Midterm Election Stories
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Is a 12-week abortion ban an effective compromise for the GOP in 2024?
Nebraska and North Carolina both recently enacted 12-week abortion bans. Republicans have recently suffered defeat on a string of abortion-related issues, from ballot measures in the 2022 midterms to losing a Wisconsin state supreme court seat in an April election. Now, prominent figures in the GOP are calling for their party to find unity on the issue ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Is a 12-week abortion ban an effective compromise for the GOP in 2024?
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In Wisconsin, a big win for liberals and a warning for the GOP
The Democrat-backed candidate's decisive victory in a pivotal state Supreme Court race may signal that Republicans are losing their grip on swing-state voters.
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Biden says in video that Iran nuclear deal 'is dead, but we're not going to announce it'
In a newly surfaced video shot at a Nov. 4 midterm election rally in California, President Biden told a woman in attendance that the 2015 U.S. nuclear deal with Iran was "dead," but that his administration would not be making an official announcement confirming its status.
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Republican megadonor Thiel urges GOP to challenge China
GOP megadonor and tech billionaire Peter Thiel urged Republicans to make China more of a target as the party seeks a path forward following disappointing results in November’s midterm elections.
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Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Herschel Walker to win reelection in Georgia Senate runoff race
Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock has won the state’s runoff election, defeating Republican Herschel Walker in one of the most hard-fought campaigns of 2022.
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Did the midterms deliver a blow to GOP election denialism?
Republican candidates pushing false claims about the 2020 election were defeated in key races across the country. What does that mean for the future of "Stop the Steal?"
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Stumping for Warnock, Obama urges Georgia to give Democrats a bigger Senate majority
Former President Barack Obama headlined a campaign rally for Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock on Thursday night to try to energize Peach State voters to head to the polls on the eve of the last day of early voting in the runoff election against Republican Herschel Walker.
4 min read - USYahoo News
How a GOP county in Arizona is roiling the election results
Republican officials have delayed certification of the midterm election results in Arizona's deep-red, rural Cochise County, holding up approval of its midterm election results, and depriving at least one Republican of his U.S. House seat.
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Georgia appeals court clears way for early voting in high-stakes Senate runoff election
On Monday, the Georgia Court of Appeals handed Democrats a big win, letting stand a lower court ruling that will allow early voting to be held this weekend ahead of the Dec. 6 Senate runoff between incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.
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How President Biden helped Democrats avert a midterm disaster
If Democratic victories in the midterms were tinged with disappointing defeats, it was still the most favorable outcome for a first-term president facing his first midterm election in at least two decades. Just how much credit Biden deserves is a matter of dispute.
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A record number of women were just elected governor
In the midterm elections earlier this month, women were reelected in eight states, and in four others, voters elected new female governors.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries poised to succeed Pelosi, would be 1st Black leader in Congress
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who announced Thursday she will relinquish her leadership role after Republicans clinched majority control of the chamber, is expected to back Hakeem Jeffries to succeed her as leader of the Democratic caucus.
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