Author: Joel Williams
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Quinton Lucas wins Kansas City mayoral election
City council member Quinton Lucas defeated fellow council member Jolie Justus to become mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, succeeding term-limited Mayor Sly James. Based on unofficial returns with 90 percent of precincts reporting, Lucas received more than 58 percent of the vote. The two candidates advanced from a primary election field that had 11…
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Sixteen Democratic presidential candidates have called for Donald Trump impeachment proceedings
Sixteen of the 24 noteworthy Democratic candidates for president have called for President Donald Trump's (R) impeachment. The most recent candidates to join in impeachment calls did so last Friday. Both Bill de Blasio and Amy Klobuchar called for impeachment following statements made by Trump last week on ABC News. In an interview, Trump…
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Two city council members face off in June 18 Kansas City mayoral election
Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas, both members of the City Council of Kansas City, are running in the June 18 election to be the city's next mayor. The winner will succeed Mayor Sly James (D), who was prevented by term limits from seeking re-election. Justus and Lucas advanced from an 11-candidate primary election field.…
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Two incumbents defeated in Virginia state legislative primaries
Virginia held state legislative primary elections on June 11. All 40 state Senate seats and all 100 state House of Delegates seats are up for general election on November 5, 2019. Local parties could choose to hold conventions rather than primaries to select their nominees, which meant that not all districts held primary elections.…
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Virginia legislative primaries to decide nominees for November general elections
Virginia holds legislative primaries for both the state Senate and the House of Delegates on June 11, 2019. Virginia has been under divided government since 2002. Gov. Ralph Northam is a Democrat while Republicans hold majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. If Republicans retain control of the Senate or the state House,…
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Eleven applicants for Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice position
Chief Justice Scott Bales of the Arizona Supreme Court will retire on July 31, 2019. Eleven applicants have applied for the position and will be interviewed by a 14-member selection commission. The commission will then submit a list of names to Gov. Doug Ducey (R), from which he will appoint a new chief justice. …
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House GOP women endorse Joan Perry in NC-3 runoff
All 13 Republican women in the U.S. House endorsed Joan Perry over Greg Murphy in the July 9 Republican runoff for North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, according to Roll Call on May 29, 2019. The two advanced from a field of 17 candidates in the April 30 Republican primary, with Murphy receiving 22.5 percent of…
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Keller defeats Friedenberg in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District
State Rep. Fred Keller (R) defeated college professor Marc Friedenberg (D) in a special election to fill the vacant seat representing Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House. As of 10:55 p.m. E.T., Keller had received 71 percent of the vote while Friedenberg had received 29 percent with 66 percent of precincts reporting. The…