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Rebecca Cooke Wins Democratic Primary for Key Wisconsin House Seat

Par : Mack Liederman
Ms. Cooke, a three-time congressional candidate, held a huge fund-raising edge in a western Wisconsin race that Democrats consider pivotal to their hopes of flipping the House.

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Rebecca Cooke will face Representative Derrick Van Orden in a general election rematch of their 2024 race.
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Son-in-Law of Sean Duffy Wins G.O.P. House Primary in Northern Wisconsin

Par : Mack Liederman
Michael Alfonso, 26, had the support of the transportation secretary and an endorsement from President Trump.

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Michael Alfonso will become the youngest lawmaker in Congress if voters in his deeply Republican district elect him in November.
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Rep. John Larson, a Longtime Lawmaker, Loses a Primary in Connecticut

Par : Lisa Lerer
In an upset, Luke Bronin, the former mayor of Hartford, won the Democratic nomination, capitalizing on calls for generational change.

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Luke Bronin outraised Representative John Larson and won the state party’s Democratic endorsement.
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Amy Klobuchar Wins Minnesota’s Democratic Primary for Governor

Par : Ernesto Londoño
The fourth-term U.S. senator jolted Minnesota politics early this year by mounting a bid to succeed Gov. Tim Walz.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar last month.
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Tom Tiffany Wins Wisconsin’s Republican Primary for Governor

Par : Julie Bosman
Tom Tiffany, a conservative from western Wisconsin, said he would try to lower taxes, bring transparency to health care and protect farmland.

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Representative Tom Tiffany at the Capitol last year.
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In Wisconsin Governor Primary, Polls Have Shown a Progressive Democrat With a Big Lead

Par : Caroline Soler
Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, has consistently led in a Democratic primary that struggled to settle on a field of candidates.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Casting ballots in Madison on Tuesday.
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5 Things to Know About Francesca Hong, the Progressive Running for Wisconsin Governor

Par : Kellen Browning
The state assemblywoman, a democratic socialist, is a chef and former small business owner. Her campaign focused on economic issues.

© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

Francesca Hong has argued that her left-wing beliefs — such as free health care and a pause on data center construction — will resonate across the aisle.
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5 Things to Know About Tom Tiffany, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate in Wisconsin

Par : Julie Bosman
Representative Tom Tiffany is running with President Trump’s backing.

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Representative Tom Tiffany was expected to easily win the Republican primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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5 Things to Know About Michael Alfonso, Sean Duffy’s Son-in-Law in Wisconsin’s 7th District Race

Par : Mack Liederman
If elected, Mr. Alfonso, 26, would be the youngest member of Congress, thanks in no small part to the support his father-in-law, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and an endorsement from President Trump.

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Michael Alfonso, a candidate for U.S. House in Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district.
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5 Things to Know About Michele Tafoya, Republican Senate Candidate in Minnesota

Par : Tim Balk
Ms. Tafoya, the favorite to become the state’s Republican nominee for Senate, spent years as an N.F.L. sideline reporter and has leaned into her sports background.

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Michele Tafoya has cast herself as a moderate Republican who supports some access to abortion.
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5 Things to Know About Peggy Flanagan, Democratic Senate Candidate in Minnesota

Par : Tim Balk
Ms. Flanagan, the progressive lieutenant governor of Minnesota, is a former organizer who could become the first Native American woman in the Senate.

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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is running on a progressive, anti-establishment platform in the Democratic primary race for Senate in Minnesota.
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5 Things to Know About Angie Craig, Democratic Senate Hopeful in Minnesota

Par : Tim Balk
Ms. Craig, a moderate Democratic congresswoman, flipped a swing House seat in 2018 to become Minnesota’s first openly gay member of Congress.

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Representative Angie Craig’s supporters say she would be a strong general-election candidate in a Democratic-leaning state.
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Abdul El-Sayed Deleted Old Posts and Videos Defending ‘Defund’ and Floating an End to Fireworks

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The removed posts from Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, immediately set off Republican attacks.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is facing former Representative Mike Rogers in a November contest seen as crucial to control of the Senate.
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Darline Graham Advances to the Republican Senate Runoff in South Carolina

Par : Patricia Mazzei
Ms. Graham will face Representative Ralph Norman, a hard-line conservative who had previously run for governor, in the runoff.

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Darline Graham and Ralph Norman are headed to a runoff for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in South Carolina.
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Ned Lamont Wins the Democratic Primary for Connecticut Governor

Par : Neil Vigdor
Josh Elliott, a state representative who mounted a primary challenge, pledged to raise taxes on the rich and take the state on a more progressive path.

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If Gov. Ned Lamont emerges victorious in the general election in November, he would become one of the longest-serving governors in Connecticut history.
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5 Things to Know About Darline Graham, Republican Senate Hopeful in South Carolina

Par : Emily Davies
The sister of Senator Lindsey Graham was endorsed by President Trump to serve out the remainder of his term. Now she is running in a special primary election.

