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Arkansas

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 […]

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Mayor

Southlake mayor, Dinesh D’Souza’s son-in-law lead CD-26 race

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — The frontrunner in the Republican primary to replace longtime Congressman Michael Burgess of Lewisville is a 29-year-old political newcomer, Brandon Gill, who helped make a name for himself in politics by […]

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Alabama

Ted Cruz files bill limiting senators to two terms as he runs for his third | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to run for his third. The bill is […]

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Alabama

Hawley, Cruz escape Jan. 6 probe, have no regrets over role | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (AP) — The week before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Missouri’s Josh Hawley became the first Republican senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 election. Texas’ Ted Cruz came next, dashing off his own plan on a flight from Houston to Washington days before the […]

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Alabama

Tough GOP race for Shelby seat in Alabama closes with flurry | #elections | #alabama

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. (AP) — Republican Senate hopefuls made last-minute pitches to primary voters Monday in the tight race for the GOP nomination for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Richard Shelby. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, appeared at a Huntsville rally with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as he seeks to overcome former President Donald Trump‘s […]

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Alabama

Katie Britt, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama Senate runoff | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate is going to a June runoff between Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, who overcame losing former President Donald Trump’s endorsement to remain a contender for the GOP nomination. The candidates are seeking the Senate seat now held by U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, who is […]

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