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State Auditor Troy Downing has won the Republican primary race for Montana's 2nd Congressional District, a seat currently held by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., who is not seeking re-election.Rosendale has held the seat for several terms, launching a long anticipated Senate bid in February before dropping out just one week later. Weeks after jumping out of the Senate race, the Republican announced he would not seek re-election – leaving the GOP seat open.ROSENDALE SUSPENDS HOUSE RACE, WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN MONTANA: ‘TAKEN A SERIOUS TOLL ON ME’Downing, the state's auditor, faced a large pool of GOP opposition, including a former

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, on Tuesday fended off a conservative GOP primary challenge, setting up what is expected to be a close race this fall with a Democratic challenger.Miller-Meeks won against David Pautsch, an advertising executive, former Army tuba player and Gold Star father in the race for the GOP’s nomination for the 1st congressional district.Miller-Meeks was first elected to Congress in 2020 by a slim margin of just six votes but expanded that advantage in 2022.TRUMP, BIDEN FACE TESTS IN FINAL 2024 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIESShe had racked up a sizable financial advantage over her challenger, entering the final stretch of

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has won the Democratic primary over his opponent Michael Hummert in the Montana Senate race - a heated contest that could determine which party controls the chamber next cycle.Tester, a three-term senator, is running for re-election in red state Montana, and his seat has been eyed by Republicans as one of their best pickup opportunities of the 2024 cycle.Tester has painted himself as a more moderate Democrat, releasing a memo in May of "Tester’s long-standing track record standing up to President Biden," laying out where he apparently disagrees with Biden on a variety of issues.CONSERVATIVE FIREBRAND

Longtime New Jersey state assemblyman Herb Conaway won the Democratic primary in New Jersey's 3rd congressional district on Tuesday, setting him up to face a Republican challenger in November.Conaway served in the Garden State's legislature since 1998. A late April survey by Public Policy Polling found Conaway to be the runaway favorite to win the race.He won a crowded five-way primary race for the seat that's being vacated by Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., a top contender to unseat embattled Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. REPUBLICANS SEE EMBATTLED MENENDEZ'S POTENTIAL INDEPENDENT BID AS CHANCE TO FLIP SENATE SEATKim launched a primary challenge against

Erich Anderson, known for his work on "Felicity" and "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter," died following a "painful" battle with cancer. He was 67.Anderson's wife, Saxon Trainor, confirmed to Fox News Digital that her husband died on Saturday, June 1."Erich was my best friend. I was fortunate to love him and to be loved by him," she said. "He was an extraordinary man with an incisive mind, intense curiosity and an interest in and concern for others."He brought grit, determination, and humor to everyday of his painful ordeal with cancer."2 LIVE CREW RAPPER BROTHER MARQUIS DEAD AT 58HOLLYWOOD STARS WHO

A split Kansas Supreme Court ruling last week issued in a lawsuit over a 2021 election law found that voting is not a fundamental right listed in the state Constitution's Bill of Rights.The finding drew sharp criticism from three dissenting justices on the high court. The Associated Press looks at what the ruling might mean for Kansas residents and future elections.KANSAS CONSTITUTION DOESN'T INCLUDE RIGHT TO VOTE: STATE HIGH COURT MAJORITYWHAT IS THE ISSUE?The ruling itself is wide-reaching, combining different lawsuits at various stages of litigation that challenge three different segments of a 2021 election law passed by the Kansas

After casting a line into a Queens lake, a New York City couple reeled in an unsuspecting catch – a safe filled with cash."That's definitely another safe," Magnet fisher James Kane said in a video Friday. "Oh, that's money… stacks of bills, dude!"Kane, along with magnet fisher Barbie Agostini, pulled up a large safe from the bottom of a lake containing stacks of dollar bills worth roughly $100,000. ALABAMA TEEN HOPES TO SET STATE FISHING RECORD AFTER REELING IN SPECIES NEW TO WATERSDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple discovered magnet fishing while watching YouTube videos. Kane, who had always wanted to

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered mild praise for his successor on Tuesday during a rare appearance back on Capitol Hill.McCarthy told Fox News Digital he was in Washington for Monday night's swearing-in of his former aide, newly minted Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., who won a tight race to replace him. McCarthy said he was also there for a press conference commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. KEVIN MCCARTHY'S GHOST IS HAUNTING HOUSE GOP'S NEXT BIG LEGISLATIVE FIGHTWhen asked by another reporter whether he thought Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was doing a "good job," McCarthy said, "Johnson is working