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Preston Love Jr. announces his write-in candidacy during a press conference at Big Mama's Kitchen and Catering in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Omaha activist and professor Preston Love Jr. is the Democrats' third choice to compete against Omaha cupcake baker Chris Janicek in the race. Janicek won the Democratic primary in May but party leaders disavowed him after he sent lewd texts about a campaign staffer.(Lily Smith/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Nebraska Democrats name third pick to replace Senate nominee

By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2006, file photo, former Republican Sen. Slade Gorton, center, is introduced at a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate Mike McGavick in Bellevue, Wash. Gorton, who served in the Washington Legislature, and as state attorney general before he became a three-term U.S. senator, has died. He was 92. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Slade Gorton, former Washington US senator, dies at 92

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Lummis, Cheney win GOP nominations in Wyoming primary

By MEAD GRUVER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2006 photo, KRQE-TV Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast by analyzing numbers and designing maps at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Ronchetti announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that he is joining the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti is jumping in the contest for the GOP nomination after stepping down for his job as chief meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

GOP US Senate hopeful blasts New Mexico virus campaign rules

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At 88, former Sheriff Joe Arpaio makes 2nd comeback bid

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

In this Nov. 4, 2016, photo, Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kleeb is about to introduce Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in Omaha, Neb. Kleeb published a book in 2020 about how her party could return from relative irrelevance in rural America and once again win elections, but the last few months have shown just how difficult that task can be. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Democrats fight for relevance in red-state Nebraska

By GRANT SCHULTE - Associated Press

Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentucky’s unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)

1 city, 1 voting place: Kentucky braces for lines in primary

By BRUCE SCHREINER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didn’t cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentucky’s unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)

1 city, 1 voting place: Kentucky braces for lines in primary

By BRUCE SCHREINER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum, in Des Moines, Iowa. Colorado's ethics commission on Friday, June 12, 2020 fined Hickenlooper $2,750 for violating state ethics law as governor by accepting a private jet flight to an official event and by receiving benefits he didn't pay for at a meeting of government, business and financial leaders in Italy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Ethics panel fines former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper $2,750

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Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., smiles during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, to examine COVID-19 fraud, focusing on law enforcement's response to those exploiting the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Primary over, Harrison challenges Sen. Graham to debates

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019 file photo, then Democratic presidential candidate former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Now a candidate for the U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper defended his record Friday, June 5, 2020 at a state ethics hearing about travel on private jets he took as Colorado governor, one day after the ethics panel found him in contempt for failing to appear. Hickenlooper rejected claims he violated Colorado law by accepting trips and insisted they either involved personal business or happened while he was touting Colorado's economy to potential investors during his 2011-2019 term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Panel: Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper violated ethics law

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Campaigners wave signs for local and statewide Democratic candidates outside a polling place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Primaries for Democratic and Republican primary contests were held in New Mexico for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Poll workers wore surgical masks to prevent the spread of the virus and voters were given a squirt of hand sanitizer as they entered the building, a warehouse next to the county's rodeo grounds. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

The Latest: Embattled senator loses Democratic nomination

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Senate candidate Susan Wagle answers a question during a GOP senatorial debate In Manhattan, Kan., Saturday, May 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Wagle decides not to join U.S. Senate race in Kansas

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In this March 7, 2020, photo, attorney Teresa Leger Fernandez of Santa Fe speaks to local Democratic delegates at a preprimary convention in Pojoaque, N.M. Leger Fernandez is one of seven contenders for the Democratic nomination in New Mexico's June 2 primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan in the 3rd Congressional District as he runs for the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Former spy, issues of Trump loyalty weigh in New Mexico vote

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Jeff Sessions addresses the crowd at his watch party following Alabama's state primary, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Jeff Sessions fires back after Trump attacks former AG’s campaign to rejoin Senate

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019 file photo, Republican Elisa Martinez speaks to supporters in Albuquerque, N.M., after she announced she will seek the GOP nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico. The Latina Republican and member of the Navajo Nation is part of the Republican Party of New Mexico's most diverse set of candidates running in the state primaries in its history. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)

GOP Senate hopeful in ad blasts foe for anti-Trump remarks

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2006 photo, KRQE-TV Chief Meteorologist Mark Ronchetti prepares the weathercast by analyzing numbers and designing maps at the KRQE studios in Albuquerque, N.M. Ronchetti announced Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, that he is joining the race for U.S. Senate in New Mexico. Ronchetti is jumping in the contest for the GOP nomination after stepping down for his job as chief meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Albuquerque. (Jaelyn deMaria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

GOP US Senate hopeful unveils ad, doesn’t mention Trump

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, photo, Marie Newman smiles as she campaigns in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago. Newman almost unseated Illinois Republican Rep. Dan Lipinski a staunch abortion opponent and one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, in 2018, and is trying again in the March 17 primary. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A look at key Illinois primary races for US House and Senate

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

With his family by his side, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks to the press after filing paperwork to run for U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican Sen. Steve Daines Monday, March 9, 2020 in Helena, Mont. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)

Bullock Senate race entry prompts 4 Democrats to bail

By AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press

Congressman Doug Collins, R-Ga., speaks to reporters at the Georgia state capital in Atlanta after signing in to qualify for state and federal offices, Monday, March 2, 2020. Georgia's political season kicks into high gear Monday as qualifying for state and federal offices begins. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

GOP rivals for Georgia Senate seat make battle official

By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY - Associated Press