2024 General Elections Thread

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Hawaiʻi Island 2024 Primary Election Results

HAWAIʻI ISLAND - Most (but not all) incumbents are leading their primary partisan and non-partisan races as election results come in on Saturday night.

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2024 ... n-results/

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CT primary 2024: Live election results

Connecticut’s party primaries for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state House and Senate have been underway since Aug. 5. Polls close tonight at 8 p.m., and results compiled by the Associated Press will be updated as numbers come in.

https://ctmirror.org/2024/08/13/ct-prim ... n-results/

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Minnesota House Primary Results 2024

The main battleground district in Minnesota is the 2nd District, stretching from the Twin Cities suburbs south toward Mankato. Republicans coalesced around Joe Teirab, a former prosecutor and Marine veteran, to take on three-term Democratic Rep. Angie Craig. The state party has endorsed Democratic state Sen. Kelly Morrison in the race to replace Rep. Dean Phillips, who retired to run for president. And Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar faces a primary challenge from former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels, whom she beat by just 2 percentage points in 2022.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-p ... se-results

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2024 Vermont state primaries: See full results

MONTPELIER, Vt. —Tuesday, Aug. 13 is primary day this year in Vermont.

Residents once again headed to the polls to choose who they want to see on their ballots in November for the general election.

https://www.mynbc5.com/article/2024-ver ... s/61853427

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Wisconsin primary election recap: Referendums fail; Wied, Cooke win House primaries

Wisconsin voters went to the polls Tuesday for the partisan primary election, which featured races for Congress, state Legislature, county-level offices and two statewide referendum questions.

It was the second-to-last regularly scheduled election in Wisconsin. On this ballot, voters narrowed down candidates for partisan offices. Those candidates advance to the Nov. 5 election, which also includes the presidential race.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/pol ... 767819007/

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NJ governor appoints George Helmy to fill Menendez vacancy in Senate

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is set to appoint his former chief of staff to fill an upcoming vacancy in Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) seat, he said Friday.

“Today, I am incredibly proud to announce that upon Senator Menendez’s resignation, I will be appointing George Samir Helmy to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate,” Murphy said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/483 ... /?tbref=hp

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GOP-controlled election board in Georgia passes rule that could further delay certification

(CNN) — The Georgia State Election Board passed a rule Monday giving local election officials additional power to investigate ballot counts before certifying the results, a move critics say could inject chaos into the 2024 election and delay the state’s official vote count.

The “Rule for Reconciliation Prior to Certification” will allow for a hand recount of votes to ensure “the total number of ballots cast” does not exceed “the total number of persons who voted,” according to the language of the rule.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/19/politics ... index.html

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Whitney Fox wins Florida Democratic primary to challenge Luna in House race

A former local government official has won the Democratic nomination for the House seat representing Florida’s 13th Congressional District, setting up a match-up with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Decision Desk HQ projects.

Whitney Fox, the former director of communications and marketing for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in Pinellas County, defeated a few other opponents for the nomination. She had the support of several top House Democrats, including Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) and Florida Reps. Kathy Castor, Lois Frankel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... itney-fox/

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As if FORMER PRESIDENT 666 hasn't done enough, there is now this: rawstory.com/trump-netanyahu-loganact/ The former president is speaking behind the scenes to Israeli PM Netanyahu trying to torpedo cease fire agreements because, in his words, it would help the Harris campaign. This may be a clear violation of the Logan Act, a law passed in 1799 that prohibits unauthorized negotiations by citizens with foreign governments.

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Mary Peltola tops ballot in Alaska House primary, poised for high-stakes November showdown

Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola finished first in Alaska’s nonpartisan congressional primary on Tuesday with a wide lead over her Republican challengers, setting the stage for a contentious general election matchup that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. House next year.

Under Alaska’s primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of their party affiliation and the four candidates with the most votes advance to the general election

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 886318007/

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Tulsa mayoral race heads to runoff in November

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa mayoral debate will go on to a runoff in November because no candidate received 50% of the vote on Aug. 27.

The two candidates who will face off in the next election are Karen Keith and Monroe Nichols, barring any recount.

https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tu ... n-november

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German far-right party wins a state election for the first time since the Nazis

Germany’s far right has won the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazi era, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling center-left coalition.

Projections from public broadcasters ARD and ZDF based on exit polls suggest that the anti-immigration, nationalist party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has finished first in the east German state of Thuringia, securing about 31% to 33% of the vote.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/germ ... rcna169139

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Election results: Massachusetts primary for US Senate, House, other races

BOSTON — In the marquee race of Tuesday's Massachusetts state primary election, Republicans selected former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney John Deaton as the party's candidate to face Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November.

