Primary races in Florida test GOP redistricting efforts while two men with the same name face off in an Alaska Senate race. Hayden Panettiere’s death follows a lifelong career marked with struggles. And family drama delivers a new twist in the sale of the Los Angeles Lakers.
\n\nVoters will head to the polls today to decide crucial primary races in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming, including one that features dueling names on one state’s ballots.
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\n\nIn Alaska, you may remember the news of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan facing a primary challenger also named Dan Sullivan. The latter Sullivan’s run sparked a legal battle over his placement on the ballot, but his name was ultimately allowed to remain. The incumbent Sullivan’s most notable opponent is former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Alaska’s all-party primary system means the top four vote-getters will advance to the general election.
\n\nFlorida’s primaries come months after the Republican-led state Legislature passed a new congressional map in hopes of netting the party up to four more seats from the state. That means some Democratic representatives are in newly vulnerable…
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