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Lauren Bobert has asked for donations to support a possible recount in her Colorado election race against Democrat Adam Fries. The Republican’s call for financial support Friday afternoon comes after she said she is confident of retaining her seat in the House as the unexpected upset race remains very close. When asked by reporters if she expects to win the race Thursday, the Republican incumbent said, “Of course I expect to win. It will be great.” Ms. Bobert now leads by 1,122 votes in a surprisingly close race for the U.S. seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. After trailing for much of the race, the Donald Trump ally returned to the lead on Thursday, now leading with 50.2 percent of the vote to Mr. Frisch’s 49.8 percent, with 99 percent of the vote refers. The race could go to an automatic recount if the winning party fails to win by more than 0.5 percent.
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Who won, who lost, and what we know so far in the wake of the 2022 midterms
As results began to trickle in from America’s midterm elections, it quickly became clear that the contest was much closer than expected and the outcome more tragic and unpredictable than many had predicted. Joe Somerland and Alyssa Rahman Sarkar unpack what happened. Bevan Hurley November 14, 2022 05:00 1668394800
Paul Ryan: Trump was ‘creeping’ on GOP midterm ticket
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan joined the GOP’s criticism of Donald Trump after the party’s predicted “red wave” of the midterms turned out to be anything but. Ryan, the last Republican to serve as speaker of the House, reacted to Tuesday’s election results by calling on his party to nominate anyone other than Trump when it comes time to choose a 2024 presidential candidate. Andrew Feinberg reports on the former speaker’s remarks. Bevan Hurley November 14, 2022 03:00 1668391200
Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
Colorado voters passed an initiative to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms for those 21 and older and to create state-regulated “treatment centers” where patients can try the drug under supervision. Colorado becomes the second state, after Oregon, to vote to create a regulated system for substances like psilocybin and psilocin, the hallucinogens found in certain mushrooms. The initiative, which will take effect in 2024, will also allow an advisory board to add other plant-based psychedelic drugs to the program in 2026. Advocates have argued that the state’s current approach to mental health has failed and that natural psychedelics, which have been used for hundreds of years, can treat depression, PTSD, anxiety, addiction and other conditions. They also said that imprisoning people for the non-violent offense of using physical substances costs taxpayers money. Critics have warned that the Food and Drug Administration has not approved the substances as drugs. They also argued that allowing “treatment centers” and private personal use of the drug would endanger public safety and send the wrong message to children and adults that substances are healthy. The move comes a decade after Colorado voted to legalize recreational marijuana after initially allowing its use for medical purposes, leading to a multibillion-dollar industry with hundreds of dispensaries popping up across the state. Bevan Hurley November 14, 2022 02:00 1668387600
Bobert’s hometown reacts to the close race
A new tenant was cleaning out the space that formerly housed Lauren Bobert’s restaurant Wednesday — the iconic Shooters sign gone — as the congresswoman continued to trail her Democratic challenger nearly 20 hours after polls closed in Colorado. The shell of the gun-themed restaurant on Rifle’s high street – after the owner decided not to renew its lease in the summer – was a fitting parallel to the career of the former owner of Shooters. Boebert was projected to easily defeat Adam Frisch, but as of Friday the race is still too close to call. In her constituency, voters are keeping their eyes on the results. The Independent’s Sheila Flynn speaks to voters in Ms Boebert’s home state: Bevan Hurley November 14, 2022 1:00 am 1668384000
America is bitterly divided – and that’s no surprise
Red wave? Not really. How about a blue wave? Not that either. In fact, as America voted in the midterm elections that will decide control of the houses of Congress and start the 2024 presidential race, all we really learned was something we already knew – that America is bitterly and deeply divided. Bevan Hurley November 14, 2022 12:00 AM 1668380400
Palin tells supporters to stop donating to GOP
Sarah Palin has fired back at the GOP, claiming the GOP is sabotaging her Alaska House race and that they deserved to disappoint her in the midterms. In a conspiracy-filled Instagram post, Ms. Palin blamed the “cockamamie” ranked-choice voting system, Sen. Lisa Murkowski and the “dark, dysfunctional GOP machine” after Democrat Mary Peltola seemingly trounced her for the second time in three months. Bevan Hurley November 13, 2022 11:00 p.m 1668376800
Who won, who lost, and what we know so far in the wake of the 2022 midterms
As results began to trickle in from America’s midterm elections, it quickly became clear that the contest was much closer than expected and the outcome more tragic and unpredictable than many had predicted. Joe Somerland and Alyssa Rahman Sarkar unpack what happened. Bevan Hurley November 13, 2022 10:00 p.m 1668373200
Voices: Abortion Shouldn’t Have Mattered in the Midterms, But It Gave Republicans a Rude Awakening
Clemence Michallon writes: Exit polls show voters cared much more about abortion than expected: It was the second most important issue on their minds, according to the NBC News poll, just behind inflation and well ahead of crime, gun policy and immigration. And in states where abortion was explicitly on the ballot, people voted for access to the procedure. Bevan Hurley November 13, 2022 9:00 p.m 1668369600
Did the new voters save the Democrats from the red tide?
Younger voters were part of the blue wall that held back a so-called “red tsunami” on Tuesday and contributed to a string of unlikely Democratic successes, writes John Bowden. Exit polls by the National Election Pool (NEP), which includes a consortium of news outlets and the Edison Research Group, found that younger voters aged 18-29 were the only age group to overwhelmingly support Democrats in the midterm elections . Sixty-three percent of voters in that age group voted for Democratic House candidates, according to the poll, while 35 percent voted for Republicans. Bevan Hurley13 November 2022 20:00 1668366000
Trump’s influence has waned as many of his congressional picks fall flat
About half of Donald Trump’s handpicked congressional nominees suffered losses, reducing the former president’s influence as he is widely expected to officially launch another presidential bid. A final overnight tally put the number at about 80 of Mr. Trump’s 174 congressional approvals that reached Capitol Hill, a number that includes incumbents. John Bowden assesses how the former president’s candidates fared. Megan Sheets13 November 2022 19:00
