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Rep. Elissa Slotkin won reelection against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin won reelection against Republican Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsMichigan's 7th Congressional District candidatesWhen Slotkin first won the seat in 2018, she became the first Democrat to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District (pre-redistricting) since 2001 with her victory over incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop. In 2022, she ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. Voting history for Michigan's 7th Congressional DistrictMichigan's newly drawn 7th Congressional District sits in the central region of the state and spans seven counties.

☆ Results: Republican Gov. Kristi Noem prevails over Democratic challenger Jamie Smith in South Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kristi Noem has won a second term as governor of South Dakota. Noem faced South Dakota state representative Jamie Smith. Kristi Noem, who was running for a second term against South Dakota state representative Jamie Smith, has prevailed. South Dakota's gubernatorial candidatesNoem spent nearly a decade in the US Congress and served two terms as a South Dakota state representative prior to that. Smith has served three terms in the South Dakota state House of Representatives.

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. The 41st District includes the city of Corona, Calvert's hometown. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. 2022 General EmbedsCalifornia's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

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

Polls close in the state at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It symobilizes the 2022 Election. Election 2022 North Carolina Results Explore more election results Alaska Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin Senate Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. NC-13NC-01 HouseNorth Carolina, which picked up a 14th congressional seat following the latest redistricting cycle, will elect its congressional delegation in a highly competitive year within the state. Polls close in the state at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

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

Polls close in the state at 7 p.m. local time, or 9 p.m. EST. It symobilizes the 2022 Election. NM-02 House Governor Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Michelle Lujan Grisham faces voters in one of the closest races in this election cycle. Polls close in the state at 7 p.m. local time, or 9 p.m. EST.

Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids faces off against Republican Amanda Adkins for Kansas' 3rd District. (1 District) Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Adkins has hammered Davids over inflation and her vote for Democrats' COVID rescue plan and the Inflation Reduction Act. Kansas' 3rd District now juts out further past the Kansas City suburbs, giving it a much more rural feel. Adkins has raised $3.2 million, spent $2.3 million, and has about $932,000 remaining, as of September 30.

☆ Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vies for reelection against Democratic challenger Jamie Smith in South Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kristi Noem is seeking a second term as governor of South Dakota. Noem faces South Dakota state representative Jamie Smith. Kristi Noem is running for a second term against South Dakota state representative Jamie Smith in the Mount Rushmore State. Smith has served three terms in the South Dakota state House of Representatives. Noem got 51% of the vote in 2018, edging out then-South Dakota state Sen. Billie Sutton by less than 3 percentage points.

☆ Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas is the latest member of Congress to violate a federal conflict-of-interest law
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat from Texas, was days late disclosing four stock purchases. Congress is actively debating whether to ban lawmakers from trading individual stocks. I continue to hold the same seven individual stocks acquired long ago," Doggett said. A certified congressional disclosure from Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat from Texas, indicating he was days late reporting he purchased stock shares in four companies. "I am supportive of a ban on active trading of individual stocks," he said.

☆ Republican Rep. David Schweikert faces off against Democrat Jevin Hodge in Arizona's 1st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. David Schweikert is running against Democrat Jevin Hodge in Arizona's 1st Congressional District. Trump-endorsed Schweikert is the only Republican in Arizona's congressional delegation who voted to accept the state's election results. Arizona's 1st Congressional District candidatesDemocratic Rep. Schweikert is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Voting history for Arizona's 1st Congressional DistrictArizona's 1st Congressional District includes Scottsdale and parts of north and central Phoenix. His opponent, Hodge, has raised $1.9 million, spent $1 million, and has $855,517 cash on hand, as of September 30.

