Tag: Voting districts
Alabama elects first Black Republican to House in 140 years
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retired Army Sgt. Kenneth Paschal on Tuesday was elected to fill a legislative seat in suburban Shelby County, becoming the only...
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
PELHAM, Ala. — The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white...
1st elected Alabama Black Republican: GOP ‘open to everyone’
PELHAM, Ala. — The first Black Republican elected to the Alabama Legislature since Reconstruction said Wednesday that his election to represent a heavily white...
Judge won’t block parts of Georgia election law for now
ATLANTA — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to block some challenged sections of Georgia's new election law ahead of two runoff elections scheduled...
Aide to expelled Oregon lawmaker appointed to fill his seat
SALEM, Ore. — Commissioners from four Oregon counties have appointed an aide to former state Rep. Mike Nearman to fill the seat left open...
Bragg’s opponent concedes in primary for Manhattan DA
NEW YORK — Alvin Bragg, a former top deputy to New York’s attorney general, was poised to become Manhattan's first Black district attorney after...
Census Bureau dodges challenge to controversial privacy tool
The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday dodged a challenge for now to its use of a controversial statistical method aimed at keeping people’s data...
Census on track for August data release after court ruling
The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it's on schedule to deliver the numbers used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts by mid-August after...
15 GOP governors urge release of Census redistricting data
Fifteen Republican governors sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Commerce urging that the U.S. Census Bureau release redistricting data as soon...
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats’ policing policy
DES MOINES, Iowa — When Minnesota Republican Tyler Kistner announced his candidacy for the U.S. House in April, he asked voters to ponder two...