Articles by Aaron Navarro
cbsnews.com Jun 10, 2022
Sarah Palin runs against Santa and 46 others in crowded special primary for Alaska's lone congressional seat
Aaron NavarroFormer Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is among the 48 candidates running in the open primary. A May poll by Alaska Survey Research had Palin, Begich and Gross in the top three. Begich III worked for Young's 2020 campaign and the state Republican party. Republica . . .
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cbsnews.com Jun 10, 2022
TV station says its decision to take GOP Senate ad against Cheri Beasley down was premature
Aaron NavarroA North Carolina TV station erred last week in taking down an ad against Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to a letter from an attorney for the station's owners. In the letter, the station owners also asked Democratic lawyers to stop . . .
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cbsnews.com Jun 07, 2022
Jessica Cisneros files for recount in race against Rep. Henry Cuellar in Texas' 28th District
Aaron NavarroThe race between Henry Cuellar, a centrist House Democrat running for his 10th term in Texas' 28th District, and progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros is going into overtime. In a statement after Cisneros announced Monday that she'd file for a recount, Cuellar said to Democrats that "it is now tim . . .
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cbsnews.com Jun 02, 2022
TV stations take down inflammatory GOP ad about North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in response to complaints about inaccuracy
Aaron NavarroTV stations in North Carolina pulled an ad by the campaign arm for Senate Republicans after they were informed it had a false statement and language about North Carolina Democratic candidate Cheri Beasley and her record as a former state Supreme Court chief justice. The ad, titled "Failed Our Childr . . .
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cbsnews.com Jun 02, 2022
All 50 states have finished their congressional maps - what do they say about the 2022 election?
Aaron NavarroAll 50 states have finalized their congressional map to use for elections this November, a major checkpoint in the once-a-decade process of redrawing lines for political representation. Reapportionment, the process that determines which states gain or lose congressional districts based on their cens . . .
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cbsnews.com May 25, 2022
Ohio state Supreme Court rejects GOP-favored state legislative lines for the fifth time
Aaron NavarroFor the fifth time, the Ohio state Supreme Court has rejected a map of state legislative lines from the Republican-led redistricting commission. After Republicans on the state redistricting committee made very few changes to their fourth submission, Ohio's high court ruled that the latest maps viola . . .
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cbsnews.com May 23, 2022
There's one Democrat in the House who doesn't support abortion rights. He faces a progressive challenger on Tuesday
Aaron NavarroRep. Henry Cuellar of Texas is the lone anti-abortion Democrat left in the U.S House of Representatives. The race figures to test the strength of the abortion rights movement among more conservative Latino voters. Cuellar, who was the only House Democrat to vote against the Women's Health Protection . . .
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cbsnews.com May 21, 2022
New York judge approves new congressional maps
Aaron NavarroA state judge late Friday finalized the state's new congressional maps early, setting off a scramble among lawmakers and congressional candidates to figure out their districts – or what districts to run in. State Judge Patrick McAllister released the new maps just before the midnight Saturday deadli . . .
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cbsnews.com May 17, 2022
Madison Cawthorn, Trump-backed incumbent congressman, loses primary
Aaron NavarroCBS News projects that Chuck Edwards will win the Republican primary for North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating incumbent Rep. Madison Cawthorn. Cawthorn called Edwards to concede by 9:45 p.m. He added that his win could also be attributed to a wide primary field and that Cawthorn w . . .
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cbsnews.com May 16, 2022
House primaries to watch Tuesday: Madison Cawthorn faces several challengers and more
Aaron NavarroPrimary voters are going to the polls in five states, with closely-watched contests for House seats happening in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Oregon. Freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn is facing several primary challengers, one of whom is endorsed by Senator Thom Tillis, who said Cawthorn had "falle . . .
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