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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia announced on Monday he is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and will not be seeking reelection next year due to his cancer returning, ending his long career in public life.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anna Paulina Luna was at her Florida home in fall 2023, caring for her newborn son and turning over a question in her mind as a member of Congress:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alaska voters will decide in the Nov. 5 general election which presidential candidate will receive the state's three electoral votes, but the race for the sole U.S. House seat might have bigger national implications.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New York is a Democratic-leaning state, but it is still a major priority for Republicans on Election Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voters in the District of Columbia don't have a say in which party wins control of Congress. But the District's voters do get to decide which presidential candidate wins its three Electoral College votes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The race for president tops the list of federal, state and local contests in Illinois, where voters have supported the Democratic presidential nominee for decades but lower-ballot contests are more competitive.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maryland voters will decide a competitive race for U.S. Senate on Election Day, a rarity for the left-leaning state. The high profile contest pits a Democratic county executive against a Republican who has twice won statewide.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Before there was a FiveThirtyEight model, or a New York Times election night needle, or 13 keys revealing "how presidential elections really work," there was an economist named Louis Bean.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Election night in the United States is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, except that only one piece appears at a time, and you don't get to look at the picture on the box.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a tough summer of primaries, the progressive House members who call themselves "the Squad" are facing their final challenge next week in Minnesota.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anti-Trump Republicans lost their standard-bearer in the Senate when Sen. Mitt Romney announced he wouldn't seek a second term. On Tuesday, Utah voters will decide whether a similar brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Incumbents' dominance in the 2024 congressional primaries will be put to the test in Virginia on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump's allies could soon add another House member to their ranks, as Ohio voters head to the polls in a district the Republican former president carried comfortably in 2020.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Maine voters already cast their votes for president, but they're back at it on Tuesday for the state primary election. This time, voters will choose two nominees who will vie for a U.S. House seat that could be critical to determining which party wins the majority.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The general election for a race that could determine the Senate majority begins right after Montana voters lock in their nominees in Tuesday's primaries.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- South Dakota Republicans' tug-of-war over their party identity continues in Tuesday's election, with district-level primaries the main event.