• Gubernatorial challenger Phil Lyman names new choice for running mate

    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 4, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah State Rep. Phil Lyman, Republican challenger for Gov. Spencer Cox‘s seat, has announced a new running mate. The move comes just one day after Lyman’s initial choice for Lieutenant Governor, Layne Bangerter, was declared ineligible due to constitutional residency restrictions. Lyman’s new pick is […] The post Gubernatorial challenger Phil Lyman names new choice for running mate first appeared on Gephardt Daily.

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    Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

    By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off

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    Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

    By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off

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    Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

    Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

  • Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidat e with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary. McClanahan is running […]

  • Utah governor candidate must find new running mate after judge rules his pick ineligible

    A judge decided on Friday that Phil Lyman’s first running mate choice doesn’t meet the Utah Constitution’s residency requirements to be eligible for the office of lieutenant governor. This is the end of the brief legal fight against the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, which oversees the state’s elections, to include Bangerter on the primary ballot, Lyman said. He’ll find a new running mate by noon on Monday, to meet the state’s new deadline for the primary ballot, he told reporters after the...

  • Trump says Nikki Haley not being considered for running mate

    Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, has said that Nikki Haley is not being considered for the role of running mate."Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish her well!" Trump declared in a Saturday post on Truth Social.'Not presidential timber.'Haley, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during a portion of Trump's White House tenure, announced a presidential bid last year but dropped out of the GOP presidential...

  • Trump says he's not considering Nikki Haley as running mate

    Trump is in no hurry to pick a running mate, according to advisers

  • Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to 5th term

    MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont. Scott announced his reelection bid on Saturday, saying there’s more work to do. “During my four terms as Governor, my team and I have worked to grow the economy, make Vermont […]

  • Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to 5th term

    Republican Gov. Phil Scott is running for reelection to a fifth two-year term in the largely blue state of Vermont.

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    Judge says construction on massive CN Rail hub can continue — for now

    The Federal Court of Appeal says work on a massive rail-and-truck hub in the Greater Toronto Area can go ahead — for the time being, as the future of the facility remains in limbo. In a stay of a lower court ruling that had halted construction, the judge allowed Canadian National Railway Co. to continue to build the terminal in Milton, Ont., pending appeal of the earlier decision. The $250-million project aims to double CN's existing line of tracks in the area and construct a hub for...

  • Just how low will Republican politicians stoop to be Trump’s running mate?

    The ‘veepstakes’ see prominent Republicans discarding any last shreds of integrity to impress Trump. It’s a grim omenKristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, did her best to pin down Tim Scott last Sunday.Would the junior senator from South Carolina state that he will accept the results of the 2024 presidential election no matter who wins? Pretty basic stuff, you’d think, but apparently not.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading