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Maxwell Frost speaks during a March For Our Lives Florida drive-in rally and aid event at Tinker Field in Orlando on March 26, 2021.

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Maxwell Frost, one of the first Gen Z candidates for Congress, has won his primary

8:59pm August 23, 2022

by Elena Moore

Florida's Maxwell Frost is the first member of Generation Z to win a primary for the U.S. House. He won the Democratic primary in Florida's 10th District, according to The Associated Press.

Florida state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and Rep. Charlie Crist lead the Democratic primary to try to defeat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Election contests to watch Tuesday in Florida, New York and Oklahoma

7:23pm August 23, 2022

by Elena Moore

Florida and New York had their congressional maps scrambled by redistricting, boosting the number of notable races Tuesday. But the biggest matchup in Florida is at the top of the ticket.

In this 2020 photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla.

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A change to Florida's ballot signature review creates headaches for local officials

7:22pm August 23, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

"Now the requirement is for reasonable access to potentially look at a vast number of signatures that our staff has found absolutely no trouble with," a top election official says.

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My 1999 Toyota Tacoma was stolen, crashed, and stripped for parts.

Someone stole my truck. I got a crash course on the wild black market for stolen cars

7:04pm August 23, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, automakers began adopting an anti-theft technology that dramatically reduced car thefts. But why did it take so long?

2 top Democrats face off in House primary thanks to redistricting in New York

4:41pm August 23, 2022

by Zach Hirsch

Because of redistricting, U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler, Democrats who have each served 30 years, will face one another in New York's new 12th district, based entirely in Manhattan.

New book 'Electable' explores why a woman still hasn't won the presidency... yet

4:41pm August 23, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Ali Vitali, an NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent, about her new book Electable: Why America Hasn't Put a Woman in the White House... Yet.

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Abortion rights activists chant slogans as the Indiana Senate debates during a special session in Indianapolis before voting to ban abortions.

Two months after the Dobbs ruling, new abortion bans are taking hold

3:28pm August 23, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

A cascade of new abortion restrictions known as "trigger bans" are taking effect in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to the medical procedure.

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Gov. DeSantis is seen as an heir to Trumpism, strategist David Jolly says

7:21am August 23, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Florida Republican Rep. David Jolly, who's an analyst for NBC, about the rise of Gov. Ron DeSantis to become a potential presidential candidate.

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2 Democrats compete for the chance to unseat Florida Gov. DeSantis in November

7:21am August 23, 2022

by Cathy Carter

Tuesday is the primary for governor to see which Democrat, Charlie Crist or Nikki Fried, will face Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this fall. Christ was elected governor in 2006 as a Republican.

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News brief: Florida primary, Ukraine nuclear power plant worker, abortion laws

6:21am August 23, 2022

Voters in Florida head to the polls Tuesday. Ukrainian workers man a nuclear power plant under the eyes of occupying Russian soldiers. More states are poised to enact abortion trigger bans this week.

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