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Everything you need to know about politics in the Chattanooga area, from local government meetings to elections.
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A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here’s how we got here
It's the election that no one could have foreseen.

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Here’s what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S.
Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.

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Harris and Trump will both make a furious last-day push before Election Day
A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.

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Election Day: How and where to vote in the Hamilton County area
Election Day is Tuesday. Here's what voters in Tennessee and Georgia need to know.

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New law makes dueling presidential transitions possible
There will be 77 days between Election Day and inauguration, a period in which the president-elect may ready his or her administration to take over power from President Joe Biden.

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The struggle for Senate control goes down to the wire as spending shatters records
Billions of dollars in advertising are raining down on voters across the Rust Belt, Rocky Mountains and American southwest as the two major political parties portray their opponent's candidates as extreme in a struggle for control of the U.S. Senate.

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US voters hear a stark message in the presidential race: The country’s fate is on the line
Few elections in the nation's history have provided such a divide as this year's, with the two major candidates and so many of their supporters saying the outcome will determine the fate of the country and whether it can hold to its democratic moorings.

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Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’
Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump's comment that he would protect women whether they "like it or not" shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women's rights "to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies."

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Democrats are leaning on celebrity star power. Will it matter?
Kamala Harris has Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. Donald Trump has Kid Rock, Waka Flocka Flame and Hulk Hogan.

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Hamilton County Democrats challenge all open seats in state legislature for first time in decades
For the first time in over 20 years, a full slate of Democrats is running in all state House and state Senate races across Hamilton County.
