Elections
The latest Elections coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Politics section.
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Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom
Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections as the November midterm vote approaches.
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Here’s a look at Tennessee’s primary elections
Tennessee's primary elections Thursday were determining party nominees for governor, Congress and state legislative seats.
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AJC poll: Warnock, Kemp slightly ahead of Walker, Abrams in Georgia’s top races
U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead over Democrat Stacey Abrams in a rematch for Georgia's top office.
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Capitol riot hearings raise questions of presidential power
The House Jan. 6 committee's investigation of the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the events leading up to the U.S. Capitol insurrection is raising questions about former President Donald Trump's role and whether he committed crimes.
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Takeaways from first primaries since Roe v. Wade overturned
A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while New York's first female governor positioned herself to become a major voice in the post-Roe landscape.
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Hard-line conservative Reps. Boebert, Miller win primaries
Two of Congress' staunchest conservatives repelled more centrist alternatives to lock up Republican nominations on Tuesday, even as the party's voters chose to turn out a six-term incumbent in Mississippi.
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Metro Nashville Council to consider contract with Republican National Committee
Move to host 2024 GOP convention gets bipartisan support
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Jan. 6 committee hearing: Trump told Justice Department to call election ‘corrupt’
Donald Trump hounded the Justice Department to pursue his false election fraud claims, striving in vain to enlist top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power and relenting only when warned in the Oval Office of mass resignations, according to testimony Thursday to the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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Andrew Gillum, once a Florida governor candidate, indicted
Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, has been indicted on 21 federal charges including conspiracy and wire fraud for funneling donations through third parties back to himself for personal use, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Midterm primary election takeaways: Trump’s conditional loyalty, new warning for left
A Republican who was backed by Donald Trump at the last minute prevailed on Tuesday in an Alabama Senate runoff. But in neighboring Georgia, the former president's losing streak deepened.