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Anger over issues such as the mask mandate galvanized families — like these seen at the Hillsborough County School Board in Tampa, Fla., last year — into running for school board. Progressive groups are taking a leaf out of their playbook.

Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards

3:09pm May 31, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.

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The race for mayor is heating up in Los Angeles

5:32pm May 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Fernando Guerra, director of Loyola Marymount's Center for the Study of Los Angeles, about the heated mayoral race in LA and frontrunners Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso.

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What this moment before midterms means for the Biden administration's climate goals

4:34pm May 30, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

Democrats fear time is running out to pass climate legislation before the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is holding talks... with Republicans.

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A man looks for his polling post during presidential elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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A leftist will face a businessman as Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff

12:09am May 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The results represent a major shift in the Latin American country's presidential politics that conservatives and moderates had long dominated.

Election worker Monica Ging processes a ballot for Pennsylvania's primaries this month at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa.

Politics & Government

How undated ballots could affect Pennsylvania's GOP Senate race and voters' rights

6:04pm May 27, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race.

A Clackamas County election worker shows barcodes on ballots that are bad (top) and good on May 19 in Oregon City, Ore. Ballots with blurry barcodes that can't be read by vote-counting machines are delaying results in a key U.S. House race.

Politics & Government

Ballot issue delays key congressional results in Oregon — and seeds distrust in count

6:30pm May 26, 2022

by April Ehrlich

More than half of the ballots in Oregon's third-most populous county have to be reprocessed because smudged barcodes rendered them unreadable by tabulating machines.

Gov. Brian Kemp trounced Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary.

Politics & Government

3 reasons Trump's influence took a big hit in Tuesday's primaries

1:57pm May 25, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

You'd be hard-pressed to find two Republican incumbents who drew more of Donald Trump's ire than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Both won big on Tuesday.

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, left, and progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros.

Politics & Government

Closely watched Democratic primary in Texas' 28th District remains too close to call

10:11am May 25, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

A runoff in South Texas between incumbent Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros remained too close to call as of Wednesday morning.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (pictured) has beaten Rep. Jody Hice in the Republican primary for Georgia secretary of state.

Politics & Government

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger beats Trump-backed primary challenge, AP says

1:25am May 25, 2022

by Benjamin Swasey

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger famously refused then-President Donald Trump's entreaties to "find" enough votes to overturn his loss in Georgia.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt arrives to talk with supporters during a primary watch party Tuesday in Montgomery, Ala.

Politics & Government

Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks are headed for an Alabama Senate runoff

12:07am May 25, 2022

by The Associated Press

Alabama's Republican primary for U.S. Senate is going to a June runoff between Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks after neither candidate captured a majority of the vote.