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The Democrats have flipped a House seat in New York
The US House of Representatives has gone into recess after a special election was held on Tuesday to replace former Representative Ed Markey. Democrats retained control of the state House in Pennsylvania, holding onto a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, where the winning candidate campaigned, in part, on abortion rights. The election took place to…
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McCarthy said he will leave Congress at the end of the year
US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced his retirement from the House at the end of the year. McCarthy, a California Republican, was removed as Speaker earlier this year in a rare vote of the House on a Motion to Vacate the Chair. A special election will be held to replace McCarthy in…
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McClellan won the Democratic nomination and is expected to be the next congressman in Virginia.
US Senator Tim Kaine has campaigned with Tim Stoney, who officiated at Kaine’s wedding, over the weekend for the Democratic candidate in the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. Stoney has won the party’s nomination for the special election. Stoney is a former prosecutor, defense attorney and member of Richmond’s City Council. She will…