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November 21, 2019

Deval Patrick campaign event canceled at Atlanta college; only 2 people reportedly show up

A campaign event for former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, who launched a late Democratic presidential bid last week, reportedly was canceled Wednesday evening when only two people showed up.

November 16, 2019

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards projected to win second term, beating GOP's Rispone

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards held a narrow lead over Republican challenger Eddie Rispone in Saturday's gubernatorial runoff, with more than 91 percent of the state's precincts reporting.

November 14, 2019

Michael Baden: Death row inmate Rodney Reed is innocent

The forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who recently broke the news of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide being a possible homicide, says Rodney Reed, the person convicted in 1998 of the rape and murder of Stacy Stites, is an innocent man.

November 14, 2019

Austin City Council to vote on turning hotels into homes for the homeless

The Austin City Council will vote Thursday on whether to turn area hotels into homes for the homeless. 

November 7, 2019

Texas Gov. Abbott opens homeless campsite on state land in fight with Austin

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday he would create a temporary homeless campsite on state land in the capital city of Austin, after sparring with city officials over the clean up of camps throughout the city’s downtown area.

November 7, 2019

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin raises voter-fraud concerns as unofficial tally has him trailing by 5,000 votes

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin voiced concerns Wednesday night that voter fraud may have played a role in the state’s gubernatorial election – after an unofficial count placed the incumbent about 5,000 votes behind his Democratic challenger.

November 6, 2019

Bevin requests Kentucky recanvass of gubernatorial election, claims 'irregularities'

Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin said Wednesday he is requesting a recanvass in Kentucky's gubernatorial race after initial results from Tuesday night show him trailing by about 5,000 votes.

November 6, 2019

Trump campaign appears to distance itself from Bevin as Kentucky race goes down to wire

The Trump 2020 Campaign signaled Tuesday night that if GOP incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin ends up losing Kentucky's too-close-to-call gubernatorial race, it won't have been from President Trump's lack of trying.

November 4, 2019

In deep-red Mississippi, Democrats run from anti-Trump rhetoric ahead of election

As Democrats in Washington work feverishly to impeach President Trump, at least one prominent southern Democrat, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, is running away from that effort in a bid to become his state’s next governor.

November 3, 2019

Trump criticizes California Gov. Newsom over handling of wildfires, threatens to cut federal funding

With wildfires ravaging many parts of California, President Trump put pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday morning by suggesting there won't be any more federal funding to battle the wildfires unless the state improves its forest management system.