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We meet the Democratic candidate challenging James Uthmeier for the role of Florida’s top cop.
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From MAHA to resilience to affordable healthcare, former House Speaker and Northeast Florida lawmaker Paul Renner offers his vision for governor.
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A former Republican turned Democratic candidate hopes to be Florida’s next governor.
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Three health care CEOs warn of impacts ahead of a City Council vote to cut spending on health programs.
NPR National Election Coverage
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With Virginia on board, the National Popular Vote Compact is now enacted in states worth 222 electoral votes. Here's what that means.
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With elections in Georgia and Wisconsin Tuesday, Democrats continued to overperform, which the party started in 2025 when it regularly improved on its margins compared to the presidential race in 2024.
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Several Republican-led states have passed their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.
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Support for Israel is down among Americans, particularly Democrats, with the last couple of years being a major turning point.
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Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Ill., topped political newcomer Kat Abughazaleh, a first-time candidate who ran as an unapologetic progressive in the race to succeed longtime incumbent Jan Schakowsky.
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Live election results: Get the latest on Illinois' Senate, House and gubernatorial primary races.
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The push for generational change in the Democratic Party faces a test in a Chicago-area congressional district, where the top candidates span three generations: from Gen X and millennials to Gen Z.
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Latinos helped Texas Democrats set the new record for a primary, but the state has been a white whale for the party for decades.
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Nearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants.
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Voting ended Tuesday night in the district that former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene left this year after a feud with President Trump. With a crowded field of candidates, the race heads to a runoff.
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Live election results: Get the latest on Mississippi's U.S. Senate and U.S. House primary races.
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Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he received last week seeking records from a flawed, Republican-led review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.