While Democrat candidates criticize Trump on the economy, the states that hold their presidential nomination contests first (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina) are doing better than the rest of nation with jobs. Job growth in the first four Democratic primary states was far stronger than the national average […]
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Just hours after courtroom setbacks for two once-close allies, Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump held a rally in Charleston, W.Va., a state he won by 42 points in the 2016 election. Trump’s remarks, lasting about an hour and 15 minutes, did not directly address Manafort, who was […]
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Thursday’s primaries in Tennessee concluded the 2018 primary season for the 13 Appalachian states getting ready for midterm elections on November 6. Tennesseans selected candidates for each of the state’s nine congressional districts, as well as candidates for one U.S. Senate seat and the Governor, and others. Congressional Districts […]
Read More UPDATE: Georgia held its primary runoff on Tuesday (July 24), completing its list of candidates on both sides of the aisle for the November 6 midterms. Brian Kemp, the current secretary of state of Georgia, won the GOP Governor nomination with almost 70 percent of the votes. Democrats picked their […]
Read More Two more Appalachian states held their primaries on Tuesday. Voters in Virginia picked candidates to run for one of the state’s US Senate seats and all 11 Congressional Districts. South Carolinians picked candidates to run for their seven Congressional Districts, the governor and several other public offices. VIRGINIA Democratic Incumbent […]
Read More Mississippi and Alabama, two of the southernmost Appalachian states, held their primaries on Tuesday, June 5. MISSISSIPPI The state of Mississippi will elect one of its Senators in the general election on November 6 and the second one in a special election. GOP voters picked the incumbent, Sen. Roger Wicker, […]
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