From Nevada to Maine, voters across the country chose their favored candidate to compete in November. Voters made their voices heard in primaries and other important contests in Ohio, North Dakota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Maine. Not all of the many June 11 races warrant close scrutiny. However, a relatively narrow GOP victory in the
Measure to revise Prop 47 garnered more than 600,000 valid signatures. California’s Secretary of State, Shirley Weber, notified state elections officials on June 11 that a measure to reform Proposition 47 has qualified for the November ballot. Proposition 47, commonly referred to as Prop 47, was passed a decade ago by voters in California with
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox and state Rep. Phil Lyman describe two different approaches to Utah’s government in a debate two weeks before primary election. Gov. Spencer Cox and state Rep. Phil Lyman (R) hit the debate stage on June 11 ahead of Utah’s Republican gubernatorial primary. The debate pitted an incumbent governor against a state
Both countries also signed an agreement, endorsed by 17 other countries, on fighting information manipulation by foreign actors. The United States and Poland launched an international operation on June 10 in the Polish capital aimed at helping Ukraine counter Russian disinformation. Special Envoy for the U.S. State Department James Rubin, responsible for countering disinformation, and
Three candidates will compete in the June 25 Republican primary and the winner will face Democrat Rudy Bautista in November. Three Republicans vying to become Utah’s attorney general fielded questions on the drug crisis, presidential elections, and public trust in a June 11 debate held to help party members pick a candidate for November. Derek
Bridgeport City Council member Alfredo Castillo and three others were arrested, charged, and released pending a June 24 court date. CONNECTICUT—A Bridgeport city councilman and a Democratic Party operative were criminally charged on June 11 for allegedly unlawfully possessing another person’s absentee ballot. Alfredo Castillo, 52, who represents Bridgeport City Council’s 136th District, and Bridgeport
Veteran Sam Brown wins 10-Republican race to take on first-time incumbent Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev) in pivotal contest for control of Congress’s upper chamber. Days after clinching an endorsement from former President Donald Trump, U.S. Army Afghanistan War veteran Sam Brown has won Nevada’s June 11 Republican U.S. Senate primary and will meet incumbent Sen.