Elections
The latest Elections coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Politics section.
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Computer experts urge Georgia to replace voting machines
A group of computer and election security experts is urging Georgia election officials to replace the state's touchscreen voting machines with hand-marked paper ballots ahead of the November midterm elections, citing what they say are "serious threats" posed by an apparent breach of voting equipment in one county.
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Biden blasts ‘extreme’ Republican Party in Labor Day swing-state trips
President Joe Biden excoriated "MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labor Day appeals to swing-state union members who he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November.
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Red wave crashing? Republican momentum slips as fall sprint begins
The possibility of a great red wave still looms.
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Abrams, Georgia Democrats look to prove 2020 wasn’t ‘fluke’
Four years ago, Georgia Democrats had a contested primary for governor because the party old guard didn't believe in Stacey Abrams. She blew away the elders' alternative and, in a close general election loss, established herself as de facto party boss in a newfound battleground.
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New U.S. citizens could play big role in Georgia’s elections
Recently naturalized U.S. citizens could play an outsized role in Georgia's upcoming midterm elections.
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DeSantis rival to emerge from high-stakes Florida primary
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to learn the identity of his general election opponent on Tuesday as Democrats choose between a man who spent a lifetime in politics — much of it as a Republican — and a woman casting herself as “something new” as she seeks the energy of her party's resurgent base.
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Trump’s long shadow keeps 2024 hopefuls from Iowa State Fair
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised the roasted turkey leg like a sword in his Iowa State Fair debut in 2014, the up-and-coming conservative joining a half-dozen other Republican presidential prospects in strolling the Grand Concourse.
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Trump adversary Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming’s Republican primary
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump's fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party's base.
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Republicans pick Milwaukee to host 2024 national convention
Republicans on Friday unanimously chose Milwaukee in swing state Wisconsin for the 2024 national convention, a win for the city on the shores of Lake Michigan after its hosting of the Democratic convention in 2020 was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Low Hamilton County turnout, close race in District 11 illustrate importance of voting
Voter turnout was low across the board during the election in Hamilton County on Thursday, with 50,464 ballots cast out of an eligible voter pool of 235,853 people.
