an opportunity to remind viewers how long Murray, who is seeking a sixth term, has been in the Senate.
Gov. Tim Walz and Republican challenger Dr. Scott Jensen clashed in their third and final debate Friday, sharpening their attacks on each other in the waning days of the campaign for the state's top job.
"This election is about our future," said Walz, who is seeking a second term. "You're going to hear and you've seen over this campaign, two very contrasting visions of Minnesota. Scott's vision is a dark and fearful vision of Minnesota."
The two candidates in the closely watched Colorado Senate race went on the attack in a second debate Friday, after an uneventful first debate Tuesday.
Sen. Michael Bennet accused Republican opponent Joe O'Dea of being a "liar" after O'Dea sought to portray his record in Washington as ineffective and closely aligned with President Biden and national Democrats.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican fighting for re-election in Alaska, defended her record against attacks from her Trump-backed challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, in a debate on Thursday.
Ms. Murkowski advanced to the general election in November with a nearly seven-point lead over Ms. Tshibaka, and both far outperformed their Democratic opponent, Patricia Chesbro.
But the senator has had to relentlessly campaign for political survival since she voted to convict Donald J. Trump in his impeachment trial after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Ms. Murkowski has continued to be a target of Mr. Trump, who visited the state in July for a rally with Ms. Tshibaka and this week criticized Ms. Murkowski during a tele-rally as “one of the worst senators even imaginable.”
Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan and Republican Don Bolduc on Thursday sparred over abortion during their second debate in the New Hampshire Senate race, with the retired Army brigadier general getting visibly worked up by the attacks being lobbed at him on the issue.
The Alaska congressional debate Wednesday evening gave voters an opportunity to hear from Congresswoman Mary Peltola and her challengers former Gov. Sarah Palin, Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye.
The candidates were each given 45 seconds to address concerns among voters including record-high inflation, gas prices and salmon distribution — a key issue specific to Alaska’s fisheries.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin both came out swinging at the singular debate in New York’s gubernatorial contest Tuesday as recent polls show a tighter-than-expected race just two weeks from Election Day.
The Democratic governor seeking her first term and the Long Island congressmember hit on the themes that have defined their campaigns: She criticized him for being an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump who doesn’t support abortion rights; he hit back that Hochul has let crime fester in New York City and hasn’t done enough to address the state’s high cost of living.
Democrat John Fetterman pledged to fight for working people but struggled at times to articulate his views during a high-stakes U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night, while Republican Mehmet Oz tried to claim the center lane politically but frequently dodged policy specifics.
Fetterman’s performance, answering live questions in 30- and 60-second responses on stage, though, is likely to be the most scrutinized part of a debate that has drawn national attention — both for the importance of the Pennsylvania campaign, and for the widespread focus on Fetterman’s recovery from a May stroke.
Abortion, pandemic school closures and rising costs took center stage during the final hour-long debate between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Tudor Dixon in Oakland County.
Defiant as ever, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fiercely defended his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and his focus on divisive cultural issues in his first and only reelection debate Monday, as Democrat Charlie Crist accused his Republican rival of being distracted by his national political ambitions.
Crist charged that DeSantis was already focused on running for president and pressed his opponent to commit to serving his second full four-year term. DeSantis didn't directly answer the question.
Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Tiffany Smiley met in a combative debate Sunday night, with Murray highlighting achievements from a three-decade career and tying Smiley to national Republicans, while Smiley blamed Murray for crime, inflation and Washington, D.C., bureaucracy and promised to be a new voice for the state.
Smiley repeatedly went on the attack, raising her voice at times, insisting Murray and her long tenure are responsible for many of the ills that plague the nation.
Gubernatorial candidates Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sen. Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) sparred over homelessness, abortion access, soaring gas prices and addressing climate change at the first and likely only debate between the two candidates this election.
Maura Healey, Geoff Diehl meet for final gubernatorial debate
The first question to begin the final debate between Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl and Democratic rival Maura Healey had nothing to do with Massachusetts.
“Did Joe Biden win the 2020 election?” WCVB politics reporter Ed Harding asked both candidates, starting with Healey.
“Yes,” Attorney General Healey said, with no hesitation.
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders defended her avoidance of local media in her bid for Arkansas governor on Friday as she appeared in her only debate ahead of next month’s election.
Sanders, the Republican nominee who is heavily favored in the November election, has conducted few local interviews during her bid for the state’s top office. Sanders had agreed to only one debate with Democratic nominee Chris Jones and Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington.
Trump on 2024 run: ‘I will probably have to do it again’
Former President Trump said Saturday that he would “probably” have to run for the White House again, alluding to a potential 2024 rematch against President Biden.
At a rally in Robstown, Texas, Trump, who was campaigning for Republicans in the state, continued to push unfounded claims that he won the 2020 election.
In their final debate of the campaign, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker accused Republican challenger Darren Bailey of being a “threat to democracy” over his support for former President Donald Trump. Bailey countered with a new name for Chicago, labeling it “Pritzkerville” in blaming the governor for its problems with crime, education and business retention.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Florida went on the attack Tuesday in her first debate against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, accusing him of being a serial liar, while Rubio criticized her for supporting President Joe Biden's economic agenda.
The three candidates in Georgia's gubernatorial election debated Monday night ahead of the November election.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said in a debate Sunday she regrets nothing about the controversies that caused her to lose her committee assignments and become a far-right icon in national politics.
Tonight, the Georgia Senate Debate occurred. It was not readily accessible and Raphael Warnock only agreed to this one debate before the midterms.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America Rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
“They’re trying to silence me and more importantly they’re trying to silence you. But we will not be silenced, right?” Trump said.
President Joe Biden charged in a prime-time address Thursday that the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foundation of our republic,” as he summoned Americans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the most ardent Republican critic of Donald Trump in Congress, vowed to carry on her fight against the former President and the election-denying movement he leads in a speech Tuesday night after conceding defeat in her primary.