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Florida voters reject a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Florida voters rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana for adults at least 21 years old and allowed them to possess up to 3 ounces of ma...
Nov 5, 2024
Nancy Mace tries to cement her hold on her US House seat in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is trying to cement her hold on her seat in a state that doesn't mind sending people back to Congress for decades. There have been ...
Nov 5, 2024
Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as it barrels toward Cuba
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday as it swirled past the Cayman Islands and chugged toward western Cuba. It was another stroke of b...
Nov 5, 2024
Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren wins third term in US Senate
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren won a third term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Warren fended off a challenge from Republican John Deaton, an attorney who moved to the state from...
Nov 5, 2024
Florida Republican Rick Scott wins a second term in the U.S. Senate
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott defeated former Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to win a second term Tuesday, and he will now look toward running for Senate leadership....
Nov 5, 2024
Republican US Sen. Marsha Blackburn wins reelection in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn won her reelection bid Tuesday, securing a victory in GOP-dominant Tennessee after largely avoiding her Democratic opponent. Blackburn def...
Nov 5, 2024
Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse wins a fourth term in the US Senate from Rhode Island
Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island won reelection on Tuesday to a fourth term to the U.S. Senate. Whitehouse beat Patricia Morgan, a Republican state representative who was the first w...
Nov 5, 2024
Democrat Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat, defeating Republican Curtis Bashaw
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw for the seat that opened when Bob Menendez resigned this year ...
Nov 5, 2024
Former Donald Trump aide Brian Jack wins Georgia congressional seat, defeating Democrat Maura Keller
ATLANTA (AP) - Former Donald Trump aide Brian Jack won election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday, leaving no distance between himself and Trump in winning his first term. Jack's victory came as lon...
Nov 5, 2024
GOP tries to break Connecticut Democrats' winning streak in US House races
It has been 18 years since Connecticut voted to send a Republican to Washington. Republican George Logan will try to end the party's long losing streak Tuesday in a rematch with U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes...
Nov 5, 2024
