Latest 2016 United States presidential election News
The Latest: Trump meets with rap star Lil Wayne in Florida
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 8:45 p.m. President Donald Trump has met with rap star Lil Wayne at his resort in Doral, Florida. The artist posted a tweet on Thursday praising the president for his efforts at “criminal justice reform” and other...
Trump fights headwinds as he and Biden battle over Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Pressing against stiff headwinds from the pandemic, President Donald Trump steered toward what he hoped was safer political ground with the U.S. economy Thursday, as Democratic rival Joe Biden kept up his assault on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus. Campaigning hours apart in...
Election regulator optimistic about New Mexico vote count
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's top election regulator said Thursday she is optimistic that an uncertified tally of votes can be accomplished statewide within one or two days after Election Day, amid a major shift toward voting by absentee ballots that take longer to tally. Secretary of State Maggie...
Gender gap among Latino voters seen in some families
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Gonzales promised his wife he wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump in 2016. But the 60-year-old salesman in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa voted for him anyway and said he plans to do it again next week. Gonzales said he’s drawn to what he sees as Trump’s alignment with...
Harris target of more misinformation than Pence, data shows
CHICAGO (AP) — Long before Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced her as his running mate, Kamala Harris was the target of widespread online misinformation. Social media posts included racist claims that she was ineligible to serve in the White House or that she was lying about her Black and...
Pence returns to Nevada for rally in final campaign stretch
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans a rally Thursday at Reno-Tahoe International Airport, hoping to drum up support in Nevada, a state President Trump lost by only 2.4 percentage points in 2016. Both presidential campaigns have blitzed Nevada in the final run to Election Day, albeit in...
Florida judge resigns from election board over bias concerns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A local judge in a north Florida county resigned Thursday from a vote-counting board after concerns were raised about his political partisanship. The Florida Times-Union reports that Senior County Judge Brent Shore resigned from the Duval County Canvassing Board after the...
Tennessee's early voting period ends Thursday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thursday marks the last day in Tennessee to vote early in person for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office says more than 2.1 million Tennesseans have voted as of the close of polls Wednesday, already surpassing the previous record of...
In SC, Graham, Harrison near end of well-funded Senate fight
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As they cast ballots for U.S. Senate, South Carolina voters are faced with a choice: Reelect a powerful incumbent with a senior legislative role who has helped place conservative justices on the Supreme Court, or opt for a new Democratic challenger who promises to focus on issues...
In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has since Reconstruction. In South Carolina, Jaime Harrison is raising a previously unfathomable amount of money in what has become a competitive fight to unseat one of the...
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