Politics
Everything you need to know about politics in the Chattanooga area, from local government meetings to elections.
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Three candidates seeking two seats on East Ridge City Council
Incumbent, former chief, multitime challenger on ballot
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Trump’s small-dollar donor fundraising is beset by confusion and fatigue
Donald Trump's contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last bid for the White House, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he attempts to keep pace with Democrats' fundraising machine.
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Yes, voter fraud happens. But it’s rare and election offices have safeguards to catch it
You've heard the horror stories: Someone casting multiple ballots, people voting in the name of dead relatives, mail-in ballots being intercepted.
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Trump unveils plan to revive auto industry, takes swipe at Detroit
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pitched Michigan business leaders Thursday on a series of steps he hopes can reinvigorate what he says is a "collapsing" U.S. auto industry, while also criticizing Detroit, the city where he was delivering his remarks.
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Trump lashes out at Harris and ‘The View’ co-hosts, as Hurricane Milton makes landfall
Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women Wednesday — saying he had no interest in stopping his attacks even if they turn off female voters — as Hurricane Milton made landfall, lashing Florida with rain, tornadoes and tropical-storm-force winds.
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Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and wife are divorcing
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly's wife, Ginny Kelly, filed for divorce on Wednesday, according to a clerk in circuit court.
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Kamala Harris has raised $1 billion since entering 2024 presidential race
Vice President Kamala Harris has raised more than $1 billion in less than three months as a presidential candidate, according to three people with knowledge of her fundraising haul, a remarkable sum of money that has remade the race against former President Donald Trump.
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Whitfield County sheriff, opponent face off at candidate forum
School resources officers, crime and mental health in the county's jail were the topics during a candidates' forum featuring Whitfield County's incumbent sheriff and his challenger.
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Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there
Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices — China.
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What presidential campaign? The Electoral College puts most American voters on the sidelines
On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the table are homemade Harris-Walz signs.
