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Republican Senate candidate JD Vance speaks to his supporters during an election night watch party, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

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Primary takeaways: Trump passes test as kingmaker in Ohio
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press
Tue,05/03/22-9:43PM , 155 Reads
The primary elections in Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday stood as the first real test of former President Donald Trump's status as the Republican Party kingmaker — and he passed.

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TRUMP'S CLOUT
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The Manhattan skyline is seen from the observatory of the Empire State Building in New York City on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Court of Appeals judges heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by a group of Republican voters challenging the legality of the new district maps, which critics say were drawn to favor Democrats.(AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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Democrats face worsening legal environment on redistricting
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press
Thu,04/28/22-1:16PM , 253 Reads
After New York state's top court this week crushed Democratic hopes of coming out ahead in this decade's redistricting cycle, the party faces an increasingly precarious legal environment in the hyper-partisan battle over drawing legislative lines.
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Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts in this file photo from Nov. 16, 2021, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the nation’s congressional maps may be short lived. North Carolina and Ohio are already poised to redraw their maps in the next few years. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

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Democratic gains in legislative maps might not last long
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press
Sun,03/20/22-7:42AM , 177 Reads
DENVER (AP) — The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the nation's congressional maps may be short-lived, creating the potential for more frequent clashes over ho
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In this Sept. 15, 2021, photo, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, foreground, speaks to state Sen. Vernon Sykes, seated, the co-chair of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, as other members of the panel prepare for a meeting on at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. The GOP's focus on the makeup of state supreme courts escalated this week after a series of legal setbacks frustrated the party's effort to redraw congressional maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. That prompted some leading Republicans to press the party to pay more attention to elections in November in which some supreme court justices will face voters. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

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As maps fall, GOP tries to neutralize state supreme courts
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press
Thu,02/24/22-11:26PM , 231 Reads
DENVER (AP) — Repeatedly stymied by local courts in their efforts to draw maps that make it easier for their party to win elections, Republicans are trying to neutralize the ability of state supreme courts to interfere in the politically-charged redistricting process.
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