Elections

Concerns arise over the DNC's new primary calendar

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

After input from President Joe Biden, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws commitee greenlit a new primary calendar, led by South Carolina. But both states and individual party members are raising concerns.

A divided approach to primaries could be chaotic for voters

5:02am December 08, 2022

by Clay Masters

As the DNC publicly debates the future of its presidential primary cycle, Republicans settle into the status quo, leading with the Iowa Caucuses.

Politics & Government

What Georgia's runoff election results mean for political parties

6:13pm December 07, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Republican strategist Janelle King and Democratic strategist Fred Hicks about what the results of Georgia's runoff election mean for the parties moving forward.

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North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, a Republican, speaks Wednesday to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. State Republicans want the court to overturn a decision by the state Supreme Court that ruled that the Republican legislature, in drawing new congressional district lines after the 2020 Census, had violated the state constitution with an extreme partisan gerrymander.

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Supreme Court weighs controversial election-law case

6:07pm December 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

If adopted the so-called independent state legislature theory would give state legislatures the power to put in place all manner of election laws and rules, without any review by the state courts.

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Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock wins re-election in Georgia's runoff election

4:42pm December 07, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock won re-election in Georgia's runoff election against Republican football player Herschel Walker, who was backed by former President Donald Trump.

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Raphael Warnock beats Herschel Walker to end the last Senate race of 2022

7:05am December 07, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

Georgia's runoff election captured national attention but with votes being tallied in the last U.S. Senate race of 2022 is finally over.

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Are the justices of the U.S Supreme Court ready to overturn the power of state courts to oversee congressional elections in the states?

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Supreme Court to hear controversial election-law case

5:00am December 07, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The "independent state legislature theory" could give state legislatures independent power to put in place all manner of election rules, without any available review by state courts.

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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., waves to supporters as arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Georgia Tech Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Atlanta.

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Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia runoff

10:38pm December 06, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

After a long campaign cycle that stretched into December with a runoff election, Georgia elected Sen. Raphael Warnock to a full term.

Herschel Walker, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate for Georgia, left, and incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.

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Here are the results in Georgia's Senate runoff election

10:37pm December 06, 2022

by NPR Staff

Polls have now closed in Georgia, where a runoff election for U.S. Senate pits incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock against his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker.

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Georgia voters head back to the polls for the state's U.S. Senate runoff election

4:46pm December 06, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Voters in Georgia head to the polls again for the second time in less than a month to make a final decision in the state's U.S. Senate runoff election.