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Democrat wins congressional seat in Arizona, narrowing GOP’s slim House majority : NPR

Democrat wins congressional seat in Arizona, narrowing GOP’s slim House majority : NPR

In a special election, voters in southern Arizona have chosen to send Democrat Adelita Grijalva to Congress, narrowing the GOP’s slim majority in the House. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Voters in southern Arizona have elected a new member of Congress, Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She easily won a special election to finish the term of her father, Congressman Raul Grijalva, who died …

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Democrats further narrow GOP’s House majority with Arizona special election win – The Washington Post

Democrats further narrow GOP’s House majority with Arizona special election win  The Washington Post Adelita Grijalva will win US House special election in Arizona, CNN projects, delivering decisive vote for Epstein files push  CNN How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner  Politico Epstein files discharge petition approaches critical threshold  Axios Arizona Seventh Congressional District Special Election Results 2025: Grijalva …

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GOP’s new Jan. 6 panel sends letters to DOJ, University of Virginia and others – Politico

GOP’s new Jan. 6 panel sends letters to DOJ, University of Virginia and others  Politico Hageman defeated Cheney. She’s now slated to join a distinctly different Jan. 6th panel  Oil City News Republicans Set to Give Jan. 6th a Trump-Like Makeover  The Bulwark Hageman Says New J6 Committee Legitimate, Cheney’s Was Not  Cowboy State Daily Ranking Members Raskin, Swalwell Recommend Eight Hearing Topics to …

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‘The GOP’s Elizabeth Warren’: Vance happy to feud with Rand Paul – Politico

‘The GOP’s Elizabeth Warren’: Vance happy to feud with Rand Paul  Politico Rand Paul rips JD Vance’s assertion that executing cartel members is the ‘best use of our military’  Fox News Even a GOP senator thinks JD Vance’s line on war crimes accusations is ‘despicable’  MSNBC News Venezuela Says ‘Everything’s Fair Game’ After US Attack on Boat  Bloomberg.com US upends its role as the …

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Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP’s redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP’s redistricting effort plot their exit strategy

With Texas expected to end its first special legislative session Friday and immediately begin a new one, the dozens of Democratic legislators who fled the state to block Republicans’ redistricting proposal are hammering out a plan for their return home. Texas Democrats met late into the night Tuesday then again Wednesday, including breaking into smaller groups, to discuss their next …

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Bernie Sanders says Democrats have ‘no choice’ but to ‘fight back’ GOP’s redistricting

Bernie Sanders says Democrats have ‘no choice’ but to ‘fight back’ GOP’s redistricting

Facebook Tweet Email Link Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democratic governors have “no choice” but to redraw congressional maps in response to Texas Republicans’ redistricting plan – which the Vermont independent describes as an attempt by President Donald Trump to “rig the system.” “What we have now is a terrible situation, and Republicans are making it worse. Well, what are you …

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Texas redistricting clash becomes another stage in the GOP’s big Senate primary fight

Texas redistricting clash becomes another stage in the GOP’s big Senate primary fight

As Texas Republicans battle with state House Democrats, who fled to block the GOP’s ability to pass new congressional maps, there’s an intraparty skirmish proceeding just as fiercely on the sidelines: the state’s contentious Republican Senate primary. Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is challenging Cornyn in a primary, have spent the last week making appeals …

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Blake Moore calls Texas GOP’s redistricting plans ‘a step too far’

Blake Moore calls Texas GOP’s redistricting plans ‘a step too far’

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Blake Moore said he dislikes efforts by Texas lawmakers to redraw the state’s political boundaries to favor the GOP in next year’s midterms, saying it would erode norms and encourage Democrats to do the same. “I do not agree with state efforts to redistrict mid-decade,” Moore, R-Utah, said in a statement to KSL.com. “It undermines …

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