☆ Republican Rep. Ken Calvert faces off against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Ken Calvert is running against Democrat Will Rollins in California's 41st Congressional District. Calvert, who has a history of opposing same-sex marriage, faces Rollins in a district that has long backed gay rights. California's 41st Congressional District candidatesCalvert is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations. First elected to the US House in 1992 to represent California's 43rd Congressional District, Calvert is the longest-serving Republican of the state's congressional delegation and one of the most senior members serving in the legislative body. Voting history for California's 41st Congressional DistrictCalifornia's 41st Congressional District, located in Riverside County, covers a swath of the Coachella Valley and includes Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore, and parts of Corona and Riverside.

☆ Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes faces off against former Republican state Sen. George Logan in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Jahana Hayes is running against Republican George Logan in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. The 5th District is located in the northwestern region of the New England state. Logan, Hayes' challenger, is a former two-term state senator representing Connecticut's 17th Senate District. Voting history for Connecticut's 5th Congressional DistrictConnecticut's 5th Congressional District runs along the state's western border and covers the cities of New Britain, Danbury, Waterbury, and Meriden. Congressional Leadership Fund, a pro-Logan hybrid PAC, leads all spenders, with pro-Hayes hybrid PAC House Majority PAC and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

☆ Democratic Rep. Bill Keating from Massachusetts is the latest member of Congress to violate a federal conflict-of-interest law
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A member of Congress from Massachusetts is the latest congressman to violate a federal conflict-of-interest law. Rep. Bill Keating violated a provision of the STOCK Act by waiting too long to report two stock trades. After close to a year of waiting, House leaders unveiled a congressional stock trading ban in September. Since 2021, Insider's "Conflicted Congress" project, along with other news organizations, have uncovered 73 members of Congress who've violated disclosure provisions of the STOCK Act. Two other members of Massachusetts' congressional delegation — Reps. Katherine Clark and Lori Trahan, both Democrats — have also violated the STOCK Act.

☆ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vies for reelection against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Abbott faces former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat. Greg Abbott of Texas is running for a third term against former US Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat. More recently, Republican Rep. Mayra Flores won by 7 points in the June 2022 special election to replace Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela, who resigned midway through his term. The money raceAccording to Transparency USA, Abbott has raised $94.3 million, spent $120.5 million, and has $16.4 million of cash on hand, as of September 30. His opponent, O'Rourke, has raised $65.7 million, spent $45.8 million, and has $16.5 million of cash still left to spend, as of September 30.

For the second time in as many election cycles, Democrats are launching an 11th-hour rescue mission to save the very House campaigns chief responsible for protecting vulnerable incumbents and preserving their fragile House majority. The DCCC also informed front-line members before announcing the ad buy in Maloney's district, a Democratic aide said. He’s built a campaign and we’ve built an operation at the DCCC that can support that reality,” Taylor said. In an interview with NBC News earlier this year, Maloney laid out that very playbook for protecting vulnerable incumbent Democrats. “While Lawler was voting against common sense gun safety reforms like not allowing teenagers to buy semi-automatic weapons, Rep. Maloney was helping pass bipartisan gun safety reforms,” Ehrenberg said in a statement.

☆ Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue near where white men kidnapped and killed Black teen decades earlier
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“It’s beautiful to be here,” said Webster, attending the ceremony on a sunny afternoon during a visit with Mississippi relatives. In 2007, a Mississippi prosecutor presented evidence to a grand jury of Black and white Leflore County residents after investigators spent three years re-examining the killing. This year, a group searching the Leflore County Courthouse basement found an unserved 1955 arrest warrant for “Mrs. Roy Bryant.” In August, another Mississippi grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Donham, causing consternation for Till relatives and activists. The Till statue in Greenwood will be watched by security cameras.

☆ Rep. Elissa Slotkin faces off against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Elissa Slotkin is running against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan's 7th Congressional District. The newly drawn 7th District excludes the city of Jackson, often touted as one of the birthplaces of the Republican Party. Michigan's 7th Congressional District candidatesSlotkin became the first Democrat to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District (pre-redistricting) since 2001 with her victory in 2018 over incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop. In 2022, she ran unopposed in the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. Voting history for Michigan's 7th Congressional DistrictMichigan's newly drawn 7th Congressional District sits in the central region of the state and includes all of Livingston, Ingham, Clinton, and Shiawassee counties and the state capital of Lansing.

