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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

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A voter filed a lawsuit against a county in ruby-red West Virginia calling for a special election after just under 700 people cast erroneous ballots that omitted the name of a Democratic state senate candidate. Mingo County voter James Williamson and the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — A funeral has been held for Tito Jackson at the same Southern California cemetery where his brother Michael Jackson and his father Joe Jackson are buried. Family and friends gathered Monday to mourn the singer and guitarist for the Jackson 5 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale about seven weeks

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

Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Republican Deb Fischer has won a third term representing Nebraska in the U.S. Senate. Fischer won her previous two elections by wide margins in the deeply conservative state. But she faced her toughest challenge yet in Dan Osborn, a working-class industrial mechanic and military veteran who appealed to voters

Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska 2nd House District contest proved again to be the state’s most competitive, pitting Republican incumbent Don Bacon against Democratic state Sen. Tony Vargas in a rematch from 2022. The race remained tight hours after polls closed. Two years ago, Bacon won with 51% of the vote. This time,

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

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

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson has been elected as North Carolina’s next attorney general. Jackson defeated Republican congressman Dan Bishop on Tuesday in an expensive campaign that focused on who was best able to represent the state in court and keep communities safe. Jackson is an Afghan war veteran

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters have rejected ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana, to outlaw most local property taxes, and to make it harder for citizens to change the state constitution. The measures were some of five before voters in the conservative state in Tuesday’s general election. Critics said the property

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Republican U.S. senator from North Dakota who ousted a Democrat in 2018 is now facing a Democrat challenger making her second Senate bid. Sen. Kevin Cramer is confronting Democrat Katrina Christiansen in his reelection effort Tuesday in conservative North Dakota, where no Democrat has won a statewide contest

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mike Kehoe has won the Missouri governor’s race by edging out Democrat Crystal Quade. Voters promoted the lieutenant governor in Tuesday’s election. He told supporters after his victory that he would get to work fighting crime as soon as he’s sworn in. He will succeed GOP Gov.

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican incumbent Josh Hawley is facing off against Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce for his U.S. Senate seat. Election Day is Tuesday. Hawley was elected to the Senate in 2018 when he ousted two-term Sen. Claire McCaskill. She was one of the last Democrats to hold statewide office