National elections - The Durango Herald

GOP keeps Senate control for 2 more years, triumph for Trump

WASHINGTON – Republicans retained control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana and North Dakota and handing President Donald Trump a triumph by ensuring they wi...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dems on track to take House control, but GOP retains Senate

WASHINGTON – Democrats were on track to gain House control Tuesday night but Republicans held their Senate majority as voters rendered a mixed verdict in the first nationwide election of Don...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats chip away at GOP dominance in state governments

Democrats took back the governor’s offices in Illinois and Michigan on Tuesday, major steps in their nationwide strategy to reverse years of Republican gains in state capitols. In...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bayfield voters approve publishing legal notices on town website

Bayfield voters approved - in preliminary results announced Wednesday morning - a request by the Bayfield Town Board to publish only the titles of legal notices in the local newspaper, then ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Bayfield voters approve new rules for publishing legal notices

Bayfield voters approved a request by the Bayfield Town Board to publish only the titles of legal notices in the local newspaper, then the text of the notices on the town website. ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Library request to raise mill levy falls 10 votes short

A request to raise the mill levy for the Pine River Library District has fallen 10 votes short, according to the final unofficial results released early Wednesday morning. No vote...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Bayfield voters say NO to pot sales

Unofficial results show 54 percent rejected measure

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield voters say no to pot sales

Unofficial results show 52 percent rejected measure

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

On Election Day, voting problems emerge across the country

Civil rights groups and election officials fielded thousands of reports of voting irregularities as voting began across the country Tuesday, with voters and advocates complaining of broken m...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For voters, Election Day presents a big test for Trumpism

There were first-time voters and straight-ticket voters and some who, this go-around, switched sides. They went to the polls considering the caravan of migrants trudging across Mexico, their...

DATE: Nov 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Country sees high number of Native American candidates

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Deb Haaland is not the first Native American woman to run for Congress, but she could be one of the first elected Tuesday. More than 100 Native Americans are se...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News