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This combination of 2018 photos shows N.C. Sen. Dan Bishop and Dan McCready. Bishop, best known as the architect of the state’s so-called bathroom bill is racking up contributions and endorsements as he runs in the repeat of a congressional race marred by a ballot fraud scandal. The state elections board unanimously ordered the new election after Mark Harris, the Republican in 2018’s race against Democrat Dan McCready, used a political operative accused of improperly collecting mail-in ballots. (Chris Seward/Raleigh News &amp; Observer via AP, Chuck Burton)

North Carolina ‘bathroom bill’ sponsor bidding for US House

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., goes behind closed doors as members of the Senate Intelligence Committee arrive to vote on Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Richard Burr takes heat over Donald Trump Jr. subpoena

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire and Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

Donald Trump Jr. speaks ahead of his father President Donald Trump at a Make America Great Again rally Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Sen. Burr takes GOP fire over Trump Jr subpoena

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Wisconsin Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor, center, speaks in support of Gov. Tony Evers' plan to expand Medicaid as Sen. John Erpenbach, left, and Rep. Evan Goyke, listen Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Madison, Wis. Democrats opposed Republicans who were killing the governor's Medicaid proposal as they work on revising his two-year state budget. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

The Latest: Wisconsin Republicans reject Medicaid expansion

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Rep. Randall Friese, D-Tucson, argues against a proposal tightening rules for initiative petition circulators and giving the attorney general the power to rewrite initiative ballot language at the Arizona Capitol Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Phoenix. The measure backed by majority Republicans was approved, but the Senate defeated another election-related measure and both chambers pulled a third election proposal. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

House, Senate scrap initiative revamp debate amid division

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives at a rally at Resch Center Complex in Green Bay, Wis., Saturday, April 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump team claims unfamiliar position: Front-runner

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 3, 2019, photo, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a news conference in the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, in favor of a proposal for paid family and medical leave. Listening to the governor is Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. There's a new mix at Minnesota's big conference table for the always-contentious negotiations at the end of the legislative session over the big questions of taxes and spending. It's the first budget for Walz and the first as the top House Democrat for Speaker Melissa Hortman. GOP Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka is back and will play a decisive role as the May 20 adjournment looms. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

2019 brings a new mix to Minnesota’s big conference table

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, left, R-Overland Park, confers with state Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, D-Kansas City, on the far end of the House speaker's raised dais during a long break in the House's session, Friday night, May 3, 2019, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Medicaid expansion supporters in the House, including Wolfe Moore, are blocking a proposed state budget to get a vote on expansion in the Senate, where Denning wants to wait until next year. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

GOP thwarts governor’s push to expand Medicaid in Kansas

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Pressure grows to loosen party grip on Pennsylvania primary

By MARC LEVY - Associated Press

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, listens as Democratic lawmakers question Attorney General William Barr about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kennedy and Landry team up to elect conservative Republicans

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Several thousand leaflets drop from the fifth-floor rotunda at the Kansas Statehouse in a protest for Medicaid expansion, Friday, May 3, 2019, in Topeka, Kansas. About 15 protesters participated in dropping the leaflets, which depicted overdue hospital bills spattered with blood. Kansas legislators who support expanding Medicaid plan to try and block passage of the next state budget in hopes of forcing a vote on an expansion plan.(AP Photo/John Hanna)

Medicaid expansion backers in Kansas block next state budget

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, center, holds a news conference with health care executives from across the state at the Capitol in St. Paul on Thursday, May 2, 2019, to stress the urgency of preserving a tax on health care providers that helps fund health care programs. Republicans want to let the tax expire as scheduled at the end of the year. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Lawmakers, governor get down to hardest work of session

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

Republican seen as Democrat tool loses bid for GOP data

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House Republicans: Budget emphasizes veteran teacher pay

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Physicians seeking Walter Jones seat advance to GOP runoff

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, gives his State of the State address as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, left, listens in the House Chamber in Austin, Texas. Texas' tough stance on marijuana as the drug becomes increasingly legal elsewhere in the U.S. has grounded a bipartisan push in the state to decriminalize minor offenses — a change the Texas GOP platform has come around to endorsing, but not Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

The Latest: Texas’ GOP Senate leader says pot bill ‘dead’

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Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump: Better Fed policies would give economy ‘rocket’ boost

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Democratic candidates stake out stances on abortion

By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

Republican branded as Democratic plant sues GOP for benefits

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

The Latest: Republicans discount lawsuit over GOP benefits

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