Tag: Elections

Poll station administrator Leticia Velez watches as a voter enters the booth at City Hall during primary voting for New Jersey gubernatorial candidates on June 6, 2017, in Hoboken, N.J.

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Shocking Vice article reveals an out-of-state driver’s license doesn’t count as valid voter ID in Tennessee

Becket Adams · November 2, 2018 4:48 pm

North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and former Republican senator and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pose for a photo on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 in Bismarck, North Dakota. Hagel is campaigning across the state for Heitkamp, who is viewed as one of the most vulnerable candidates among red-state Democrats in the Senate.

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Heidi Heitkamp to hunters: Vote and lose your hunting license

Philip Wegmann · November 2, 2018 2:26 pm

A now hiring sign is seen in front of a business along the boardwalk, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Ocean City, New Jersey. Many seasonal businesses are struggling to find enough workers again this summer.

Wages are up again – do workers really want to elect Democratic tax-hikers?

Washington Examiner · November 2, 2018 12:21 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., joined at left by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praises the Republican tax bill at an enrollment ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.

Speaker Paul Ryan: Vote Republican, keep America prosperous

Rep. Paul Ryan · November 2, 2018 4:02 am

President Trump takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018.

Trump rips McCaskill in Missouri: She says ‘nice things’ but won’t vote with me

Naomi Lim · November 2, 2018 1:41 am

The Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group, is targeting vulnerable Senate Democrats with upcoming elections after they voted against a bill Monday that would ban abortion 20 weeks into a pregnancy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Facebook censoring pro-life political ads, again

Becket Adams · November 1, 2018 7:27 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018.

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Nancy Pelosi promises no civility unless Democrats win the midterm elections

Becket Adams · November 1, 2018 6:37 pm

U.S. Senate candidates, U.S. Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., left, and U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., prepare their remarks in a television studio prior to a televised debate, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Phoenix. Both ladies are seeking to fill the seat of U.S. Sen. Jake Flake, R-Ariz., who is retiring.

Martha McSally favored to defeat Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona Senate race: Poll

Katelyn Caralle · November 1, 2018 5:11 pm

Randy Wick, right, 68, fills in his midterm election ballot at an early voting poll at a mall in Bloomingdale, Ill., on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Wick, a member of the NRA who "leans" Republican and conservative and lives in Roselle, Ill., says that despite the country's polarization, he still has hope people can come together. "We've got a lot of good in us," said Wick, who voted for President Trump in 2016. "I wish it could be that way all the time."

Cook Political Report outlook: Democrats gain 30-40 seats in House, up from 25-35

Daniel Chaitin · November 1, 2018 3:20 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2016 file photo, a man stands outside his tent on Division Street in San Francisco. San Francisco voters will decide in November 2018 whether to tax large businesses to pay for homeless and housing services in a city struggling with income inequality. Supporters collected enough signatures to get the measure on the ballot.

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California’s Prop 10 may double down on its insane housing crisis

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 1, 2018 3:07 pm

Voters use electronic polling machines as they cast their votes early at the Franklin County Board of Elections, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio.

Wave of millennial candidates poised to send average age of politicians plummeting

Katelyn Caralle · November 1, 2018 1:51 pm

Appleton resident Barbara Caveny votes with her son, Ben, 4, at Fox Valley Lutheran High School on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Appleton, Wis. (AP Photo/The Post-Crescent, Sharon Cekada)

Voters purged from Ohio rolls to have their ballots counted, court rules

Vaishnavee Sharma · November 1, 2018 2:31 am