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Oct 25, 2024 | startribune.com | RICHARD LARDNERThe |Richard Lardner

WASHINGTON — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump will compete for Rhode Island's four electoral votes in the Nov. 5 general election. Rhode Island voters will also cast ballots for Congress, the state Legislature, several ballot measures and mayoral races. Democratic President Joe Biden carried the state in 2020 with 59% of the vote.

Oct 25, 2024 | startribune.com | RICHARD LARDNERThe |Richard Lardner

President: Harris (D) vs. Trump (R) vs. Jill Stein (Green) vs. Chase Oliver (Libertarian) vs. Cornel West (unaffiliated) and three others. U.S. Senate: Curtis (R) vs. Gleich (D) and one other. Governor: Cox (R) vs. Smith King (D) and three others. U.S. House, state Senate, state House, attorney general, auditor, state Board of Education, treasurer and ballot measures. Past presidential results

Oct 16, 2024 | startribune.com | RICHARD LARDNERThe |Richard Lardner

''Hi, I'm JD Vance. I wrote my own book, unlike Kamala Harris, who copied hers from Wikipedia,'' he wrote on X. Vance's 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy recounts his blue-collar upbringing in Kentucky and Ohio. The allegation involving King centers on a story Harris said her mother told her about a time when she was fussing as a toddler. Her mother, according to the book, asked her what was wrong and what she wanted. ''I wailed back, ‘Fweedom,''' Harris wrote.

Oct 10, 2024 | startribune.com | Dan Merica |Aaron Kessler |RICHARD LARDNERThe |Richard Lardner

Doug Deeken, the Republican Party chair in Wayne County, Ohio, said such complaints are fairly common. ''People get annoyed by the text messages, and the direct mail, and the emails, Deeken said, his phone filled with texts from random conservative groups asking for money. ''It is annoying.

Sep 26, 2024 | startribune.com | RICHARD LARDNERThe |Richard Lardner

The FEC's evenly divided structure and a polarized political environment have paralyzed the agency at a time when presidential and congressional elections are awash in money. The Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling opened the floodgates of election spending and raised the potential for misconduct. Yet no more than three of the FEC's six commissioners can be from the same political party, leading to frequent gridlock.