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This photo collage shows 10th Congressional District candidates: Democrat Eugene DePasquale, left, and Republican Scott Perry, right. (AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

GOP US Rep. Perry wins reelection in Harrisburg-York area

Congressman Scott Perry is a staunch Trump supporter and owner of one of the most conservative voting records in the U.S. House.

6 years ago

Supporters of President Trump gather to protest the election results at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 4, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona.
NPR
Elections
National

Election dispute increases risk of political violence, analysts warn

Domestic terrorism analysts say that the drawn-out vote count and fiery rhetoric from the White House are inflaming tensions.

6 years ago

About two dozen protesters gathered outside Philadelphia's vote counting headquarters in support of President Trump. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Federal judge dismisses Trump’s attempt to stop vote counting in Philadelphia

Trump had sued to stop a tallying process that has gradually eroded the advantage Trump held over Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

6 years ago

FILE -  This Jan. 16, 2020 file photo shows the end of the Ventnor, N.J. boardwalk as seen from Margate, N.J., where a group of residents want the city to build its own boardwalk. Voters rejected the proposal on Nov. 3.  (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Elections
New Jersey

Voters in Jersey Shore town of Margate reject a boardwalk

Voters in Margate, a well-to-do seaside community near Atlantic City, overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to build a boardwalk along its beachfront.

6 years ago

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

‘Philly’s got this’: Dueling rallies converge on ballot-counting center

Outside the convention center, Trump supporters cast unsubstantiated aspersions on the legitimacy of Philadelphia's election, while activists demanded every vote be counted.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump meets with Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., just before he switched his party affiliation, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
The Why
New Jersey
Politics

Van Drew race speaks to U.S. political divide

N.J. Congressman Jeff Van Drew flipped from Democrat to Republican. Now he's in a tight race for reelection against Democrat Amy Kennedy in a longtime swing district.

Air Date: November 5, 2020

Listen 14:59
Leaders of Sussex County's political parties hold up an axe during a previous
Delaware
Elections

Delaware lawmakers bury the hatchet as Return Day tradition adapts to COVID-19

A global pandemic won’t stop a Delaware tradition that sees political opponents gather in Sussex County to ceremonially put the differences of the campaign behind them.

6 years ago

(Matt Smith for Spotlight PA)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Reports that vote counters in Pa.’s Allegheny County are taking the day off are misleading. Here’s the true story.

A mailing company sent the wrong ballots to 29,000 voters, causing much of the current delay.

6 years ago

Trump supporters gather in front of the Pennsylvania Convention Center to object to the way votes are being counted there.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Secretary of State: No promise all Pa. ballots will be counted by end of Thursday

Although Boockvar says counting is ahead of schedule, she's making no promises that results will be in Thursday night.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Biden takes lead in Bucks County, holds other Philly suburbs

The rest of the Philly region shows Biden with sizable margins as vote counting winds down. Statewide, mail ballot trends show a path to victory for Biden.

6 years ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Radio Times
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Counting the votes and election legal challenges

The latest on the vote count in Pennsylvania and the mounting legal challenges to the election results.

Air Date: November 5, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding
Elections
National
Politics

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

The protests came as the president repeatedly insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting.

6 years ago

A demonstrator holds up a sign while waiting for election results
Elections
National
Politics

Biden needs 1 more battleground state to win the White House

Two days after Election Day, neither candidate had amassed the votes needed to win the White House. But Biden’s victories in the Great Lakes states left him at 264.

6 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Elections
National

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

It’s an outcome that dampens Democratic demands for a bold new agenda, emboldens Republicans and almost ensures partisan gridlock regardless of who wins the presidency.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
Elections
National

Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

A full day after Election Day, neither candidate had cleared the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

6 years ago

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