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Darline Graham’s interim appointment to the U.S. Senate won wide support in South Carolina, but winning a statewide election may be a tougher test.
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5 Things to Know About Russell Fry, Republican Senate Candidate in South Carolina

Par : Patricia Mazzei
The two-term Republican congressman, who once interned in the office of Senator Lindsey Graham, has campaigned in part on his youth.

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Representative Russell Fry is simultaneously running for his House seat and the Senate seat of the late Lindsey Graham.
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5 Things to Know About Ralph Norman, Republican Senate Candidate in South Carolina

Par : Patricia Mazzei
The longtime lawmaker, a member of an ultraconservative group of House members, came in third place in the Republican primary for governor this year.

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Representative Ralph Norman, one of five candidates for the Republican nomination to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham, is the vice chairman of the House Freedom Caucus.
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5 Things to Know About Mark Sanford, Republican Senate Candidate in South Carolina

Par : Emily Davies
The former governor and congressman is a staunch fiscal conservative who repeatedly broke with President Trump on government spending, among other issues.

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Mark Sanford is a former governor of South Carolina and current candidate in the special Republican Senate primary election.
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Angie Craig Has Cash Edge Over Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary

Par : Theodore Schleifer
Representative Angie Craig has benefited from nearly $10 million in spending from groups whose donors remain hidden, giving her an advantage in her Senate primary against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

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Representative Angie Craig, a moderate, is trying to beat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive, in Minnesota’s Democratic primary race for Senate.
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This is how President Trump came to back Darline Graham.

Par : Emily Davies

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President Trump’s support for Darline Graham, the sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham but a political unknown, is a gamble as Republicans and Democrats battle for control of the House and Senate.
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With El-Sayed’s Victory Comes a Wave of Islamophobia

Par : Jennifer Medina
As Muslim politicians like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan have become more prominent, they have experienced considerable bigotry. President Trump said Democrats were electing “jihadists.”

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Since Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan last week, Republicans have embraced Islamophobic attacks and falsehoods.
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Democrats Plan New Push to Defeat Max Miller in Ohio After Abuse Accusations

Par : Emily Davies
The party’s congressional campaign arm added Mr. Miller’s opponent, Brian Poindexter, to its highly competitive “Red to Blue” list.

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Brian Poindexter is the type of candidate Democrats believe can win over working-class voters who have flocked to President Trump in recent years.
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Democrats Plan New Push to Defeat Max Miller in Ohio After Abuse Accusations

Par : Emily Davies
The party’s congressional campaign arm added Mr. Miller’s opponent, Brian Poindexter, to its highly competitive “Red to Blue” list.

© Daniel Lozada for The New York Times

Brian Poindexter is the type of candidate Democrats believe can win over working-class voters who have flocked to President Trump in recent years.
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What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina

Par : Patricia Mazzei
The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota. In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.

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Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to complete the remainder of the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s term, is also running to succeed her brother for a full term. She faces four others in the special Republican primary.
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North Carolina G.O.P. Picks Replacement for Candidate Plagued by Scandal

Par : Eduardo Medina
Representative Chuck Edwards dropped his re-election bid amid sexual harassment allegations. His replacement, Jennifer Balkcom, has about 80 days to campaign.

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Representative Chuck Edwards dropped his re-election bid after the House Ethics Committee recommended that he be censured.
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Trump Stokes Islamophobia by Calling Democratic Candidates ‘Jihadists’

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying “they’re not smart.”

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President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that “we have jihadists being elected all over the place.”
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Yabloko, Russian Antiwar Party, Is Banned From Parliament Elections

Par : Nataliya Vasilyeva
The party, Yabloko, has navigated a delicate balancing act with an increasingly heavy-handed Kremlin, but its pro-peace manifesto turned out to be the red line.

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Nikolai Rybakov, right, the Yabloko party’s leader, and his lawyer, second from right, listening to the court decision after a hearing on a lawsuit to bar the party from upcoming parliamentary elections on Monday in Russia’s Supreme Court in Moscow.
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Wisconsin’s Roller Coaster of a Democratic Primary Race for Governor Crashes to an End

Par : Jess Bidgood
Democrats appear likely to nominate a democratic socialist for governor. How did they get here?

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Francesca Hong is a democratic socialist and candidate for governor in Wisconsin.
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Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

Par : Julie Bosman
The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

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Francesca Hong at a candidate forum in Prairie du Sac, Wis., in July.
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Minnesota’s Democratic Senate Primary Pits Angie Craig Against Peggy Flanagan

Par : Ernesto Londoño and Tim Balk
The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown this winter.

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Ms. Flanagan, third from left, has been backed by Minnesota Democrats and national progressives including, from left, Senator Tina Smith, Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Ilhan Omar and Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general.
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The Campaign Tactics Helping Progressives Win Primaries Ahead of the 2026 Midterms

Par : Kellen Browning · Tim Balk and Dan Simmons
Progressives are being outspent and are receiving little support from the Democratic Party. Their tactics show a different way to succeed.

