A play-by-play of an election that poses big questions about fluency.
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The Young and the reckless: Alaskan congressman’s offenses draw spotlight
Don Young might be the most volatile politician in America.
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Making sure every Native voter has the opportunity to cast a ballot
Less than a week to go until Election Day. Its one thing to make the case that every American Indian and Alaska Native should vote. Its another to make certain that the door to the voting booth is actually open and there is a ballot ready to go. Across the country thats the challenge. One […]
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Extraction taxes are on the ballot
North Dakota and Nevada voters might learn something from Wyoming.
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House of Misrepresentatives
What would happen to the West’s environment if the House of Representatives had its way.
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Midterm races to watch
Only a handful of seats are truly up for grabs, including two in the West, and they’re being fiercely contested.
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Western states eye federal lands—again
The ultra-right ‘remedy’ for public lands.
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In campaign ads, emotion trumps fact and guns buy votes
What I learned from watching political ads on YouTube two weeks before the midterms.
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Outside spending soars in the West’s key Senate races
Colorado and Alaska have the most expensive midterm battles in the region.
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Navajo language threatens candidate’s presidential bid
Chris Deschene faces disqualification over lack of fluency.
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Can Hickenlooper get his middle-of-the-road magic back?
The Colorado governor has Democratic politicians calmed and fractivists pissed.
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Keys to South Dakota Senate race: Tribal votes and Keystone XL
Is the die already cast for the upcoming election?
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Two political elites prevail in Navajo primary melee
Shirley and Deschene pull ahead of 15 other candidates.
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Alaska’s Senate race and the fate of the West’s public lands
Republicans look to Alaska in their bid to overtake the U.S. Senate.
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The West’s crucial 2014 U.S. Senate races
The big question of the 2014 midterm elections — other than, “Eric Cantor lost?!” — is which party will emerge with control of the U.S. Senate. A number of Western states will host Senate races this year – Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Alaska – but only three will be hotly contested, […]