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2023 Results: Key Kentucky elections

8:56am November 07, 2023

by NPR Staff

One of the most closely-watched races this cycle is in Kentucky. Incumbent Andy Beshear is a blue governor in a red state, running in a race where national politics has been made a primary issue.

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2023 Results: Key Colorado elections

8:52am November 07, 2023

by NPR Staff

Colorado voters are faced with several ballot initiatives this cycle.

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2023 Results: Key Connecticut elections

8:51am November 07, 2023

by NPR Staff

Connecticut voters are heading to the polls to decide four mayoral races.

Voters in Ohio will decide on a state constitutional right to abortion

8:06am November 07, 2023

It's the final day of voting on an amendment that would protect the right to an abortion in the state Constitution.

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The governor of Iowa endorses Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential race

7:28am November 07, 2023

by Clay Masters

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis picked up a big endorsement in Iowa — the state that kicks things off for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she's supporting DeSantis.

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10/17/1988 President Reagan and Nancy Reagan in the East Room congratulating Milton Friedman receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Was Milton Friedman Really 'The Last Conservative?'

6:30am November 07, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book looks at the life and ideas of Milton Friedman.

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Morning news brief

5:09am November 07, 2023

It's been a month since Hamas attacked Israel. The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case about gun rights and domestic violence. Ohio voters are deciding on a constitutional right to abortion.

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Trump spars with New York judge as he testifies in civil fraud trial

5:09am November 07, 2023

Things got testy Monday when former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in his civil fraud trial in New York. Trump, who is the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president.

Republican presidential candidates former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis participate in the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in September.

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Five candidates face off in Miami. Here's how to watch the third GOP debate

5:00am November 07, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

Five Republican candidates — minus the frontrunner — are set to debate in Florida on Wednesday night. Here's who will be there — and who won't be — and how to watch.

Signage in support of Issue 1 is seen in Columbus, Ohio. Ohioans are voting on a state constitutional amendment that would codify reproductive rights.

Ohio voters to decide on a constitutional right to abortion

5:00am November 07, 2023

by Jo Ingles (Ohio Public Radio)

Ohio could become the seventh state to pass abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.