Republicans also had a contested primary in the 8th Congressional District in eastern Massachusetts to pick a candidate to face Rep. Stephen Lynch in the general election.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/massachuse ... 4/61924226

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Delaware Democrats back Sarah McBride’s bid to become first openly transgender person in US Congress

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware in November could elect the first openly transgender member of Congress and the state’s first Black U.S. senator.

On Tuesday, voters in the Blue Hen State were deciding their fall nominees in several political contests, including picking Matt Meyer, the chief executive of Delaware’s most populous county, in the Democratic primary for governor.

https://apnews.com/article/2024-electio ... dium=share

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After tough primary battles, Ayotte and Craig now face each other in race for governor

Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig will face off in November as the respective Republican and Democratic nominees for New Hampshire governor after a pair of bruising party primaries.

Ayotte, a Republican who served in the Senate from 2011 to 2017 and as attorney general from 2004 to 2009, bested her opponent, Chuck Morse, the former Senate president, with 65 percent of the vote at press time.

https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2024/0 ... -governor/

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Whitehouse wins Democratic nomination for US Senate, will face Republican Morgan

Incumbent Sheldon Whitehouse won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Rhode Island's primary election on Tuesday.

He'll face state Rep. Patricia Morgan, who won the Republican nomination, in November's general election.

https://turnto10.com/politics/rhode-isl ... er-10-2024

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Jesse Dollemore Tommy Tuberville Threatens Violence – He's Furious About Failing Voter Suppression Bill

https://youtu.be/Z9HiDlhoUd8?si=B_rj4YhyMHaTkhbr

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Advocacy groups sue Alabama over voter roll purge

A lawsuit brought forward by several advocacy groups alleges that four individuals in Alabama have been unfairly targeted by the state’s voter roll purge ahead of the presidential election in November.

The lawsuit claims that State Secretary Wes Allen’s purge program, a plan seeking to purge more than 3,000 voters in the state who had previously been issued noncitizen identification numbers by the Department of Homeland Security, violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), a law that advances voting rights and makes it easier for voters to register.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-ba ... oll-purge/

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Pennsylvania court reverses ruling allowing misdated mail-in ballots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Friday that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates will not be counted in November, reversing a previous ruling from a lower court in the battleground state.

The decision from last month named only Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, which the state’s Supreme Court argued the lower ruling lacked jurisdiction.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-ba ... -reversal/

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Canada's Trudeau faces setback as party loses crucial Montreal election

Ottawa: Canada's ruling Liberal party lost a once-safe seat in a Montreal parliamentary constituency, preliminary results showed on Tuesday, a result likely to put more pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to quit.

Elections Canada said that with 100 per cent of the votes counted in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had been beaten into second place by the separatist Bloc Quebecois candidate, Louis-Philippe Sauvé.

https://www.deccanherald.com/world/cana ... on-3194301

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John Day city councilors survive recall effort

JOHN DAY — Three John Day city councilors facing simultaneous recall efforts are still members of the city’s governing body after a trio of decisive “no” votes in the city’s Sept. 17 special election.

Councilors Ron Phillips, Sherrie Rininger and Eric Bush all survived recall efforts launched by the city’s public works director, Casey Myers, who accused the three of mismanaging city funds, lacking transparency, harassing city staff, behaving unethically and engaging in anti-democratic practices.

https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/news/ ... 9fd1b.html

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Democrats retain control of Pa. House after 2 special election wins

HARRISBURG — Democrats will retain their majority in the Pennsylvania state House after winning two Philadelphia special elections Tuesday, according to unofficial returns.

The results were never in question. Both candidates were unopposed, and both districts have historically backed Democrats by wide margins.

https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/0 ... nsylvania/

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Democrat LaMonica McIver wins NJ special election

LaMonica McIver, the former Newark city council president, won a special election Wednesday in New Jersey’s 10th District to fill the unexpired term of the late Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr.

McIver had 85 percent of vote to Republican Carmen Bucco’s 12 percent in the heavily Democratic district when The Associated Press called the race at 8:08 p.m. Two independent candidates were also running.

https://rollcall.com/2024/09/18/democra ... -election/

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Republicans are suing more election officials over voter rolls in several battleground states

Washington (CNN) — Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered voters.

Questioning the accuracy of voter rolls has long been a hallmark of right-wing efforts to raise doubts about the integrity of elections and featured prominently in 2020 when allies of the former president pushed false claims that scores of fraudulently cast votes helped Joe Biden win the presidency.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/politics ... index.html

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Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard

Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released by the Election Commission Sunday, as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation toward economic ruin.

Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, secured victory over opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over the country two years ago after its economy hit bottom.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/22/nx-s1-51 ... issanayake