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.
by SCOTT BAUER / Associated PressVoter 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.
by David FloydFacebook 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.
by AMANDA SEITZ / Associated PressTennessee's primary elections Thursday were determining party nominees for governor, Congress and state legislative seats.
by Associated PressU.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.
by Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)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.
by GARY FIELDS / Associated PressA 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.
by STEVE PEOPLES / AP National Politics WriterTwo 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.
by WILL WEISSERT / Associated PressThe Metro Nashville Council will hold its first reading on a bill to approve a contract with the Republican National Committee for Nashville to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.
by Holly McCall / Tennessee LookoutDonald 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.
by ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI / Associated PressAndrew 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.
by BRENDAN FARRINGTON / Associated PressA 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.
by BRIAN SLODYSKO / Associated PressSome Republican activists are calling for abolishing Georgia's open primary system, complaining that too many Democrats crossed over to vote in the state's GOP primary against candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
by JEFF AMY / Associated PressRepublicans traded countercharges about who's insufficiently conservative or truthful during debates Monday while staking out far-right positions on abortion and gun rights ahead of June 21 runoffs in three Georgia congressional races.
by JEFF AMY / Associated PressFormer President Donald Trump's crusade for vengeance suffered two devastating blows after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won their primaries Tuesday despite rejecting Trump's entreaties to reverse his 2020 election loss.
by NICHOLAS RICCARDI / Associated PressBeyond the marquee races for governor and U.S. Senate, several statewide officials overcame challengers from within their own parties in primary elections decided Tuesday in Georgia.
by JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM / Associated PressGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was a top target of former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary as he seeks reelection.
by KATE BRUMBACK / Associated PressU.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defeated five challengers Tuesday in a Republican primary race that tested how her conservative Georgia constituents judged her turbulent freshman term.
by RUSS BYNUM / Associated PressGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the state's Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, beating back former President Donald Trump's hand-picked challenger in a contest that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a key swing state.
by STEVE PEOPLES and JEFF AMY / Associated PressDemocratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will face Republican football legend Herschel Walker for a coveted Senate seat in Georgia after both handily defeated primary challengers on Tuesday to set up a historic, high-stakes showdown.
by SUDHIN THANAWALA / Associated PressOfficials with the Tennessee Democratic Party say they will host three gubernatorial debates ahead of the upcoming August primary election.
by Associated PressAbout 20 people attended a Hamilton County Election Commission meeting Friday to share their concerns about the integrity of the May 3 primary election, although commissioners found the results sound and certified the results.
by Emily CrismanChattanooga entrepreneur Weston Wamp on Tuesday narrowly won the Republican nomination for Hamilton County mayor, according to final unofficial vote totals released by the Hamilton County Elections Commission.
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