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Arkansas rejects legalizing marijuana; Maryland approves
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state. The proposal failed six years after Arkansas voters mad...
Nov 08, 2022

GOP’s Ken Paxton wins 3rd term as Texas attorney general
DALLAS (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won reelection Tuesday, adding to Republican's decades of dominance in the state's top offices despite a slew of legal problems and dysfunction in his a...
Nov 08, 2022

Democrat Greenberg, shooting survivor, wins Louisville mayor
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Democrat Craig Greenberg has won the Louisville mayor's race after surviving a shooting at his campaign office earlier this year. Greenberg, a businessman and political newcomer...
Nov 08, 2022

Nickel beats Trump-backed Hines for N Carolina US House seat
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Democratic state Sen. Wiley Nickel defeated Republican political newcomer Bo Hines for an open U.S. House seat in the state's lone swing district along Raleigh's so...
Nov 08, 2022

Rep. Cuellar reelected, fends off GOP push in South Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar won reelection to a 10th term on Tuesday, fending off an unusually aggressive GOP challenge in his South Texas district. Cuellar's victory over Repub...
Nov 08, 2022

Democrat Josh Shapiro wins Pennsylvania governor's race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Democrat Josh Shapiro won the race for governor of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, securing the office for four years in a state where the future of abortion rights is on the line, alo...
Nov 08, 2022

Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little easily wins second term
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Gov. Brad Little won a second term on Tuesday. The 68-year-old Republican governor who shepherded the state through the COVID-19 pandemic easily turned aside challenges from ...
Nov 08, 2022

Democrat Murray wins sixth term to US Senate
Sen. Patty Murray won reelection Tuesday as the Democratic stalwart prevailed in a campaign in which she repeatedly said her Republican challenger was too extreme for Washington state. Murray bested d...
Nov 08, 2022

Republican hog farmer Jim Pillen elected Nebraska governor
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Republican Jim Pillen was elected Nebraska governor on Tuesday, beating Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood and continuing the GOP's 24-year string of success in the conservative stat...
Nov 08, 2022

Republican Ted Budd wins North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd won North Carolina's open Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Cheri Beasley while extending a losing streak for state Democrats seeking a spot in that ...
Nov 08, 2022