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Alabama

Figures, Dobson win runoffs in redrawn Alabama district | #elections | #alabama

Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration White House official, won the Democratic nomination in Alabama’s 2nd District on Tuesday in a runoff election. Figures, who more recently worked for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had 58 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the race at 9:47 p.m. He […]

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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott issues refunds, amends donations after reporting 9 over $6K max – Baltimore Sun

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has amended several of his state campaign finance reports to correct errors regarding five individual contributors and issued refunds to four other donors after The Baltimore Sun reported the campaign accepted donations above the $6,000 maximum limit from nine entities. The two amended reports were filed Saturday. They address several of the […]

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FBI eyes Eric Adams business class bumps on Turkish Airlines

Metro By Larry Celona and Craig McCarthy Published April 5, 2024, 5:33 p.m. ET The FBI is looking into business class upgrades that Mayor Eric Adams received on Turkish Airlines as part of the federal probe into his 2021 campaign finances, law enforcement sources confirmed Friday. The feds are eyeing Adams’ accommodations on international flights, […]

Alabama

MAGA might and happy leaders: Super Tuesday takeaways | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The landscape for congressional races this November began taking shape Tuesday, as voters in five Super Tuesday states chose their nominees for House and Senate races. On a night where the outcomes in the presidential primaries felt largely predetermined — former President Donald Trump’s near sweep led to rival Nikki Haley’s withdrawal from the race […]

Arkansas

Following the money in the Arkansas Supreme Court elections with more charts than you need • Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas is one of roughly two dozen states that elects its Supreme Court justices, allowing individuals and PACs to give the candidates money. Every voter who goes to the polls in Arkansas on Tuesday will have a pair of state Supreme Court races on their ballot — chief justice and Position 2. While the two […]

Alaska

Two more Alaska ballot measures pass legal muster, but another is disqualified • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Friday approved two ballot measures and disqualified a third from advancing into the signature-gathering phase. The approved measures would impose new financial restrictions on political campaigns and grant an array of rights to workers, including mandatory sick leave, a higher minimum wage and the ability to opt out from […]

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Alabama, Arkansas races to watch on Super Tuesday

Tuesday night will be the beginning of the end of either Rep. Jerry Carl or Rep. Barry Moore’s House career, after redistricting pushed them into a faceoff for Alabama’s 1st District. Alabama adopted a new congressional map last year after the Supreme Court said the state needed to give African American voters a second district […]

Alabama

Alabama showdown looms between Carl and Moore | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The member vs. member primary in Alabama between GOP Reps. Jerry Carl and Barry Moore is exposing a growing rivalry as it enters its final week. The Super Tuesday contest will end the congressional career of one of the lawmakers, who are both in their second terms. In advertisements, both men have sought to paint […]

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In the campaign for Pittsfield’s mayor, John Krol and Peter Marchetti are leading in the donations race | Central Berkshires

PITTSFIELD — Nearly $60,000 has poured into the accounts of Pittsfield’s three mayoral candidates as the campaigns prepare for the test of the preliminary election on Sept. 19. Leading the dollars and cents race is John Krol. Donations to the former city council vice president account for just over half of all contributions to the […]

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a fierce DeSantis critic, claims he’s qualified for presidential debate

NEW YORK — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez claimed on Friday that he has qualified for next week’s Republican presidential debate and would become the ninth White House hopeful to meet the fundraising and polling thresholds required to participate in the opening face-off of the 2024 campaign. But senior advisers with the Republican National Committee who […]