2020 Election

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Biden’s supporters in Lawrence celebrate his victory, end of election anxiety

Local supporters of Joe Biden took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate his election as the 46th president of the United States, staging an impromptu parade on Massachusetts Street with blaring horns, American flags and campaign signs. At about 11:45 a.m., an hour or so after major news ...

Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Story updated at 9:06 p.m. Saturday WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday and offered himself to the nation as a leader who “seeks not to divide, but to unify" a country gripped by a historic pandemic ...

Lawrence students overwhelmingly support Biden in mock presidential election

The Lawrence youth vote came out strong this week for Joe Biden as local students continued an election-year tradition of casting ballots in important races, including the U.S. presidency. Although their votes didn’t technically count, thousands of Lawrence students made their voices heard ...

‘Hit’ tweet against Kansas governor has Democrats seeking ouster of 20-year-old

TOPEKA — A Democratic candidate who admitted to circulating revenge porn and was charged at the age of 14 with threatening to shoot a high school student has won a state House seat in Kansas, and party leaders promised Thursday to try to oust him after what they saw as a threat against the ...

Biden ahead in Pennsylvania, Georgia as Trump attacks election process

Story updated at 3:24 p.m. Friday WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania. Those put Biden in a stronger position to capture ...