Confident GOP unifies behind candidates once seen as risky

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer ATKINSON, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's Republican governor described Don Bolduc as a "conspiracy theory extremist" just two months ago. But now, a week before Election Day, Gov. Chris Sununu is vowing to support him. And the leader of the ...

Democrats, tech leaders fund PAC to boost McMullin in Utah

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tech leaders and Democratic Party-aligned groups are among those funneling millions into Utah to support independent Evan McMullin's bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee. The race has been inundated with outside spending, with super ...

Leavitt, 25, cites youth in bid to be youngest congresswoman

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A former Trump White House staffer from New Hampshire could make history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Far-right Republican Karoline Leavitt is 25 and she's facing 42-year-old Democrat incumbent Chris Pappas ...

Group can monitor Arizona ballot drop boxes, US judge rules

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona's largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors' constitutional ...

Oz-Mastriano strong pair atop Pennsylvania’s GOP ticket

By MARC LEVY Associated Press MALVERN, Pa. (AP) — On a chilly Saturday morning in mid-October, state and national Republican Party leaders made their way to a hotel patio restaurant in the critically important Philadelphia suburbs to energize loyalists heading into next month's election ...

Arizona AG gives county OK for full ballot hand counts

By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's Republican attorney general has issued an opinion saying county officials can hand-count all ballots in at least five races from the Nov. 8 election, a move that gives a green light to GOP officials in at least two counties who ...