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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers on Friday proposed a new congressional map that would include a single majority-Black district in the state, a plan that could defy a Supreme Court order to give minority voters a greater voice in elections. Lawmakers in the Republican-dominated Senate passed the plan 24-6, with the House speeding toward an afternoon vote on a map that would increase

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of the "Squad," paid her husband thousands of dollars more in campaign funds for private security and other matters during the second quarter of 2023, according to new Federal Election Commission filings. Bush faced a flurry of ethics complaints in March over her campaign's move to keep paying Cortney Merritts, a security professional from St. Louis whom she

But as the intricacies of the voting system has also generated some frustrations in this Northern Virginia county, local lawmakers appear likely to hit pause on their grand experiment with ranked-choice voting in November’s general election. At least two of four county board members said they were leaning toward voting against using the method in November, and County Board Vice Chair Libby

Eugene Young, director of the Delaware State Housing Authority, announced Monday that he is running for Delaware’s at-large U.S. Congressional seat. Young, who made the announcement in a campaign email, has been viewed as a rising star in Delaware politics for years. He will face off against state Sen. Sarah McBride and state Treasurer Colleen Davis. U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester is vying for