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Lauren Boebert, a restaurant owner in Colorado, will now be the Republican nominee in Colorado's 3rd District. She ousted five-term Congressman Scott Tipton on Tuesday night.

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GOP Candidates Open To QAnon Conspiracy Theory Advance In Congressional Races

4:58pm July 01, 2020

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Several candidates supportive of the fringe conspiracy theory, including Colorado's Lauren Boebert, have won Republican primaries for congressional seats.

Mail-in voting has been relatively rare in New Jersey but Gov. Phil Murphy ordered the May 2020 elections to be entirely by mail due to the pandemic, a first for the state.

N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working

11:35am July 01, 2020

by Joe Hernandez

Officials have charged four people in connection with a local race in Paterson in May. While Trump says the case shows that mail-in ballots are vulnerable to fraud, experts say it was easily detected.

Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath will face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in the general election.

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Amy McGrath Is Projected To Edge Out Charles Booker In Ky. Senate Democratic Primary

6:09pm June 30, 2020

by Elena Moore

Retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath has beaten state Rep. Charles Booker, The Associated Press projects. McGrath will now face Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden harshly criticizes President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic in remarks Tuesday at Alexis duPont High School in Wilmington, Del.

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Trump Seems To Have 'Surrendered' On The Pandemic, Biden Says

5:41pm June 30, 2020

by Elena Moore

Former Vice President Joe Biden says that President Trump, who once called himself a "wartime president" taking on the coronavirus, should adopt his plan to combat the pandemic.

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Why Political Campaigns Are Making Their Research On Opponents Available Online

5:39pm June 30, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections about his article in Roll Call on why political campaigns are making their opposition research on opponents publicly available.

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A Group Of Conservative Political Strategists Is Urging Republicans To Vote For Biden

3:51pm June 30, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Weaver of The Lincoln Project about why the conservative group is urging Republicans to vote for Joe Biden and their recent ads highlighting Biden's leadership.

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Then-Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper speaks at an Iowa forum in 2019. Now the former Colorado governor is running for U.S. Senate — and locked in a battle for the Democratic primary.

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Tuesday's Primaries: 5 Races To Watch In Colorado, Utah And Oklahoma

9:30am June 30, 2020

The Colorado U.S. Senate Democratic primary is Tuesday's marquee contest. Also notable: Former Gov. Jon Huntsman is looking to make a comeback in Utah.

A game between the Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets earlier this year before the pandemic ended the NBA season. The Hawks have announced plans to use their arena as an early voting site for upcoming elections.

Atlanta Hawks Arena To Host Voting Site, Team Challenges Rest Of NBA To Follow

9:57pm June 29, 2020

by Stephen Fowler

The 700,000-square-foot arena will allow voters to spread out. The arena's staff will serve as poll workers and the team's players will encourage local residents to vote via social media.

Darrell Marks (right) is seen with his two sons, Makaius and Makairun.

For Navajo Nation In Arizona, The Election Process Is Complicated And Problematic

12:35pm June 29, 2020

by Laurel Morales

Voting in Indian Country has long been challenging, often due to lack of official street addresses on reservations. Now the push for mail-in balloting because of COVID-19 is exacerbating the issue.

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is considered one of the Democrats' strongest candidates for flipping a Republican-controlled Senate seat this fall. But he's made missteps that have led some voters to question whether they can support him ahead of

One Of Democrats' Top Senate Recruits Stumbles Amid Protests

11:10am June 28, 2020

by Bente Birkeland

While former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is still seen as having an edge in his state's Senate primary, recent and past comments about race have dampened enthusiasm for him among some voters.