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Elections

At left, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, a three-term Democratic incumbent, will face Republican challenger Rob Arlett in the Nov. 6 general election. Both easily won their primary races Thursday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Arlett takes on Sen. Carper, who won’t take Delaware election ‘for granted’

The primaries are over, and now Delaware’s U.S. Senate nominees are preparing for a two-month sprint to the Nov. 6 general election. ...

8 years ago

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Kerri Evelyn Harris is cheered by supporters in Wilmington after U.S. Sen. Tom Carper defeated her Thursday in Delaware's Democratic primary.
Politics & Policy

After Delaware primary defeat, progressive Harris vows to keep working for public

Despite her loss to incumbent U.S. Sen. Tom Carper Thursday, progressive Democrat Kerri Evelyn Harris pledges to stay involved in public service.

8 years ago

Kathy Jennings, who won Thursday's Democratic primary for attorney general, shakes hands with a voter about 6:30 p.m.  outside Lincoln Towers apartments in Wilmington's Trolley Square neighborhood. (Cris Barrish/WHYY News)
Politics & Policy

Jennings, Walker among big winners in Delaware primary races

Kathy Jennings coasted to victory in the Democratic primary for Delaware attorney general Thursday, triumphing over three other candidate ...

8 years ago

United States Senator Tom Carper (right) greets Governor John Carney during a Primary Election gathering Thursday, Sept. 06, 2018, at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. (Saquan Stimpson/for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Carper easily defeats progressive challenger in Senate primary

Tom Carper retains his title as the winningest statewide elected official in state history. He secured 65 percent of the vote over progressive challenger Kerri Evelyn Harris.

8 years ago

Kerri Eveyln Harris (left) and Sen. Tom Carper talk with voters in Wilmington about two hours before the polls closed Thursday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

No upset in Delaware U.S. Senate primary

It’s a primary like Tom Carper has never seen before.

8 years ago

A row of empty booths at a polling station in the Terrace Park Community Building on Election Day in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Politics & Policy

Expert panel calls for sweeping election security measures

An expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences called for fundamental reforms to ensure the integrity of the U.S. election system.

8 years ago

A still from a recent campaign ad attacking Pa. Dem. congressional candidate Scott Wallace (YouTube)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Ryan super PAC invests in Bucks County congressional race

A super PAC associated with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has put nearly half a million dollars into ads attacking Bucks Democratic congressional candidate Scott Wallace.

8 years ago

Listen 4:13
NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, September 5, 2018

A Germantown church is providing sanctuary for two families, from Jamaica and Honduras. On the eve of the Delaware primary, we look at th ...

Air Date: September 5, 2018

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Kerri Evelyn Harris and incumbent Sen. Tom Carper debate in advance of Thursday's primary election. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware Democrats’ choice in primary could steer party’s future direction

In the race for the U.S. Senate Democratic nomination, political newcomer Kerri Evelyn Harris is facing incumbent U.S. Sen. Tom Carper

8 years ago

East Front of the U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Politics & Policy

Election security bill backers say delay helps Russia

Just two months before the midterm elections, bipartisan legislation to try to prevent foreign hacking into U.S. election systems is stalled in Congress.

8 years ago

FILE - In this June 29, 2018, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media in Cincinnati. Dick Harpootlian, a longtime fixture in South Carolina’s Democratic political circles announced Wednesday, Aug. 1, that he’s getting a campaign boost from one of the party’s top dogs. In an email to supporters, Harpootlian said that he is being supported by Biden in his special election quest for a state Senate seat in the Columbia area. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Politics & Policy

Advisers say Joe Biden to decide on a 2020 run by January

Biden is convinced he can beat President Donald Trump, friends and advisers say, and he has given himself until January to deliberate and size up potential competition.

8 years ago

(Charles Krupa/AP)
Politics & Policy

Rosh Hashanah forces rare Thursday primary vote in Delaware

Delaware voters will head to the polls on Thursday instead of the traditional Tuesday to pick candidates for the November ballot.

8 years ago

(From left), Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrive at the Capitol for a procedural vote on an appropriations measure, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Kavanaugh hearing a test for Sen. Cory Booker in new role

'We’re preparing for this like everything is at stake,' Booker says of confirmation hearings beginning Tuesday.

8 years ago

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The U.S. Capitol is seen at dawn in Washington
Politics & Policy

U.S. House races loom largest in Pennsylvania campaign sprint

With Democrats aiming to recapture the U.S. House, Pennsylvania could be a springboard to wipe out the GOP's 23-seat majority.

8 years ago

This combination of 2017-2018 photos shows (from left), a Facebook posting from a group named
Politics & Policy

Russian meddling in 2018 vote is no certainty, but a concern

A year after Russian government hackers meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, researchers at a cybersecurity firm zeroed in on a new sign of trouble.

8 years ago

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