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Serving as Delaware’s sole U.S. House member since 2017, Lisa Blunt-Rochester is now aiming to represent the entire state as a U.S. senator.
Texas Rep. Colin Allred faces an uphill climb in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate. But he’s defeated the odds before.
What was once seen as nothing more than a procedural part of the elections process has, in the past two election cycles, evolved into something of a battlefield in the election denial movement.
Leading Prince George’s County in Maryland since 2018, Angela Alsobrooks is now vying to represent the entire state as a U.S. senator.
President Ulysses Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1871 — also known as the Klu Klux Klan Act — on April 20, 1871. It was one of his biggest achievements in office.
The state sought to uphold Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution, a Jim Crow-era provision opponents argue is cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution.
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held last year that private parties can’t sue under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. While the decision is concerning, experts say voters still have other avenues to challenge racial discrimination.
Many Republicans claim that enough noncitizens are voting in U.S. elections to influence the results and that in order to stop them, states and the federal government must require people to provide proof of citizenship documents to vote.
On Friday, the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and Arkansas Public Policy Panel decided not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a ruling that gutted an important section of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in seven states.
Ahead of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign stop in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the former president told local right-wing radio host Dan O’Donnell he’s had “great luck” in the battleground state.
