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News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a Republican sheriff unlawfully took possession of more than 650,000 ballots.
News · NJ
A Ruiz and Cruz-Perez bill creating a New Jersey license plate honoring the Borinqueneers has been signed into law.
News · GA
Fuel costs, trade impacts and Trump are emerging as central themes in the competition for Georgia’s rural farm voters.
News · US
A development involving Elon Musk has renewed scrutiny of privately backed tools or services that could touch election data.
News · US
Chinese reporters accompanying President Xi Jinping clashed with U.S. journalists and security personnel during his White House state visit.
News · MT
The Supreme Court cleared the Butte-Silver Bow data center initiative to continue through the local initiative process.
News · AL
State Rep. Faulkner has proposed creating a state commission focused on youth sports in Alabama.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that a sheriff unlawfully seized more than 650,000 ballots and must return them.
News · AR
The plan was released ahead of the midterms but is not directly tied to a specific race, election or candidate.
Candidate profile · MN
Luke Gulbranson is a Democrat running in the contested 2026 general election for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District.
Candidate profile · MI
Lydia Lynn Christensen is a Libertarian candidate in Michigan’s contested 2026 U.S. Senate race.
Candidate profile · KY
Republican Donald Ray Wenzel is among 22 candidates in Kentucky’s contested 2026 U.S. Senate race.
News · MD
Maryland DNR has announced the next phase of work toward opening Wills Mountain State Park.
News · US
Muslim Americans are responding to Republican politicians’ messages opposing Sharia as an unspecified election approaches.
News · US
The Sept. 24 edition of “The Takeout” focuses on Trump’s ceremony for Xi Jinping and the restoration of journalists’ White House access.
News · ME
CNN regained access to White House grounds, but the pool status of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News remained unclear Thursday.
News · US
Three independent candidates visited Capitol Hill to discuss AI and argue that officeholders can operate outside the two major parties.
News · NY
Polymarket is asking a court to block New York’s attorney general from regulating its prediction market.
News · CA
The California Supreme Court ruled that the Riverside sheriff unlawfully seized the ballots and ordered their return.
News · WV
The Senate approved a measure honoring West Virginia children affected by childhood cancer, with further legislative action to determine its status.
News · TN
The dispute focuses on rules for state oversight of downtown Nashville’s tourism district, not on an election or candidate contest.
Candidate profile · ID
Republican incumbent Cindy Carlson is the only listed candidate in Idaho’s 2026 general election for state Senate District 7.
Candidate profile · IA
Republican incumbent Randall Feenstra is one of 12 candidates in Iowa’s contested 4th District race in 2026.
Candidate profile · GA
Republican Ellis Bachman is one of 11 candidates listed for Georgia’s 11th District in the 2026 general election.
News · NM
Trump has proposed replacing New Mexico’s current name with “New America,” but the idea is not directly linked to an election or political race.
News · PA
City Council approved a resolution asking Pennsylvania leaders to prohibit Flock cameras statewide.
News · IA
The judge cited First Amendment protections in dismissing Trump’s late-2024 lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and J. Ann Selzer.
News · WI
Wisconsin legislative candidates are facing questions about earlier data center votes, though no specific race is directly tied to the issue.
News · NJ
The five-bill package focuses on election security and is not directly connected to a particular race or election.
News · US
A review identified more than 30,000 noncitizens added to voter rolls in 11 states since 2000, though the count remains subject to revision.