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Explore more race results below. Rep. Angie Craig is running against Republican Tyler Kistner in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District is located south of the Twin Cities. 2022 General EmbedsMinnesota's 2nd Congressional District candidatesCraig is a member of House committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Small Business. Voting history for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional DistrictMinnesota's 2nd District includes rural and suburban counties south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Rep. Susie Lee is running against Republican April Becker in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. RenoNorth Las Vegas MayorDemocratic Rep. Susie Lee faces Republican newcomer April Becker in Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsNevada's 3rd Congressional District candidatesLee is a member of the Committee on Education and Labor. Lee defeated her challenger by an 80-point margin in the Democratic primary for Nevada's 3rd Congressional District. Voting history for Nevada's 3rd Congressional DistrictNevada's 3rd Congressional District occupies the southernmost tip of Nevada, including Henderson County and portions of Clark County.

Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola is running against three others — including Sarah Palin — in Alaska's at-large congressional district. Alaska has only one congressional district and therefore does not go through a redistricting process. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska faces off against three challengers in Alaska's at-large congressional district general election. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has known Peltola for years and served alongside her in the Alaska state house. Although Alaska's 2022 general election, much like the special election, will largely be centered around Peltola and Palin, Alaska's ranked choice voting system makes this a four-way race.

☆ Live Results: Alabama votes in congressional and state elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Alabama is holding US congressional elections on November 8. Polls close at 7 p.m. CT.Only one of Alabama's two US Senate seats is up for election this year. Both Senate seats are currently being held by Republicans. Alabama has seven seats in the US House of Representatives, each of which is up for election. Currently, six of the seven seats are held by Republicans and one is held by a Democrat, Rep. Terri Sewell, who's running for reelection in the state's 7th Congressional District.

☆ Trump-endorsed Republican Katie Britt faces off against Democrat Will Boyd in Alabama's US Senate election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican Katie Britt is running against Democrat Will Boyd to represent Alabama in the US Senate. Britt has outraised and outspent Boyd by leaps and bounds, and is strongly favored to win. Alabama's Senate race candidatesBritt, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, worked on Shelby's 2015 reelection campaign as his deputy campaign manager and communications director. The money raceAccording to OpenSecrets, Britt has raised $10.6 million, spent $9.1 million, and has $1.5 million cash on hand, as of October 19. What experts sayThe race between Britt and Boyd is rated as "solid Republican" by Inside Elections, "solid Republican" by The Cook Political Report, and "safe Republican" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

☆ Rick Scott claims he doesn't 'know one Republican who wants to change' Social Security after Ron Johnson floated proposals to put the program's spending in flux
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Rick Scott said he doesn't know any Republicans who want to change Social Security or Medicare. They have also suggested raising the age to collect Social Security and raising health insurance premiums for seniors. Democrats have honed in on the line about Social Security spending, using it to campaign against Republicans. On NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday, host Chuck Todd asked Scott about his position on Social Security. Why put Social Security into the political arena every five years?

☆ RNC chair Ronna McDaniel says 'nobody should be intimidating' voters but defends poll watchers who are 'simply observing'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ronna McDaniel said "nobody should be intimidating" voters following reports of intimidation in multiple states. Election-denier groups helped recruit poll watchers who want to ban electronic vote counters, Reuters reported. But poll watching is not intimidating," McDaniel said. The chairwoman said the RNC has been recruiting poll watchers and issued a warning that they shouldn't be "intimidated" either. "Also, don't intimidate our poll watchers, because we're having that right now too, where our poll watchers are not being allowed to meaningfully observe.

☆ Ronna McDaniel says RNC 'cannot pay legal bills' for Donald Trump if he announces a 2024 bid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ronna McDaniel said the RNC cannot pay Donald Trump's legal bills if he announces his candidacy. The committee has paid over $2.3 million in legal fees for Trump, CNN reported. McDaniel did not say whether Trump will run for president, stating she is "only focused on 2022." "We cannot pay legal bills for any candidate that's announced," McDaniel said. I don't even know what I'm doing for Thanksgiving right now, let alone thinking about 2024," McDaniel said.

☆ RNC's Ronna McDaniel said GOP candidates will 'let the process play out' and accept election results
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said the party's candidates "will accept the results" of the midterms. Nearly 300 GOP election deniers are on the ballot with 171 expected to win, the Washington Post reported. However, the GOP needs "to have the ability to fix" potential voter issues, McDaniel said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. "We want to make sure it's run fair and transparently, and then we will let the process play out, and then we will accept the results," McDaniel told host Dana Bash. Dozens of election deniers are on the ballot, and many of them have been endorsed by top Republicans like former President Donald Trump.

