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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes speaks during a debate for Utah's 2020 gubernatorial race, in Salt Lake City. Hughes chose an elected official from southern Utah as his running mate in the governor's race Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Hughes, a Republican, pointed to Victor Iverson's efforts to keep the tax rate low and rainy-day funds robust in Washington County, calling him a &quot;proven leader with a commitment to conservative principles.&quot; (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Four GOP governor candidates to appear on primary ballot

Associated Press

N.C. Republican leader: We won’t seek budget veto override

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Democrat tops GOP hopefuls in Kansas US Senate fundraising

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2019, file photo, U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján, left, and Debra Haaland of New Mexico speak at a field hearing of a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Santa Fe, N.M., about the effects of air pollution on sacred Native American cultural sites. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Ben Ray Lujan keeps money edge in open U.S. Senate race in New Mexico

By Russell Contreras - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Friday, April 17, 2020. Whitmer said she hopes to gradually begin reopening the state's economy on May 1 after weeks of a strict stay-at-home order that has crippled businesses and caused more than 1 million unemployed people to seek aid during the coronavirus crisis. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool)

Coronavirus health vs. economy debates rage in battleground states

By Thomas Beaumont - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., center, speaks as House Democrats hold a news conference in Washington. Lujan is outpacing all of his GOP opponents in the money race for an open Senate seat in New Mexico at the end of 2019, federal records show. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Luján keeps money edge in open US Senate race in New Mexico

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 3, 2018, file photo, a border fence in Columbus, N.M., sits along the U.S.-Mexico border at sunset. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File) **FILE**

Comptroller general to probe no-bid border wall contract

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Senate Democrats on Thursday stalled President Donald Trump's request for $250 billion to supplement a &quot;paycheck protection&quot; program for businesses crippled by the coronavirus outbreak, demanding protections for minority-owned businesses and money for health care providers and state and local governments. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Senator tells VP failed virus testing is ‘dereliction’

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Virus prompts Indiana Democrats to online state convention

By TOM DAVIES - Associated Press

Election officials Britt Bermingham, left, and Terry ?Perry count ballots as City of Milwaukee Election Commission workers were processing absentee ballots on the fourth floor of an office building at 501 W. Michigan Ave. in Milwaukee on Monday, April 13, 2020.(Mike DeSisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Parties mine Wisconsin for clues to voting in the virus era

By SCOTT BAUER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Huntsman becomes third to qualify for GOP primary ballot

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Mississippi’s GOP postpones state convention

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House Small Business Committee Chair Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by other legislators, watches as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, lifts the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after signing it on Capitol Hill, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Velazquez, who attended last Friday's $2 trillion coronavirus economic aid bill enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill with Speaker Pelosi, House Majority Leader McCarthy and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, say she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

McConnell, Pelosi signal more virus aid likely from Congress

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2019 file photo Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, addresses community members at the dedication of a Recovery Community Center in in Manchester, Ky. Kentucky lawmakers passed a slimmed-down, one-year state budget Wednesday, April 1, 2020 without pay raises for school teachers or increased education funding — priorities that fell victim to the dramatic economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Kentucky lawmakers pass a scaled-back budget amid pandemic

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020, after attempting to slow action on a rescue package. Despite Massie's effort, the House, acting with exceptional resolve in an extraordinary time, rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care system left flailing by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP’s Massie outrages House, Trump by seeking to stall vote

By MATTHEW DALY and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

North Carolina GOP convention pushed back to June by virus

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: GOP convention will go forward in August

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2020, file photo, State Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque, looks over her notes before the start of the New Mexico legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M. Roybal Caballero, who has been dogged by allegations that she doesn't live in the state, is facing criticism for promoting a Texas cafe during coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

New Mexico rep faces heat for plugging Texas cafe amid virus

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

Illustration on black Americans and Donald Trump by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Are black Republicans running for office the death knell of the Democratic Party?

By Bruce Eberle and Vernon Robinson

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, second from left, speaks with members of the media as he departs a meeting with Senate Republicans on an economic lifeline for Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2020. Standing with Mnuchin is White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, right. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump pushes for massive aid from Congress, checks to public

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press