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Florida election officials on Thursday completed an initial recount of ballots in close races for the U.S. Senate and governor's seat but did not immediately release updated...
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Casey on 2020 run: I'm 'open to all possibilities'

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Sen. Bob Casey isn't actively entertaining a potential 2020 presidential run - nor is the Pennsylvania Democrat totally ruling one out. After defeating a GOP reelection...
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Still counting: Uncalled U.S. federal and state elections

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Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 6 elections and Republicans held onto a majority in the U.S. Senate, but 12 federal and two state...
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Palm Beach County misses Florida recount deadline

47 minutes ago | ABC News

One key county in Florida missed Thursday's 3 p.m. deadline for recounting votes in the state's hotly contested Senate, governor's and agriculture-commissioner races.
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Deadline passes in contentious statewide recounts in Florida as hand count in Senate race looms

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The state's 67 counties had until 3 p.m. Thursday to complete counting more than eight million votes.
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Nevada's Cortez Masto will run Senate races for Democrats

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Bill Daley's Chicago anti-violence plan calls for Cabinet-level crime fighting post

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Women elected in records numbers in state legislative races

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Green Book is a smart, nuanced story of two men thrown together by unlikely circumstance

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There are so many ways Green Book could have driven off the road and into a narrative ditch. It's the story of Don Shirley , a Jamaican piano prodigy living in Manhattan who...
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Democrat prevails in Maine congressional race that used ranked-choice voting system

1 hour ago | The Washington Post

The Republican incumbent had narrowly led after the first round of results came in on Election Day.
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Man shouts 'Heil Hitler' during 'Fiddler on the Roof' show

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Legendary Country Musician, ‘Hee Haw' Star, Roy Clark Dead At 85

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Disney World bans man who flashed 'Trump 2020' banner on Splash Mountain

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US hits 17 Saudis with sanctions over Khashoggi, including crown prince's...

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Indiana woman pleads not guilty in students' bus stop deaths

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Saudi Arabia calls for death penalty in Khashoggi killing

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Former Cowboys LB Jeff Rohrer comes out as gay, set to marry partner

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Couple, homeless man charged in $400K GoFundMe hoax

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Florida completes first round of recounts in Senate, governor races