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California Governor Newsom gushes over Google as he signs real-estate bill on site of future mega-campus
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB7 to speed up real estate construction while Google SVP Kent Walker looked on at an event in San Jose on Thursday.
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California governor highlights record $2 billion wildfire preparedness budget
California, heading into a wildfire season expected to surpass last year's unprecedented rash of conflagrations, has already mobilized a larger firefighting force than ever before, as the governor calls for a record $2 billion fire-safety budget.
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This Billionaire Is Caitlyn Jenner’s Biggest Donor In California Governor Race (So Far)
Bob Parsons, who says he first met Jenner about five years ago, does not live in California.
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Senate approves Biden’s last unconfirmed Cabinet member
The Senate on Friday confirmed by voice vote Eric Lander to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), rounding out President Biden’s Cabinet.
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9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
Democratic control of Congress will be on the line next year as Republicans look to claw their way back into power after a disappointing 2020 election that cost them the White House and their Senate majority.
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Georgia Senate election: Republican David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff head to runoff
The contest is one of two high-profile runoffs in Georgia that could determine which party controls the Senate.
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Georgia will hold a run-off election—giving soon-to-be 18-year-olds a chance to participate
A run-off election between Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Raphael Warnock will be held on January 5, 2021.
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Senate control hangs in balance with undecided races in Georgia, North Carolina and Alaska
Control of the Senate hung in the balance Thursday, a cliffhanger after Republicans trounced Democratic challengers in crucial states but failed to lock down the seats needed to retain th…
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Bice: Robin Vos, bad polls and other winners and losers from the (still going) 2020 election
Would former Vice President Joe Biden have won Wisconsin if Democratic lawyers had not bumped Kanye West and the Green Party from the presidential ballot?
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Georgia runoff elections will determine control of US Senate: How we got here
Georgia requires the winner get at least 50% of the vote. And the two Senate races have come up short of that threshold.

Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue’s Senate seat, one of two high-profile contests in the state that could determine which party controls the upper chamber.
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