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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer hopes to win another four years as Michigan’s governor when she faces off against Republican challenger Tudor Dixon on Tuesday. Whitmer helped Democrats regain control of the state’s top office in 2018 after eight years of Republican leadership and

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The Associated Press could declare winners in some races in this year’s midterm elections at the moment polls close Tuesday. Some are in races with only one candidate on the ballot. And then there are races in which a party or candidate has a past history of consistent and convincing

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republican Mark Gordon has won a second term as Wyoming’s governor. Gordon beat Democrat Theresa Livingston, a retired educator and U.S. Bureau of Land Management employee. Gordon emphasized his efforts to diversify Wyoming’s economy away from fossil fuels, mentioning ongoing work to develop new uses for

By WILSON RING Associated Press Voters in deep blue Vermont have reelected a Republican to be the state’s chief executive. Sixty-four-year-old Gov. Phil Scott was elected to his fourth, two-year term. Scott defeated Democrat Brenda Siegel and three independent candidates. Since he became governor in 2017, Scott says he has focused his time on minimizing

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey has been elected governor of Massachusetts, making history as the nation’s first openly lesbian governor. Healey, the state’s first woman and openly gay candidate elected to the office, defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative who had the endorsement of former

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press Republican Tiffany Smiley is seeking to oust U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democratic stalwart who has gone from the upstart “mom in tennis” shoes to one of her party’s most powerful officeholders in her nearly 30 years in the Senate. Smiley has repeatedly attacked Murray’s tenure and stature in

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with seven fires set across Mississippi’s capital city early Tuesday. At least two of the buildings set ablaze in Jackson were churches; one was burned to the ground. Another fire broke out on fences surrounding the baseball

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Control of Congress could come down to one or two seats in Washington. In the 8th Congressional District, incumbent Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier faces Republican Matt Larkin. In the open seat in the 3rd Congressional District, Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces Trump-endorsed Republican Joe Kent, who edged

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Tim Walz is seeking a second term against Republican Scott Jensen, a family physician who first grabbed attention with his vaccine skepticism before hammering Walz on economic and crime issues during the fall campaign. A victory for Jensen on Tuesday would break Democrats’ 12-year grip on

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) — NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket because of a storm threatening the Florida coast. Fuel leaks have kept the rocket grounded since August. Then Hurricane Ian forced the rocket back to the hangar at Kennedy Space Center. NASA was aiming to launch the test flight

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a libertarian-leaning conservative and former presidential candidate, won a third term Tuesday by defeating a rival from the other end of the political spectrum, progressive Democrat Charles Booker. First elected in the tea party-driven wave of 2010, Paul’s victory extended

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell University has announced the temporary suspension of fraternity parties after a student reported being sexually assaulted Sunday and four others were reportedly drugged at off-campus housing in recent weeks, university leaders said this week. All of the incidents occurred at residences affiliated with registered fraternities, according to a statement to

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 38 states that elect them, secretaries of state often don’t see much campaign fanfare. But this year, there’s a lot of buzz about the 27 races this year for secretary of state, which usually serves as a state’s chief elections officer. AP’s Nick Riccardi is

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is seeking a third term and facing Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings as the GOP tries to take back control of the narrowly divided Senate. Rubio had relatively easy paths to his first two Senate victories. This year he faces Demings,

By SARA BURNETT, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A fierce competition for control of Congress along with dozens of governors’ mansions and key election posts was unfolding Tuesday as polls began closing in several closely watched states along the East Coast. In Georgia, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia has taken into custody an American woman who has struggled for years to leave the kingdom with her daughter. U.S. officials and a U.S.-based advocacy group, the Freedom Initiative, confirmed the detention of American Carly Morris. Morris has faced Saudi Arabia’s strict

By MATT O’BRIEN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft’s planned takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, fearing the $69 billion deal would distort fair competition to popular titles like Call of Duty. Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, first announced the agreement

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democrats are campaigning for history while Republicans are seeking to extend a winning streak in the U.S. Senate. Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd are the leading candidates on Tuesday’s ballot to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr. The race was one

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster. The ruling handed a victory to the Biden Justice Department in its contention that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Democrats Wes Moore and U.S. Rep Anthony Brown aimed to make Maryland history Tuesday, with Moore hoping to become the state’s first Black governor and Brown running to be Maryland’s first Black attorney general. Moore, 44, is running against Republican Dan Cox, a state legislator endorsed