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Election 2020

Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

Minnesota's Jan. 6 defendants include those charged with fighting police

A southern Minnesota man faces sentencing in April after admitting this week that he was part of a mob that pushed through a line of police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Johnson was the second Minnesotan convicted in the attack. Cases against a half dozen others are still pending.
by Matt Sepic

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'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers

'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers

A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, some of the lawmakers who were trapped in the upper House balcony that day are still recovering from lingering trauma. In interviews with The Associated Press a year later, many of the lawmakers recall that they thought they were going to die.
by The Associated Press

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Republican-led election reviews take shape in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Republican-led election reviews take shape in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Leaders of the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin reviews had visited the widely discredited Arizona election review and now are helming similar GOP-led investigations in their home states.
by Laurel White and Sam Dunklau

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We just got our clearest picture yet of how Biden won in 2020

We just got our clearest picture yet of how Biden won in 2020

Suburban voters and white men helped push Biden over the top, while Hispanic voters and white women swayed toward Trump. Those trends may shape strategy for Republicans and Democrats in 2022.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation

Defense for some Capitol rioters: election misinformation

Falsehoods about the election helped bring insurrectionists to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and now some who are facing criminal charges for their actions during the riot hope their gullibility might save them or at least engender some sympathy.
by The Associated Press

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Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again

Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again

Rep. Liz Cheney, newly ousted from House Republican leadership for challenging former President Donald Trump, criticized GOP colleagues Sunday for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen, saying they were “complicit” in undermining democracy.
by The Associated Press

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