☆ Election deniers are trying to influence the midterm elections at the polls, in the courts, and on the ballot
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Election deniers who challenged the 2020 presidential election are influencing the 2022 midterms. Organizing efforts to reach voters directlyState by state, election deniers are already having an impact on the ground. Election deniers on the ballotDozens upon dozens of election deniers are also running for office in the midterms — many of whom Trump has endorsed. Nearly 300 election deniers are running for public office with 171 expected to be victorious on election night, according to The Washington Post. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesMany election deniers are running for seats in Congress while others are running in significant statewide races.

☆ Barack Obama says the GOP is the only party that 'actively tries to discourage citizens from voting'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barack Obama said the Republican party "actively tries" to keep citizens from voting at a campaign rally. Now Republicans know this, and that's why they're doing everything they can to prevent you from voting," Obama said. "This is one of the only major parties worldwide that actively tries to discourage citizens from voting." Since the 2020 election, Republican legislators have pushed to restrict voting, claiming it will combat widespread voter fraud. A lot of times, many of the elected officials or the people who are running to run elections right now are suggesting that maybe they would not count votes, nullify votes, overturn votes," Obama said.

☆ 11 Unique Gifts for the Mom Who Doesn’t Want Anything
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

The woman forever insisting she doesn’t need anything for the holidays, her birthday or Mother’s Day. For the mom who’s an open bookQuestions About Me Tell Me Your Life Story, Mom: A Mother’s Guided Journal and Memory Keepsake Book $10 at AmazonHere’s a way to give Mom what she really wants: a connection to you. With 200-plus thoughtful prompts and quick-hitting questions (What food do you like to have made for you when you’re sick? For the mom who’s tired of getting flowersThink of succulents as the gateway into plant parenthood. For the mom on the goThink of this elegantly shaped hat as an upgrade to her standard pony or top knot.

☆ Former students of Ron DeSantis said he was a 'total jock' who partied with students and thought it was 'very special' that he graduated from Yale: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis spent a year after college teaching at a private school in Georgia, per The New York Times. Former students said he had a "smug" air about him and was a "total jock" who partied with students. Some students recalled DeSantis fondly while others remembered "unthinkable" pranks he pulled on students. "He was a total jock; that was his personality," Gates Minis, a 2003 graduate of the school, told the Times. Some other students recalled the Florida governor differently, telling the Times he had a bit of a superiority complex.

☆ A former student of Ron DeSantis' says he was 'hostile' to her because she was Black and would play 'devil's advocate' about the Civil War: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ron DeSantis spent a year at a private school in Georgia teaching history and government, per The New York Times. A former student said DeSantis would "play devil's advocate" over controversial subjects like the Civil War. While teaching history and government, DeSantis liked to debate controversial subjects, including the Civil War, former Darlington student and 2003 graduate Danielle Pompey recalled to the Times. "Mr. Ron, Mr. DeSantis, was mean to me and hostile toward me," Pompey told the Times. In the video seen by the Times, a student pretending to be DeSantis said, "The Civil War was not about slavery!

☆ Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she does not trust Elon Musk running Twitter, lambastes social-media companies for 'making money off' violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she does not trust Elon Musk as the new owner of Twitter. "No, I do not," Klobuchar replied before rebuking social-media companies for "making money" off of amplifying "stuff that's a bunch of lies." I just don't think people should be making money off of passing on this stuff that's a bunch of lies," Klobuchar said on Sunday. They are making money off of this violence," Klobuchar said. Klobuchar added that social-media companies bear some responsibility in staving off political violence, referencing the attack on Paul Pelosi on Friday.

☆ The intruder who broke into the Pelosi home and asked 'where is Nancy' had a bag of zip ties: report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The suspect who broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and attacked her husband brought zip ties with him, per CNN. Suspect David DePape attempted to tie up Paul Pelosi and later told police he was "waiting for Nancy." Threats against Speaker Pelosi are similar to the ones made by January 6 rioters, who told her to "come out and play." He is expected to make a full recovery, and in a statement on Saturday, Speaker Pelosi said Paul's condition "continues to improve." Threats against Speaker Pelosi are similar to the same ones made by those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, some of whom also brought zip ties.

☆ Elon Musk bizarrely responds to Hillary Clinton after she links 'hate and deranged conspiracy theories' from GOP to Paul Pelosi's attack: 'There might be more to this story than meets the eye'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk tweeted a link to a site with conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi's assault. In a tweeted reply to Hillary Clinton, Musk shared a link to a site with conspiracy theories about the attack. Clinton condemned the assault, accusing the "Republican Party and its mouthpieces" of regularly spreading "hate and deranged conspiracy theories." Following the assault, Paul Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and is expected to make a full recovery. While several mainstream conservatives have condemned the assault, some right-wing pundits have cast doubt and shared conspiracy theories about the attack.

