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LANSING, Mich. — Kristina Karamo, who lost her secretary of state race by 14 percentage points but refused to concede, will lead the Michigan Republican Party following an 11-hour convention and three rounds of voting Saturday at the Lansing Center. Karamo, considered a grassroots favorite, beat out former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno, 58% to 42%, in the third round of voting. DePerno had been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The Oak Park educator and conservative activist will take the reins months after the Michigan GOP in November lost long-held majorities in the House ......

LANSING, Mich. — Ryan Kelley, a former candidate for Michigan governor, repeatedly declined under oath to identify himself in videos from the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a newly released transcript of his interview with investigators for a U.S. House committee. Kelley, who came in fourth place in the GOP primary race for governor on Aug. 2, told officials from the U.S. House's Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol that he did nothing unlawful. But, Kelley contended during a sworn deposition under the penalty of perjury th......

MIAMI — In his victory speech Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said that his victory over Democrat Charlie Crist had “rewritten the political map.” It wasn’t hyperbole. The Republican governor managed to flip eight of the 13 counties he had lost in his first election in 2018 and improved his performance in each of Florida’s 67 counties. Those gains propelled DeSantis to the most lopsided victory by a Florida governor since 1982, when Democrat Bob Graham won re-election with more than 64% of the vote in Florida. DeSantis saw his biggest gain in Miami-Dade County, with a 16-point improvement over his ......

DONEGAL, Pa. — Last week here in Westmoreland County, hours before Donald Trump flew in to rally voters for Doug Mastriano, a woman was doing yard work beside a lawn sign on Route 31 that read: “Elect Jesus for Eternal Life.” Mastriano had presented himself as the next-best candidate — a retired Army colonel turned Republican state senator on a self-described divine mission to shatter the wall between church and state as Pennsylvania’s next governor. Months earlier, at a far-right Christian conference called “Patriots Arise for God and Country,” where QAnon and 9/11 conspiracy theories were di......

Lansing, Mich. — A Thursday memo from Paul Cordes, the chief of staff for the Michigan Republican Party, blamed the party's historic midterm election losses on GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon's performance and an internal power struggle. On Tuesday, Michigan Democrats won majorities in the Michigan Legislature for the first time in 40 years. Democrats won 20 of the 38 seats in the Michigan Senate and 56 of the 110 seats in the state House. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer captured a second term by 10 percentage points over Dixon, a first time candidate from Norton Shores. Dixon under-p......

NEW YORK — Rep. Lee Zeldin conceded to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday afternoon, about 13 hours after The Associated Press called New York’s tighter-than-expected race for governor. “I would like to congratulate New York Governor Kathy Hochul on her election to a full four-year term,” Zeldin said in a statement. “This race was a once-in-a-generation campaign, with a very close margin in the bluest of blue states.” “Those controlling Albany should take note,” he added. Zeldin, a crime-focused Long Island Republican who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election won by President Joe Biden,......