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The pandemic forced an unprecedented overhaul of election practices to keep voting safe. Supervisors scrambled to buy sneeze guards, gloves and massive amounts of hand sanitizer. They planned a dramatic expansion of voting by mail. But no amount of disinfectant wipes could clean up President Donald Trump’s false attacks on the integrity of the vote. […]

If for no other reason than numbers, the special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia is uniquely competitive. Amazingly, 21 names are on the Nov. 3 ballot, in a race that is open to candidates from all parties. Each candidate is seeking the seat held by Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson, who resigned in […]

Nowhere across the political map are Republicans more likely to pick up a U.S. Senate seat on Nov. 3 than in Alabama. Democrat Doug Jones holds office in the deeply red state courtesy of a special election that pitted him against a man accused of seeking a romantic relationship with an underage woman. Jones now […]

Ever since the 2016 presidential election, when Donald Trump outperformed the polls and defeated Hillary Clinton, Democrats have been nervous about losing the presidential race, no matter how strong Joe Biden’s leads in the polls have been. Seth Masket, a University of Denver political scientist and author of “Learning from Loss: The Democrats 2016-2020,” recently […]

The rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent said that he didn’t want to become “20cent” after learning about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan.  The entertainer posted a graphic from the CNBC show “Power Lunch” that listed the top tax rates by state under the Biden tax plan. New York state would have a top tax rate […]

PolitiFact’s misinformation beat means we’re fact-checking some of the most inaccurate and outrageous messaging on the internet. Halloween — and the end of the 2020 campaign — seem like the perfect time to share some of this fact-checking of extreme content. You may find it eye-opening as to just how bad things are in some corners […]

Personal attacks, including claims against both candidates’ husbands, have marked a race in Maine that could help determine whether Republicans maintain their majority in the Senate. GOP incumbent Susan Collins has held the seat since 1997. A challenge from Democrat Sara Gideon, who has served in Maine’s state House since 2013 and as its speaker […]

Incumbent Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is up for re-election in a tight race against Republican challenger John James, a Detroit-area businessman. This is James’ second Senate run. He lost his 2018 race against Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The Cook Political Report finds that Peters has an advantage in this competitive race, which could determine which party […]

The U.S. Senate race in Arizona is a contest between two military veterans who say they can get things done for Arizona despite the partisanship in Washington — an astronaut who is seeking elective office for the first time, and an appointed senator trying to win an election to keep her seat. The incumbent is […]

On Oct. 14, the New York Post published a story claiming emails showed Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, introduced his father to a Ukrainian businessman, implicating the former vice president in conservative attacks that he’s tangled up in questionable business dealings.  PolitiFact, among other American news organizations, have written about the controversial claims, which are […]

Millions of Californians have already cast their ballot by mail, but millions more are expected to show up to the polls for early voting this weekend and on Election Day. They’ll do this amid concerns about voter intimidation, social unrest and a statewide spike in coronavirus cases. To answer questions about how to vote this […]

Montana Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, was supposed to coast to re-election in a state that voted resoundingly for Trump in 2016.  But Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s late entry into the Senate race turned a safe red seat competitive. Bullock, who was ranked the most popular Democratic governor […]