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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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Trump Hosts 5 Governors for Dinner and Border-Security Conversation
Gov. Susana Martinez dined Monday evening with President Donald Trump and four other GOP governors at the White House.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Making History, Texans Nominate a Latina for Governor
Lupe Valdez defeated Andrew White in Tuesday's Democratic runoff for governor, making political history in a couple of ways.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Arkansas Governor Wins GOP Primary
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Jared Henderson each won his party's gubernatorial nomination Tuesday and will face each other in the Nov. 6 general election.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Stacey Abrams Wins Primary in Bid to Be the First Black Female Governor
Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams won the Democratic nomination for Georgia's top office on Tuesday, defeating ex-state Rep. Stacey Evans and advancing her quest to become the nation's first black female governor.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Election Upset: Teacher Beats Kentucky House Leader Who Backed Controversial Pension Bill
As upset teachers across Kentucky Tuesday tried to flex their political muscle, Rockcastle County High School math teacher R. Travis Brenda narrowly defeated House Majority Floor Leader Jonathan Shell of Garrard County in one of the most-watched races for the state House, according to unofficial results.
May 23, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
News in Numbers
$36 million
Amount the teen who started a wildfire in Oregon last year -- by throwing fireworks -- is ordered to pay its victims.
May 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
[Democratic debates] should come with a viewer warning message: 'Be advised prolonged exposure will result in extreme boredom and likely deep sleep.'
The Maryland Republican Party, in a video spoof released before the state's first televised Democratic debate for governor this year.
May 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Clinton Wants Stacey Abrams to Be Nation’s First Black Female Governor
Former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton endorsed Stacey Abrams on the eve of the primary vote, making her the latest in a string of high-profile national figures to back her bid to be the nation’s first black female governor.
May 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Black Democrats Seek Big Gains in 2018
A network of Democratic donors and operatives are organizing an ambitious effort to elect African-American candidates for governor and Congress in 2018 — politicians who have often been overlooked by the party’s predominantly white leadership in past years.
May 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Zombie Alert Confuses Residents and City Officials
A power outage in a South Florida city sparked an alert that left residents wondering if they had awakened to the end of the world.
May 22, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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