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Minnesota voters chose a Democratic successor Tuesday for the state House seat that had been held by Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June. Democrat Xp Lee defeated Republican Ruth Bittner in the special election in the solidly Democratic district in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities, The Associated Press projected. Lee’s win comes three months after Hortman, a …

Democrat Wins Seat of Slain Minnesota Lawmaker, Leaving State House Evenly Split  The New York Times Minnesota House deadlocked after Democrats win special election to fill seat of slain lawmaker  Fox News AP: Democrat Xp Lee will win special election to fill seat of slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman  CNN Democrat Xp Lee wins race to succeed Melissa Hortman, restoring Minnesota House tie  MPR …

Colorado’s Republican House minority leader resigned Monday, weeks after a scandal at the Colorado General Assembly regarding a state representative secretly taking a picture of another and sharing it with other lawmakers. Rose Pugliese announced her resignation as both House minority leader and state representative, effective Monday, “after much prayer and self-reflection,” in a letter to friends and supporters: “Your faith …

Trump Says He Wasn’t ‘Asked’ to Lower Flag for Minnesota Lawmaker  The New York Times Trump wouldn’t call Minnesota governor after Democrat was slain but now blames him for raised flags  AP News Trump says he would have lowered flag for assassinated Minnesota Democrat if he had been asked  CBS News “Oftentimes you have to say no”: Trump defends not demanding flags be …

House GOP eyes lawmaker security boost in bill to avert shutdown  Politico Video  C-SPAN House pushes to conference first batch of 2026 funding bills with Senate  The Hill Government funding and more nominations headline this week in Congress  Roll Call E&E News: GOP hard-liner doesn’t rule out short-term shutdown punt  POLITICO Pro Source link

The Jewish lawmaker who followed Jerry Seinfeld on stage during an appearance at Duke University on Tuesday is decrying the comedian’s comments, in which he said pro-Palestinian protesters were worse than the Ku Klux Klan. “I condemn Seinfeld’s horrific comments, which I’ve made clear to his team and to the event sponsors,” Sophia Chitlik, a Democratic North Carolina state senator, …

JTA — The Jewish lawmaker who followed Jerry Seinfeld on stage during an appearance at Duke University on Tuesday is decrying the comedian’s comments, in which he said pro-Palestinian protesters were worse than the Ku Klux Klan. “I condemn Seinfeld’s horrific comments, which I’ve made clear to his team and to the event sponsors,” Sophia Chitlik, a Democratic North Carolina …

Pushing Democratic ‘reset,’ a religious Texas lawmaker runs for Senate  The Washington Post Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico declares for U.S. Senate seat  Axios Talarico joins Democratic primary for Texas US Senate seat  ABC News Texas Democrat James Talarico to launch Senate bid next week  CBS News ‘Bet it on the underdog’: Talarico officially enters the Texas Senate primary  Politico Source link

In windy Iowa, a GOP lawmaker faces a reckoning over Trump’s clean energy war  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

WA lawmaker denied entry to ICE facility where Bear Gulch crew members are detained  KOMO Lawmakers push for answers days after Border Patrol detains crew workers helping firefighters in Washington blaze  CNN Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire  The Washington Post Fire crew arrests: Congress members demand answers  The Seattle Times Lawyer: Keizer firefighter arrested by Border Patrol while fighting …