A Los Angeles-based Justice Department official late Friday debunked a baseless claim of a discrepancy in the vote count of the city’s mayoral race that has circulated on social media.

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Republican Primary race called Rob Sand, the state auditor, is one of the Democratic Party’s best hopes to flip a race for governor this year. He is unopposed in the primary. Democratic Primary race called Evan Reynolds Randy Feenstra’s underperformance in many of the areas he represents in Congress may have cost him the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa.

Critical races across six states include a potentially competitive Iowa Senate race and a Trump-backed reality TV star's bid to be L.A. mayor