Category Archives: Election Coverage

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter
WASHINGTON (AP) - The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes despite the heated race at the top o...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

After judge’s order, Postal Service sweep finds 13 ballots
U.S. Postal Service inspectors found just 13 ballots - all in Pennsylvania - during an Election Day sweep of mail processing centers ordered by a federal judge.The ballots were found in two separate m...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

California rejects affirmative action measure
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California voters have rejected an attempt to reinstate affirmative action programs in public hiring, contracting and college admissions, keeping a 1996 ban on the government gran...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

Virginia Republican Daniel Gade Concedes To Mark Warner
WMAL NEWS WASHINGTON – Virginia Republican Daniel Gade has conceded the senate race to Democrat Mark Warner. Gade is a professor at American University in Washington and a retired Army lieutenan...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

All 8 of Maryland’s US House incumbents win reelection
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - U.S. Reps. Kweisi Mfume and Steny Hoyer won reelection on Tuesday in Maryland, along with the state's six other U.S. House incumbents. Mfume, a Democrat, defeated Republican Kimb...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday morning, as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground ...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

Routes to Senate control narrow as GOP holds back Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - The battle for control of the Senate tightened Tuesday after Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado, but suffered a setback in Alabama, and Republicans held their own in high-...
Syndicated Author Nov 04, 2020

Maryland voters reelect Rep. Steny Hoyer to US House
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer won reelection in Maryland on Tuesday. Hoyer defeated Republican Chris Palombi. As the House majority leader, Hoyer is the No. 2 House Democrat. In that pos...
Syndicated Author Nov 03, 2020

Georgia’s Loeffler, Warnock set for Senate runoff in January
ATLANTA (AP) - Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Democrat Raphael Warnock are headed to a Jan. 5 runoff in the special election for Loeffler's U.S. Senate seat. They're the top two finishe...
Syndicated Author Nov 03, 2020

GOP seeks to oust Oklahoma’s lone congressional Democrat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Republicans have launched an all-out offensive in deep-red Oklahoma to win back the state's lone Democrat-held congressional seat, blitzing the airwaves with television and radio ...
Syndicated Author Nov 03, 2020
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