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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks to media at his campaign office in Shreveport, La., Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Latest: Rispone: Disappointed at loss, but thankful too

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards won reelection Saturday by defeating Republican rival Eddie Rispone. (Associated Press)

Trump popularity fails to bolster Eddie Rispone, Matt Bevin gubernatorial campaigns

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP woman gets outsized role at impeachment hearing

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

North Carolina lawmakers redraw state’s congressional map

By GARY ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2015, file photo,a man walks past the Export-Import Bank of the United States, in Washington. The Democratic-controlled House is on track to pass a measure renewing the charter of the Export-Import Bank, a U.S. agency that provides loans and other help to foreign buyers of U.S. exports. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Partisan vote in House for Export-Import Bank measure

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In a Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., front, and Attorney General William Barr arrive before President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House about his judicial appointments, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One during his arrival at JFK International Airport in New York, Thursday, May 4, 2017. Trump traveled to New York to meet for the first time with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and aim to move past the rocky start of their working relationship. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP senators confronted Erdogan over video, participants say

By ANDREW TAYLOR and PADMANANDA RAMA - Associated Press

North Carolina redistricting proposal threatens 2 incumbents

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019 file photo, Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks on set before the start of the Louisiana Governor's runoff debate at Louisiana Public Broadcasting in Baton Rouge, La. To keep his seat as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor, Edwards needs strong turnout from Louisiana’s black voters, who lean heavily Democratic and who lagged in getting to the polls for the primary election. Edwards and his supporters are laboring to reverse that trend ahead of the Nov. 16 runoff election against Republican businessman Eddie Rispone. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File)

Tight Louisiana governor’s race is testing Trump’s coattails

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

The Latest: Evers says Republicans are not “bastards”

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Cindy McCain, second from right, co-chair of the McCain Institute's Human Trafficking Advisory Council, and trafficking survivor Rani Hong, second from left, listen after addressing the human rights conference, "Stepping Up Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking," during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cindy McCain: John McCain would be ‘disgusted’ at current GOP under Donald Trump

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Louisiana's Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone talks to media on a campaign stop at New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La., Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Rispone says a radio ad linking him and President Donald Trump to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is &quot;disgusting.&quot; Rispone is blaming Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards for the advertising by the New Orleans-based Black Organization for Leadership Development. There's no evidence Edwards is connected to the effort. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Analysis: Mudslinging intensifies in Louisiana governor race

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2019, file photo, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, gets in an elevator as he is followed by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans have no unified argument in the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump in large part because they can’t agree on how to defend the president. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Was Trump call with Ukraine ‘perfect’? GOP has many answers

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Voters wait in line to get into the polling station at Hampton Oaks Elementary School in Stafford, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Mike Morones/The Free Lance-Star via AP)

GOP must ignore media’s ‘advice’ and not turn left

By Robert Knight

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, about the House impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Whistleblower disputes boil over in impeachment interview

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this May 9, 2109, file photo, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions smiles during a farewell ceremony for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jeff Sessions’ likely Alabama Senate bid roiling Republican Party

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Paul Milde, the Republican candidate for the House of Delegates 28th District, greets at Ferry Farm Elementary School on Election Day in Stafford, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. (Mike Morones/The Free Lance-Star via AP)

Virginia Republicans take stock of electoral losses, Democrat control

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks on set before the start of the Louisiana Governor's runoff debate, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, at Louisiana Public Broadcasting in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

The Latest: Trump predicts GOP House comeback in 2020

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FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, a woman votes at a polling station inside a coffee shop in Los Angeles. With the 2020 elections approaching, the latest California voter registration figures tell a familiar story: Democrats are expanding their ranks, Republicans are struggling and the fastest-growing group remains those voters aligned with no party at all - independents. The figures released Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019 by Secretary of State Alex Padilla also show that more than 80 percent of eligible residents are registered to vote, the highest percentage since 1952. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Democrats expand edge in California as 2020 looms

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

A sign urging people to vote on municipal question #1 is displayed in Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Residents of New Jersey's second-largest city will decide Tuesday whether its increasing popularity as an affordable short-term rental option across the river from New York City has reached the point where restrictions are needed to rein in some of the unwanted byproducts.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Murphy, GOP find upbeat news in NJ’s election results

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press