☆ AOC says the US is 'truly facing an environment of fascism' where voter intimidation 'brings us to Jim Crow'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AOC said the US is experiencing fascism and voter intimidation that mimics the Jim Crow era. Federal officials warned that threats of violence may rise due to "perceptions of election-related fraud." "We are really truly facing an environment of fascism in the United States of America. This type of intimidation at the polls brings us to Jim Crow," Ocasio-Cortez said on MSNBC's "All in with Chris Hayes" on Friday in a conversation with Hayes and Rep. Jamie Raskin. "Those wounds threaten to rip right back open if we do not strongly defend democracy in the United States of America."

☆ 'We've seen how that goes': Obama rebuked Herschel Walker as 'a celebrity who wants to be a politician'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Barack Obama said Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker wants to be a celebrity politician. Obama spoke at a campaign rally Friday in support of Sen. Raphael Warnock, the incumbent facing Walker in November. "Seems to me he's a celebrity who wants to be a politician and we've seen how that goes," Obama added of Walker in an apparent nod to former President Donald Trump, who has thrown his support behind Walker. "Some of you may not remember, but Herschel Walker was a heck of a football player," Obama said, per CNN. "Herschel Walker is a hypocrite," the woman told reporters at a press conference Wednesday.

☆ Staff shortages make patient surges harder for children’s hospitals – and the situation won’t get better soon
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“We’re extremely overwhelmed,” said Dr. Rishi Lulla, director of pediatric hematology/oncology at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Seasonal respiratory viruses fill children’s hospitals every year, but the number of beds that are full now is well above the average. Driving much of the current need for beds at children’s hospitals is a spike in cases of RSV, which are 60% higher than at 2021’s peak. Nurse turnover is up 50% across the country since 2019, according to Mark Wietecha, CEO of the Children’s Hospital Association. Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter Sign up here to get The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInside the world's first affordable solar electric vehicleGermany company Sono Motors plans to bring the world's first affordable solar-powered EV to market in Europe in mid-2023. Priced at $25,000, the Sion features 465 integrated solar half-cells, as well as a lithium iron phosphate battery with a 190 mile range. The company estimates that on average, solar power can fuel an additional 70 miles of driving per week. Sono hopes to bring the Sion to the U.S. market soon.

☆ Inside the world's first affordable solar-powered electric vehicle: The $25,000 Sono Motors Sion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Katie Brigham | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Germany company Sono Motors says it will bring a solar-powered electric vehicle to market in Europe in mid-2023. Sono has brought the car, called the Sion, on a tour throughout the U.S., in anticipation of its eventual domestic release. For longer trips though, the Sion has a lithium iron phosphate battery with a 190-mile range, made by Chinese electric vehicle and battery giant BYD. Sono uses a polymer-based solar technology that it developed. While there are no mass-market solar electric vehicles available today, Hahn believes this technology will take off soon.

Brian Kemp to become the state’s first Black governor — she’d also be the first Black woman in the country’s history to hold a governor seat. In Maryland, Rep. Anthony Brown could be the state’s first Black attorney general if he defeats Republican Michael Peroutka. Smaller historic races include Rep. Karen Bass’ bid to become Los Angeles’ first Black woman mayor. Flowers would be the first Black woman to hold the office in Alabama, and she’s already made history as the first Black woman from either major party to win the nomination for governor. If successful, she would be the first Black woman elected to the chamber in the state’s history.

☆ Amazon's moonshots lab recently shut down several secret projects, shocking members of the team. Here are the initiatives that got the chop, and the ones that survived.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Amazon's Grand Challenge division recently shut down three confidential projects, a cost-cutting move that shocked and disappointed members of the secretive moonshots lab, Insider has learned. Two healthcare projects survived the cull. The healthcare projects that survived are a new type of at-home fertility-monitoring device and a therapeutic treatment to protect against antibiotic resistance, these people said. The decision to keep two healthcare projects reflects CEO Andy Jassy's ambition in this field. Glow, a video-calling device that Amazon shut down earlier this month, was also part of the broader Grand Challenge team.

☆ Nancy Pelosi said Donald Trump isn't 'man enough to show up' to a Jan. 6 committee deposition
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Speaker Pelosi said she doesn't think Donald Trump is "man enough" to testify before the January 6 panel. Trump could be held in contempt of Congress if he doesn't comply, or he may drag out the process. "I don't think he's man enough to show up," Pelosi told Jonathan Capehart on "The Sunday Show" on MSNBC. When the committee voted unanimously earlier this month to subpoena Trump, he sent a letter repeating his false claims about the 2020 election. The speaker added that if Trump doesn't comply with the subpoena, then citizens can conclude "that he thinks he is above the law."

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