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The campaign of Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist running for governor of Wisconsin, has recruited about 7,000 volunteers, knocked on hundreds of thousands of doors and hosted roughly 500 canvassing events.
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Michigan Senate Candidate, a Former Trump Critic, Shifts Toward Election Skepticism

Par : Beth Reinhard
Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, has suggested that further scrutiny of the 2020 election was warranted and that voting irregularities sank his first Senate bid two years ago.

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Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, has become an election skeptic as he returns to the campaign trail.
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Poll: Voters See Political Parties as More Extreme Than Their Own Candidates

Par : Ruth Igielnik
In a New York Times/Siena poll of battleground states, national parties were seen as too far to the right or the left, while nominees were viewed as more moderate.

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A wide gap between perception of political parties and individual candidates was revealed in several states, including Iowa, North Carolina and Maine.
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Moderate Democrat in Hawaii Easily Defeats Progressive House Challenger

Par : Bayliss Wagner
Representative Ed Case beat Jarrett Keohokalole, a younger progressive, in a race that centered on questions of generational change and the state’s skyrocketing cost of living.

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Max Miller, Republican Accused of Abuse, Won’t Drop Out, Spokeswoman Says

Par : Emily Davies
Mr. Miller, who has faced pressure from fellow Republicans to end his campaign and avoid endangering a solidly red seat in Ohio, will stay in the race, his spokeswoman said.

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Representative Max Miller of Ohio has denied the accusations against him, which include holding a gun to his ex-wife’s head, throwing scalding water at her and fracturing the collarbone of their daughter.
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Fact-Checking 3 Competitive Senate Races in Maine, Michigan and Ohio

Par : Linda Qiu
Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.

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Former Representative Mike Rogers, Senator Jon Husted and Troy Jackson.
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Democrats Vow to Unite Behind Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, but Tensions Remain

Par : Tim Balk
The party is racing to get behind Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after a poisonous Senate primary in Michigan, but some Democrats still have reservations.

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At a unity rally on Friday night in Detroit, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the new Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, was joined by other prominent Democrats in the state.
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Max Miller Continues to Resist Pressure to Drop Out as Deadline Looms

Par : Emily Davies and Annie Karni
The Republican House member from Ohio was accused of holding a gun to his ex-wife’s head and fracturing the collarbone of their young daughter. He has denied the accusations.

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Max Miller planned to loan his campaign $1 million, effectively rebuffing calls from powerful Republicans in the state to withdraw from the race.
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They’re Battle-Tested Democrats. Do Voters Care?

Par : Jess Bidgood
Haley Stevens and Angie Craig were celebrated by Democrats in 2018. This year, they’ve faced tough primaries.

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Representatives Angie Craig of Minnesota and Haley Stevens of Michigan
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A Spurned Schumer Reaches Out to the Left

Par : Carl Hulse
In a phone call this week, the Democratic leader told the new Michigan Senate nominee who had opposed him to just win, working to foster unity ahead of a difficult race.

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Senator Chuck Schumer’s stewardship of Senate Democrats has stirred some grumbling from more progressive senators who resented his jumping into the primaries.
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An ICE Detention Center Roils a Colorado Town and Jolts a House Race

Par : Jack Healy
Tiny Hudson, Colo., was mostly known as a speed trap between plains and suburbs. Then ICE announced it was coming, setting off months of protests.

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Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns

Par : Michael Gold · Glenn Thrush and Carl Hulse
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.

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Todd Blanche, President Trump’s nominee for attorney general, at a Senate committee hearing last month.
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Candidate Field Set After Republicans Redrew Tennessee District Lines

Par : Emily Cochrane
Tennessee’s primary elections on Thursday came after Republican legislators carved up the state’s only majority-Black district in a bid to win all nine of the state’s House seats.

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A voter left the booth after casting a ballot at an early voting polling place last month.
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In Upset, Andy Ogles Loses to a Republican Challenger in Tennessee

Par : Emily Cochrane
Mr. Ogles, a two-term congressman, had held off primary threats before, despite controversy. But on Thursday, Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, delivered an upset.

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Charlie Hatcher and Andy Ogles
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Blackburn Wins Republican Nomination for Tennessee Governor

Par : Emily Cochrane
Senator Marsha Blackburn easily beat two Republican rivals and is now favored to become the state’s first female governor after the November elections.

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Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee
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Some House Republicans Are Backing a Challenger in Cory Mills’s Re-election Bid

Par : Patricia Mazzei
Two Republican lawmakers have endorsed a primary opponent of Representative Cory Mills, who has been accused of assault and is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

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Two House Republicans from Florida took the rare step this week of endorsing a primary opponent of their colleague, Representative Cory Mills. Mr. Mills has been accused of assault and is being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.
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Tennessee’s Andy Ogles Faces Well-Funded Opposition in House Primary Thursday

Par : Patricia Mazzei · Tim Balk and Emily Cochrane
Representative Andy Ogles received President Trump’s endorsement, but his challenger, Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner, has the backing of Gov. Bill Lee.

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Charlie Hatcher, left, a former state commissioner of agriculture, was endorsed by Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday. Andy Ogles, a two-term congressman, has the endorsement of President Trump.
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