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NJ Supreme Court to rule on law authorizing $10B in debt
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Supreme Court is scheduled to issue an opinion Wednesday on whether a new state law letting the governor borrow nearly $10 billion to shore up the budget can stand. The law passed the Democrat-led Legislature and was signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy after he sought...
Wisconsin Senate leader Fitzgerald wins US House primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald took a giant step Tuesday toward seizing an open seat in Congress, easily defeating a surveying company owner in a Republican primary as the state navigated its second statewide election since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in...
Zuckerman to face incumbent Scott in Vermont governor's race
Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman won the Democratic nomination for governor Tuesday and now faces incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott, whose handling of the state's coronavirus pandemic has been been widely praised. Zuckerman defeated former education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe and two lesser known Democratic...
The Latest: Omar holds off well-funded primary challenger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Tuesday's elections (all times local): 10:25 p.m. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge from a well-funded opponent who tried to make an issue of her national celebrity. Omar defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, an attorney and mediator who...
Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the U.S. territory’s elections commission to resign. The primaries for voting centers that had not received ballots by early...
Gubernatorial candidate series will look at civil liberties
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A “Civil Liberties and the Corner Office” conversation series with state gubernatorial candidates is being hosted by the ACLU of New Hampshire and the Warren B. Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. Candidates will be given the chance to discuss their...
Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two candidates who both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections. Gov. Wanda Vázquez of the...
Vermont to pick gubernatorial candidates to run in November
Vermont's lieutenant governor and former state education secretary are among the candidates seeking to win the Democratic nomination in Tuesday's primary to run against popular incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who's expected to win the GOP primary. Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, former Vermont Education...
Top-two primary narrows candidates for governor, other races
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The governor’s race in November is set, and Democrats appear to be the top two candidates in both the lieutenant governor’s race and the 10th Congressional District following Washington’s top-two primary. Tuesday night, incumbent Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, who...
Missouri Democrat says she's best suited to expand Medicaid
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Democrat Nicole Galloway said she's the best candidate for Missouri governor to enact Medicaid expansion after voters narrowly approved the measure. Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to expand eligibility for the government health care program to thousands more low-income...
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