Mary Curtis: 2018 Midterm Takeaways
Lessons from Tuesday's Midterm Election in North Carolina and beyond
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Lessons from Tuesday's Midterm Election in North Carolina and beyond
Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto OβRourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like a cakewalk but needed a late boost from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top.
Voters in one of the nationβs most closely watched governorβs races cast ballots Tuesday amid an ongoing dispute about one of the candidatesβ management of Georgiaβs elections system, leaving open the possibility that supporters on the losing side may not accept the outcome.
Democrats were gaining significant ground in the battle for House control Tuesday night, while Republicans held their Senate majority as voters rendered a mixed verdict in the first nationwide election of Donald Trumpβs turbulent presidency.
Republicans have retained Senate control for two more years, shattering Democratsβ dreams of an anti-Trump wave sweeping them into the majority.
The Associated Press has called the race for South Carolinaβs 5th district race for the US House of Representatives.
Governor Henry McMaster has been projected by the Associated Press as the winner of South Carolinaβs race for Governor.
Problem signs that arose during weeks of early voting carried into Election Day as some voters across the country faced hours-long lines, malfunctioning voting equipment and unexpectedly closed polling places.
Facebook said it blocked 115 accounts for suspected βcoordinated inauthentic behaviorβ linked to foreign groups attempting to interfere in Tuesdayβs U.S. midterm elections.
The mid-term elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6th.Β
Candidates across our area are making their final push to get your vote. Polls open at 6:30 Tuesday morning in North Carolina and at 7:00 in the Palmetto State.
North Carolina Republicans are trying to hold onto key U.S. House seats that, if lost, would signal a good Election Night for national Democrats.
Election Day is just one week away now. Voters in our area will help decide who controls Congress. There are also several key local races and amendments on the ballot.
The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from the U.S.
The U.S. military has already begun delivering jersey barriers to the southern border in conjunction with plans to deploy active duty troops there, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday as a caravan of Central Americans slowly heads across Mexico toward the United States.
President Trump is heading back to Washington tonight after rallying thousands of supporters in east Charlotte.
President Trump was in Charlotte Friday night to host a Make America Great Again rally for local GOP candidates Mark Harris and Rep. Ted Budd.
56-year-old Cesar Sayoc is charged with five federal crimes and faces up to 48 years in prison.
Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper β and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats β have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from coast to coast to locate the culprit and motives behind a bizarre plot aimed at critics of President Donald Trump.
Taking a page from the U.S. presidentβs own playbook, China on Thursday denounced a U.S. newspaper report that it is listening to Donald Trumpβs phone calls as βfake news,β and suggested he exchange his iPhone for a cellphone made by Chinese manufacturer Huawei.
