Elections

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With Trump as presumptive nominee, Biden's reelection campaign has parallels to 2012

11:06am March 06, 2024

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin asks 2012 Obama campaign manager Jim Messina about the Democratic Party's 2024 approach and parallels with Mitt Romney's challenge to former President Barack Obama's reelection bid.

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Poll workers assist voters on Super Tuesday at the First Ward Creative Academy, Mecklenburg County Precinct 13 on March 5, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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4 takeaways from Super Tuesday

5:00am March 06, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

The outcome may have gone as expected overall, but here's what the details mean for the state of the presidential election.

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Here are Hawaii's 2024 Democratic primary results

12:01am March 06, 2024

by Washington Desk

Voting concludes Wednesday in Hawaii's Democratic presidential primary. View the live results.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, who's seen here in 2022, will face off against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the state's general election.

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Texas Congressman Colin Allred will face Sen. Ted Cruz in November

11:40pm March 05, 2024

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Congressman Colin Allred, D-Texas, has won the state's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and will now face Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the November general election.

Carrying his skis on the way to the slopes, Bob Christie of Breckenridge drops off his ballot on March 5, 2024.

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Photos: Take a look at what Super Tuesday voting looked like around the country

11:35pm March 05, 2024

Former President Donald Trump dominated the Super Tuesday Republican primaries. It was the biggest primary contest day with nearly 36% of the delegates at stake.

People wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., in 2023 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state's 2022 district map diluted Black voters' power.

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With new, court-ordered districts, an Alabama U.S. House election moves ahead

11:35pm March 05, 2024

by Kyle Gassiott

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power, and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Democratic Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff speaks during an event Monday in Burbank, Calif.

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Adam Schiff advances in the California Senate race. His opponent is not yet known

11:32pm March 05, 2024

by Marisa Lagos

Rep. Adam Schiff, who led the first impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, will move on to a general election runoff in the contest for U.S. Senate, but it's not yet clear who he will face in November.

Alabama voters weigh in on frozen embryo ruling

6:29pm March 05, 2024

by Stephen Fowler

Alabama voters weigh in on a recent state Supreme Court ruling that gives frozen embryos the same legal protections as children and has halted some IVF procedures in the state.

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A North Carolina musician used his Super Tuesday polling place as a stage

6:29pm March 05, 2024

by Tamara Keith

A Super Tuesday polling place in suburban Raleigh was the perfect spot to promote a music business, according to Monty Bynum.

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How foreign conflict can shape an electorate

5:47pm March 05, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Bustamante, a University of Miami professor and author of Cuban Memory Wars, about how foreign conflicts can shape the voting patterns of immigrant communities.

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