Under the Constitution, the final step in the 2020 presidential election is for a joint session of Congress to meet on Jan. 6 to count the Electoral College votes and officially declare a winner. Governors certified and sealed their states’ results after their electors signed off on them on Dec. …
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As the year comes to a close, here's a look back at the stories that stayed in the headlines.
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Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said Friday he had tested positive for the coronavirus and was isolating at home with “very mild symptoms.”
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An onslaught of psychologist Krista Schwenk Garner’s coworkers and parents of Marion County students replied with comments critical of her post, on Oct. 16, not long after she attended President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Ocala.
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Sprowls’ views on law enforcement and patriotism were among a handful of issues the new speaker outlined during his remarks Tuesday.
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The political novice and no-party affiliate candidate earned 7,143 votes (53.65%) to deny a second four-year term for Superintendent Stacey Creighton, 49, a Republican who got 6,171 votes (46.35%).
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He becomes the oldest president-elect and brings with him a history-making vice president-elect in Kamala Harris, the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve in the nation's second-highest office.
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The 2020 election – historic for its high turnout in the middle of a pandemic and extraordinary political divisiveness – might also be famous for the inaccuracy of pollsters.
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Gainesville’s initiative, established in April 2019, brought in the federal government to create a partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement to reduce gun violence in the area.
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Florida Republicans dominated Tuesday's elections from the top of the ballot on down, leaving Democrats searching for answers after more than two decades of GOP control of the state.
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