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AP Race Call: Republican Brian Mast wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 21st Congressional District

Republican Rep. Brian Mast won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 21st District falls along the state’s eastern Treasure Coast and includes Port St. Lucie and Jupiter. The district has become increasingly Republican, particularly in presidential elections, since Mast was first elected in 2016. Prior to that, he served in

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AP Race Call: Democrat Darren Soto wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 9th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Darren Soto won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Soto was first elected in 2016. His district stretches from eastern Orlando past Kissimmee. It is plurality Hispanic and solidly Democratic. Before being elected to Congress, Soto served in both chambers of the Florida state legislature. He defeated Republican Thomas

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AP Race Call: Republican Daniel Webster wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 11th Congressional District

Republican Rep. Daniel Webster won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 11th District includes western Orlando, Disney’s four theme parks and The Villages, a large retirement community. The Central Florida district is comfortably Republican. Webster has represented some version of this district since 2017, but was first elected to Congress

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Republican Mike Braun wins Indiana governor’s race, extending the GOP’s hold on the office

Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican Mike Braun has won the Indiana governor’s race. He defeated Democrat Jennifer McCormick and extended the GOP’s 20-year-hold on the state’s top office. Braun is the wealthy founder of a national auto parts distribution business. He will succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who is term-limited. Braun did not

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AP Race Call: Democrat Frederica Wilson wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 24th Congressional District

Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 24th District, located in South Florida, covers much of eastern Miami-Dade County and includes a small piece of southern Broward County. It is among Florida’s most racially diverse districts, as more than one-third of the voting-age population is Black

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AP Race Call: Republican Mark Messmer wins election to U.S. House in Indiana’s 8th Congressional District

Republican Mark Messmer won election to a U.S. House seat representing Indiana on Tuesday. The former Indiana state Senate majority leader defeated Democrat Erik Hurt, an Evansville movie theater manager. Messmer resigned from his state Senate post in September to focus on winning the seat vacated by retiring seven-term U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon. Messmer campaigned

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South Dakota has rejected an abortion rights measure and voted down recreational marijuana

Associated Press Voters in South Dakota have rejected a proposal to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution, preserving a near-total ban there. The abortion measure was in a crowded field of ballot initiatives for Tuesday’s general election that also included a proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use. After most votes were

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Voters back Nebraska’s ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and reject a competing measure

Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters have enshrined the state’s current ban on abortion after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the state’s constitution. Voters on Tuesday also rejected a competing ballot measure that would have established the right to have an abortion until the point that a fetus could viably survive

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Democrats hope to flip a reliably Republican Louisiana congressional seat with new boundaries

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, Democrats are looking to flip a once reliably Republican Louisiana congressional seat. Its political boundaries were recently redrawn to form the state’s second mostly Black congressional district. Five people are on the ballot for Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District. Democrats have thrown their support

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‘Fat Leonard,’ Navy contractor behind one of the military’s biggest scandals, sentenced to 15 years

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for masterminding a decade-long bribery scheme that swept up dozens of U.S. Navy officers, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge Janis L. Sammartino also ordered Francis to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy

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