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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2020, file photo, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks during a news conference outside of the Clark County Election Department in North Las Vegas, Nev. Florida Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senate Committee says he expects former Laxalt to challenge incumbent Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto next year. (AP Photo/John Locher)
GOP chair expects former Nevada AG Laxalt to run for Senate

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Democratic candidate Melanie Stansbury, left, hugs her mother, Sunny Birklund, at the Hotel Albuquerque as results come in for the New Mexico 1st Congressional District special election to fill former U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland's seat, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Albuquerque, N.M. Haaland resigned her seat to become United States Secretary of the Interior. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Democrats seek momentum in lopsided US House victory

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Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

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Minneapolis Star Tribune. February 16, 2021. Editorial: When weather attacks and the system fails The power grid...

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2006, photo, KRQE-TV meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., is vastly outspending well-known Republican former television meteorologist Ronchetti, a first-time political candidate with a tough-on-crime message, in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Udall. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
Senate race pits political scion against TV-savvy Republican

By Morgan Lee Oct. 02, 2020 03:47 PM EDT