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News · IA
Republicans in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio are calling for a quick end to the Iran war as high fuel prices raise election concerns.
News · ME
Maine voters will need to check which 2026 contests use ranked-choice voting and follow the instructions printed on each ballot.
News · OH
Seven people from Northeast Ohio face Medicaid fraud allegations in a case not directly connected to an election or candidate.
News · VA
The governor signed an order on state secrecy agreements and proposed broader rules on local approvals, environmental standards and energy costs.
News · AL
Alabama’s attorney general says the state has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with TikTok Inc.
News · VA
The attorney general asked Virginia’s State Corporation Commission to extend its review of the proposed Dominion-NextEra merger.
News · NC
Voting-rights groups and voters want a federal court to block two absentee-ballot policies before North Carolina’s November 2026 election.
News · ND
Voters will choose a U.S. House member, secretary of state and attorney general in North Dakota’s Nov. 3 election.
News · WI
NBC News projected Jay Schroeder and JoCasta Zamarripa as the Republican and Democratic primary winners.
News · MO
The court turned aside a third Republican effort to use a map that could have created an opportunity to gain another House seat.
News · VT
Voters will consider constitutional proposals on collective bargaining and equal protection in November 2026.
News · OK
Oklahoma voters will decide in November whether to end party-based membership limits for the state’s judicial nominating commission.
News · MA
Anne Brensley, joined by Carlos Cesar and Pastor Manny Silva, announced an initiative seeking Portuguese-language ballots across Massachusetts.
News · MD
Maryland’s attorney general will leave closed the investigation into Tawon Boyd’s 2016 death.
News · IN
Indiana’s attorney general is challenging a race-based board quota used by a high school sports association.
News · MO
A new council will focus on human trafficking, with its structure and work now the main issues to watch.
News · NJ
Investigators found credible evidence of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing by New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell.
News · OR
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in a federal voter database matter that does not affect Oregon elections.
News · ID
Idaho election officials are raising concerns about proposed changes involving mail-in ballots.
News · MO
The Supreme Court has rejected a Missouri congressional map backed by Donald Trump for the third time.
News · UT
Utah voters will decide four U.S. House contests on Nov. 3 against a backdrop of Republican presidential wins in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
News · WI
Emergency response and property damage account for most of Enbridge’s estimated costs from the August leak in Iron County.
News · OK
The Nov. 3 ballot includes contests for U.S. Senate, five U.S. House seats, governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
News · RI
The Nov. 3 ballot includes statewide offices, a U.S. Senate seat and both of Rhode Island’s U.S. House seats.
News · WY
Wyoming voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, governor, secretary of state and the state’s sole U.S. House seat on Nov. 3.
News · AL
Alabama’s Nov. 3 ballot includes a U.S. Senate seat, seven U.S. House seats and several statewide executive offices.
News · WV
Voters will decide a U.S. Senate race and contests for both of West Virginia’s U.S. House districts on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · AK
Alaska voters will decide races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor on Nov. 3, 2026.
News · AL
The election entry pairs Alabama’s 2026 contests with past presidential results but does not name a race or candidate.
News · WA
The leaders discussed trade, artificial intelligence and the Iran war as some Republican lawmakers criticized Xi’s treatment in Washington.