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Lone New England Republican in Congress Leads, But Race Will Be Decided By Ranked-Choice Tiebreaker

Matthew McDonald

Republican U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin won a narrow plurality of votes in his re-election bid in the Second Congressional District in Maine, but because he didn't get a majority of votes he could still lose in an unusual tiebreaker.

Voters who picked two independent candidates who got small percentages of the vote (5.7 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively) will decide between the two major-party candidates, through ranked choice.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Fractures Three Ribs in Fall

Matthew McDonald

The U.S. Supreme Court's oldest justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fractured three ribs in a fall Wednesday night, according to the Associated Press.

Ginsburg, 85, went to George Washington Hospital early Thursday.

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