Tag: elections
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Knudsen defeats Graybill in Montana attorney general race
Austin Knudsen (R) defeated Raph Graybill (D) in the election for Montana attorney general. Incumbent Tim Fox (R) did not run for re-election. Montana’s attorney general is the state’s chief legal officer, chief law enforcement officer, and director of the Montana Department of Justice. The results of Montana’s gubernatorial, attorney general, and secretary of state…
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Christi Jacobsen (R) defeats Bryce Bennett (D) in Montana secretary of state race
Christi Jacobsen (R) defeated Bryce Bennett (D) in the general election for Montana Secretary of State. Incumbent Corey Stapleton (R) did not run for re-election, instead running in the Republican primary for Montana’s At-Large Congressional District. The results of Montana’s gubernatorial, attorney general, and secretary of state elections transitioned the state from divided triplex control…
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Washington, D.C. voters approved Initiative 81 76% to 24% according to unofficial election night results
Initiative 81 declares that police shall treat the non-commercial cultivation, distribution, possession, and use of entheogenic plants and fungi as among the lowest law enforcement priorities. Examples of decriminalized substances include psilocybin mushrooms, also known as magic mushrooms or shrooms, peyote, and iboga. This makes D.C. the fifth city after Oakland and Santa Cruz, California;…
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Roger Williams elected to fifth term in Texas’ 25th Congressional District
Incumbent Roger Williams (R) defeated Julie Oliver (D) and Bill Kelsey (L) in the general election for Texas’ 25th Congressional District. The race was one of 56 rematch elections in the U.S. House. Oliver challenged Williams in the 2018 election, losing 54% to 45%. In 2016, Williams carried the district 58% to 38% as Donald…
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Stephanie Bice defeats Kendra Horn in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District election
Stephanie Bice (R) defeated incumbent Kendra Horn (D) in the general election for Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District. Horn was first elected in 2018 after defeating incumbent Rep. Steve Russell (R) 51% to 49%. Oklahoma’s 5th was one of 43 seats that flipped from Republicans to Democrats in 2018. Bice had served in the Oklahoma state…
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Don Bacon wins re-election in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District
Incumbent Don Bacon (R) defeated Kara Eastman (D) and Tyler Schaeffer (L) in the general election for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. The race was one of 56 U.S. House rematches taking place in 2020; Bacon and Eastman were their parties’ nominees for the seat in 2018. That year, Bacon defeated Eastman 51% to 49%. Bacon…
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Ann Wagner wins fifth term in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District
Incumbent Ann Wagner (R) defeated Jill Schupp (D), Martin Schulte (L), and write-in Gina Bufe (I) in the general election for Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) each spent more than $2 million in the district in the 2020 election. Wagner was first elected in…
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Michelle Fischbach defeats incumbent Collin Peterson in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District
Michelle Fischbach (R) defeated incumbent Collin Peterson (D) and Slater Johnson (Legal Marijuana Now Party) in Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District. Peterson was first elected in 1990 and last won re-election by a 52% to 48% margin in 2018. He was one of two Democrats to vote against both articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. The…
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Marshall defeats Bollier in Kansas Senate election
Roger Marshall (R) defeated Barbara Bollier (D) and Jason Buckley (L) in the U.S. Senate election in Kansas. Retiring incumbent Pat Roberts (R) left the seat open. Marshall was elected to the U.S. House in 2016. Bollier was a Republican when she served in the state House and when she was elected to the state…
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Incumbent Cornyn defeats Hegar in Texas U.S. Senate election
Incumbent John Cornyn (R) defeated M.J. Hegar (D), David B. Collins (G), Kerry McKennon (L), and Ricardo Turullols-Bonilla (I) in the general election for U.S. Senate in Texas. Cornyn was first elected in 2002. The last Democrat to win a U.S. Senate election in Texas was Lloyd Bentsen (D) in 1988. Democrats last won a…