☆ Rep. Sharice Davids faces off against Republican Amanda Adkins in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids faces off against Republican Amanda Adkins for Kansas' 3rd District. Kansas' 3rd Congressional District candidatesDavids is taking on healthcare executive Adkins once again, one of many 2020 House rematches on the ballot this November. Davids made history in 2018 as one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress when she bested four-term Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder. Voting history for Kansas' 3rd Congressional DistrictUnder the old lines, Democrats' margins have exploded at the top ticket as former President Donald Trump's presence sparked a suburban revolt. Kansas' 3rd District now juts out further past the Kansas City suburbs, giving it a much more rural feel.

☆ Billionaire Ronald Lauder gives $1 million to GOP group supporting state candidates who questioned 2020 election results
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

A representative for the Republican State Leadership Committee did not return a request for comment. The Concord Fund, which previously spent millions of dollars on ads backing Trump's judicial nominees, gave $1.5 million to the Republican State Leadership Committee in September. The Republican State Leadership Committee is considered a tax exempt politically active group under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Republican State Leadership Committee is supporting dozens of candidates running to become secretaries of state, lieutenant governors, state legislators and judges on state courts. In this year's state legislative races, the Republican State Leadership Committee has bolstered some candidates who raised doubts about the 2020 election results.

☆ The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog is looking into how DeSantis paid for migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

An internal government watchdog is looking into whether Florida misused federal funds to pay for migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last month under a program backed by Gov. Delmar also said the inspector general’s office would review what restrictions are in place for using the money, including interest earned, for immigration-related activities. Markey, who was among the group that signed on to the Sept. 16 letter demanding a probe, applauded the inspector general in a statement Wednesday. DeSantis has insisted that no laws were broken and pledged to continue his administration’s $12 million program to relocate migrants. "Reviews by Treasury are typical and, as stated by the OIG, are ‘part of its oversight responsibilities.’”NBC News has asked the Treasury Department for comment.

☆ Return of pet projects in U.S. Congress crowds out funding for others
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Andy Sullivan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

A view shows the city of Glen Ullin, U.S., in this undated photo. Sept 29 (Reuters) - Glen Ullin, North Dakota, was first in line for money to replace its leaky water pipes before Washington cut funding by one-third this spring. The reason: Congress is yet again diverting money to pet projects known as "earmarks. That wasn't an option in North Dakota, whose congressional delegation did not submit any earmark requests this year or last. Glen Ullin probably won't qualify for infrastructure dollars because those are distributed using different criteria, officials say.

U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China invaded, President Joe Biden said Sunday, his clearest statement yet on the issue and one that is likely to infuriate Beijing. In a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast on CBS, Biden was asked whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan against an attack from Beijing, which claims the self-ruling island democracy as its territory. It is at least the fourth time since last year that Biden has made comments that appear to alter longtime U.S. policy on Taiwan. “The president has said this before, including in Tokyo earlier this year,” the spokesperson said, referring to comments Biden made in May. “He also made clear then that our Taiwan policy hasn’t changed.

☆ Speaker Pelosi strongly condemns 'illegal and deadly attacks by Azerbaijan' during visit to Armenia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a press conference in the Parliament in Yerevan on September 18, 2022. - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned on September 18, 2022, Azerbaijan's attack on Armenia, days after border clashes between the Caucasus arch foes claimed the lives of more than 200 people. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP) (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN/AFP via Getty Images)U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks in Armenia on Sunday to express support for the nation in the wake of deadly clashes with neighboring Azerbaijan. In a press conference, Pelosi strongly condemned "illegal and deadly attacks by Azerbaijan" and added that the violence "threatens prospects for a much-needed peace agreement." Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Armenia since it achieved independence in 1991, according to the release.

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