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New York (AFP) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul, the Democratic incumbent and the first woman to serve in the post, on Tuesday fended off a stiff challenge from Republican congressman Lee Zeldin to win election, US networks projected. Hochul, who took office after scandal-hit Andrew Cuomo resigned in August 2021, bested Zeldin, an ally of former president Donald Trump who voted against certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election win. The projections from ABC and NBC showed Hochul with a healthy lead over Zeldin, who in recent weeks had surged in polling, triggering handwringing from Democrats that th...
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Miami (AFP) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appeared headed for a landslide victory Tuesday over his Democratic rival, boosting his chances of successfully challenging Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Florida's unofficial election night results put the 44-year-old DeSantis more than 20 points ahead of Democrat Charlie Crist -- a margin of nearly 1.5 million votes, with ballots still being counted. "Thanks to the overwhelming support of the people of Florida we not only won re-election, we have rewritten the political map," DeSantis said in Tampa in a victory speech...
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Arlington (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday threw his weight behind the struggling Democratic candidate in Virginia's closely watched election for governor, urging a crowd to defeat Republican "extremism." Standing by Terry McAuliffe, whose slide in the polls has put Democrats on red alert for a wider Republican comeback in next year's midterm battle for Congress, Biden mocked the Republican opponent as an "acolyte of Donald Trump." "You've had the courage and the wisdom to reject the extremism that has taken over the Republican Party all across America," Biden told the...
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Washington (AFP) - Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing militias, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and "instigate a civil war", officials said Thursday.Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer thanked law enforcement for thwarting the kidnap plot and rebuked President Donald Trump for failing to condemn hate groups.Announcing the arrests, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel described the conspiracy to kidnap the 49-year-old Whitmer as a "serious and credible threat."Andrew Birge, US attorney for the western district of Michi...
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Washington (AFP) - Thirteen men, including members of a right-wing militia, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and start a "civil war," officials said Thursday.Announcing the arrests, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel described the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a "serious and credible threat."Andrew Birge, the US attorney for the western district of Michigan, said six men were facing federal charges for conspiring to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in the state.Birge said they had conducted surveillance of her r...
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