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It’s Official: Zero Republicans from New England in Congress in 2019

Matthew McDonald

U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin of Maine announced Monday, December 24 that he is ending his federal court challenge to the state's ranked-choice voting system that cost him his seat.

Poliquin announced his decision to stop his lawsuit "in the best interest of my constituents and all Maine citizens to close this confusing and unfair chapter of voting history by ending any further legal proceedings" against the state's new system of counting votes, according to the Bangor Daily News.

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Two Transgender Representatives About To Join New Hampshire Legislature

Matthew McDonald

Two biological men who identify as women plan to join the New Hampshire House of Representatives in January 2019 — and they'll make up half of the openly transgender state legislators in the nation.

State representative-elect Gerri Cannon (D-Somersworth) plans to file a bill that would allow transgender people to change the sex listed on their birth certificates.

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