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Democrat Wiley Nickel is expected to suspend his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat and endorse former Gov. Roy Cooper in the race, people directly familiar with Nickel’s plans told WRAL on Friday. Nickel, a former U.S. congressman from Wake County, is expected to make the endorsement early next week. He is expected to instead pursue the Wake …

A Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left’s political rise. Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis’s southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran …