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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.

Solidifying a general election matchup they’ve effectively been running for nearly a year, Democrat Mike Ross and Republican Asa Hutchinson clinched their parties’ nominations for Arkansas governor in Tuesday’s primary.
A federal judge in Richmond on Tuesday denied defense motions to dismiss the corruption charges against former Gov. Bob McDonnell and former first lady Maureen McDonnell.
The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange voted this morning to dump the contractor that botched the building of its Nevada Health Link website, and to move partly into the federal system for at least the next year.
Tuesday is billed as Oregon's statewide primary election. But for voters, it's really more a series of local contests – some more interesting than the others.
Georgia voters head to the polls Tuesday to pick their party’s nominees for statewide offices, state legislative seats, congressional seats and scores of down-ticket races.
With an expected 30 percent (or less) voter turnout in Tuesday's primary elections, about 930,000 Kentuckians will take to the polls to determine which candidates will appear on the ballot during this fall's general election.
Voters head to the polls Tuesday.
Tea party favorites are running competitive races for governor, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction and attorney general as well as for congressional seats.
Wealthy donors will be able to give more money to Minnesota candidates this year after a federal judge on Monday ordered a temporary halt to enforcement of the state’s long-standing limit on certain political donations.
Oregon's ban on same-sex marriages was struck down Monday by U.S. District Judge Michael McShane, who ruled that the prohibition violated the federal constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.