(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is moving election campaign resources out of some districts it currently holds after concluding they’re no longer winnable, people familiar with the matter said, in a defensive move to shore up support in areas that would normally be considered a Tory stronghold. Most Read from Bloomberg The dramatic move […]
Jun. 20—MITCHELL — A supply of much needed fabric arrived at the Corn Palace and allowed crews to repair 540 of the torn soft seats. The seat repairs offered Corn Palace Director Doug Greenway some relief after grappling with supply chain issues that held the project up a year past the initial start date. “This […]
Jun. 17—CONCORD — The leaders of both political parties have a frantic few days to recruit candidates that can fill vacancies on the general election ballot for the New Hampshire Legislature and county offices. Since the candidate filing period ended Friday, Democratic Chairman Raymond Buckley of Manchester and Republican Chairman Chris Ager of Amherst have […]
Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said it would be a “personal failure” if his party does not return to Westminster following the upcoming UK general election. However, he insisted he would not walk away from the leadership if the UUP fails to win any seats. Mr Beattie said his party is “in the hunt” […]
Jun. 14—The Village of Lewiston’s residents will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote for two trustee seats, with at least one new trustee assured of election. Three candidates will run for the seats, incumbent Trustee Nicolas Conde and challengers Leandra Collesano and Jim Fittante. Trustee Dan Gibson is not seeking reelection. The election […]
Every seat in the Kansas Legislature — 125 in the House and 40 in the Senate — is up for election in 2024. Republicans will attempt to hold onto — and expand — veto-proof majorities in both chambers that would allow the GOP to pass laws without support from Democratic lawmakers or Democratic Gov. Laura […]
Jun. 5—ROCHESTER — Here are the candidates who are running for the Minnesota Legislature in Olmsted County. The election on Nov. 5 will determine representatives for the 134-member Minnesota House, which is currently controlled by the DFL Party. The filing deadline to become a candidate ended on June 4, 2024. * House District 20B: GOP […]
Editor’s note: The votes reported here were current as of 10:30 p.m. June 4 and are considered unofficial. To see other unofficial election results visit https://electionresults.sos.nm.gov. By 10 p.m. June 4, Linda Alvarez was up just one vote in her campaign against fellow Democrat Andrew Simon Hernandez. Both are seeking the New Mexico House seat […]
By YP Rajesh, Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance raced to a clear majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament in early vote-counting trends on Tuesday, TV channels showed. The channels showed the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was ahead in more […]
A passenger on a plane from Europe to the US was called “incredibly rude” after refusing to switch seats for a woman who wanted to get away from a crying baby. An unidentified man wrote about the kerfuffle on Reddit last week in a post that has now gone viral. According to the forum site, […]
The divisive incident occurred nearly five hours into a long-haul flight, according to the man. Here’s what a travel expert says should have happened urbazon/Getty Stock photo of a man and woman on a plane An airplane passenger is claiming that he was called “incredibly rude” by a fellow flyer after he didn’t want to […]
A man has questioned whether he was wrong to refuse to switch seats with a fellow passenger on his flight. In a post to the Am I the A**hole forum on Reddit, a husband wrote about a flight he took with his wife from Dublin, Ireland, to Washington, DC. The thirtysomething couple discovered they had […]