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Dupre is out as candidate. UPS store not a valid address, NC election board says.
February 05, 2026
NC State Board of Elections rejects Dupre candidacy over use of nonresidential address. Some want crackdown on other voters who do this.
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Last Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party senator in rural Northland announces reelection bid
January 13, 2026
State Sen. Grant Hauschild announced he would run for a second term to represent District 3, which includes portions of Cook, Itasca, Lake, Koochiching and St. Louis counties.
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Lo que debes saber sobre las primarias de 2026 en Carolina del Norte
January 13, 2026
El Día de las Elecciones Primarias será el 3 de marzo, pero existen varias opciones para votar antes de esa fecha.
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Texas Democratic candidates unite in the Rio Grande Valley to court Latino voters
December 18, 2025
State Rep. James Talarico faces an uphill battle in his U.S. Senate bid while 15th Congressional hopeful Bobby Pulido aims to flip the district, but he must first win his primary.
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Rural Ohio trans candidate nearly drops out of race after being targeted online, wins seat in Republican stronghold
December 15, 2025
Amy Heutmaker pledges to heal political divide in her rural Ohio township.
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An out nonbinary candidate just won a seat in their ruby-red Ohio town by 13 votes. They didn’t believe it, either.
December 09, 2025
Gie May thought their race would help show Wadsworth that other candidates existed besides Republicans. Turns out, voters wanted more than that.
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Virginia’s Rural Voters Shift 12 Points Toward Democrats
November 07, 2025
The Republican Party won a majority of the votes in Virginia’s rural areas in this week’s gubernatorial election, but the margin dropped significantly compared to both the 2021 election and the 2024 presidential race, a Daily Yonder analysis shows.
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Can you win an election by two votes in Montana? Yes. It just happened.
November 06, 2025
In central Montana’s Petroleum County, the smallest in the state by population, a candidate lost the county commission race by 17 votes. And in the northwest Montana town of Rexford, a town council race was decided by a two-vote margin.
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Two years after Lewiston shooting, Maine voters approve red flag law
November 05, 2025
The ballot question, brought forward through a citizen initiative process, came after efforts to pass stricter gun laws failed in the state legislature.
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Southern Vermont school board moves to close two elementary schools, going against residents’ non-binding vote to keep them open
November 05, 2025
The two elementary schools both have fewer than 50 students, and are expected to see continued declines in enrollment, board members said.
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NY Voters Narrowly Approve Prop 1 to Protect Land and Make Amends in the Adirondacks
November 05, 2025
The ballot measure addresses a violation that occurred years ago at the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid.
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BISD’s $39 million bond for new school passes in Nov. 4 election
November 05, 2025
The unofficial totals show 886 votes in favor of the bond and 638 votes against.
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North Texas community votes against forming a city to regulate a noisy Bitcoin mine
November 05, 2025
Some Hood County residents wanted the same power that cities have to set noise limits, but did not secure enough votes.
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League of Women Voters Fights DOJ Bid for New York Voter Data
October 29, 2025
The filing, made Oct. 24, follows a similar intervention in Maine.
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Democratic candidates emphasize ranch roots and military experience in Montana’s western House primary
October 23, 2025
If Montana voters have a type, rural and veteran could be it.
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