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by Adam Barnes, Jessica Floyd and Daniel Grimes | Nov 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. —Republican Denver Riggleman easily defeated Democrat Leslie Cockburn for the Virginia fifth district congressional seat, securing the seat being vacated by retiring GOP Rep. Thomas Garrett in a district President Donald Trump won by 11 points in...
by Medill News Service | Nov 6, 2018 | Featured, Politics
Pam Kirschner, a 52-year-old farm worker in Stephens City, voted for Democrat Jennifer Wexton in the 10th Congressional District as a statement against President Donald Trump.“I think we have got to get these people out who are supporting everything he is,” she said....
by Brock Hall and Lucas Robinson | Nov 6, 2018 | Politics
WAYNE, W. Va. — Democrats are betting they can re-establish their lost footing in Appalachia, a region once dominated by moderate Democrats that now is more attracted to social conservatism, by running right-leaning candidates who draw on Republican rhetoric to...
by Kietryn Zychal | Nov 6, 2018 | Politics
CANTON, Mich. — The affluent suburbs northwest of Detroit will send a millennial woman to Congress in November. The question is, will the voters of Michigan’s 11th District stick with the Republican Party — as they have for most of the last 135 years...
