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Jonathan Bernstein column: The old, old Senate soon could be a tiny bit younger | Columnists | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Senate continues to get older for one big reason: The average age of new senators continues to rise. There’s nothing wrong with the occasional older senator. Age diversity is good in elected office, and that includes some folks on the upper edge of the range as long as their skills and energy are intact. […]

Alabama

Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states | #elections | #alabama

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states, although the timing of those laws taking effect varies. Some Republican-led states banned or severely limited abortion immediately, while […]

Alabama

Tie in Alabama GOP race means winner to be selected by lot | Ap-top-news | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s Republican Party has declared a tie in the primary race for a state Senate seat and says the winner will be chosen by lot. A state party news release says the party’s Candidate Committee held a hearing Saturday and said the District 27 primary race between Auburn City Councilman Jay […]

Alabama

Tie in Alabama GOP race means winner to be selected by lot | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s Republican Party has declared a tie in the primary race for a state Senate seat and says the winner will be chosen by lot. A state party news release says the party’s Candidate Committee held a hearing Saturday and said the District 27 primary race between Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey […]

Alabama

Alabama runoff features GOP contest for secretary of state | State | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The party nominations for five statewide offices including secretary of state on the Republican side and governor on the Democratic ticket are on the ballot in Tuesday’s primary runoff election in Alabama. Polls close at 7 p.m. Central time in most locations, but polls will stay open until 7:45 p.m. in Montgomery County after a […]

Alaska

More US midterms ahead; here are the key primaries to watch | Politics | #alaska | #politics

Here are the key dates ahead in the 2022 midterm elections, as Democrats try to hold onto and even expand razor-thin majorities in the U.S. House and Senate and Republicans weigh the influence of former President Donald Trump. June 14 — Nevada, Maine, North Dakota and South Carolina —Nevada: In the Senate race, vulnerable Democrat […]

Alaska

Some Democrats voting in GOP primaries to block Trump picks | Politics | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Diane Murray struggled with her decision all the way up to Election Day. But when the time came, the 54-year-old Georgia Democrat cast a ballot in last week’s Republican primary for Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. While state law allowed her to participate in either party’s primary, she said it felt like […]

Alaska

Some Democrats voting in GOP contests to block Trump picks | Politics | #alaska | #politics

Alabama

Midterm updates | Nguyen in runoff in Democratic SoS primary | National News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA — State Rep. Bee Nguyen is advancing to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Georgia secretary of state. It was too early to tell which of the other four Democratic candidates she will face in the June 21 contest. They are Floyd Griffin, a state senator and former mayor of the city of […]