The Latest Breaking News from 1st District

Democratic race for Pappas seat in New Hampshire grows increasingly bitter

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The last competitive Democratic House primary of the year hasn’t been shaped much by the centrist vs. progressive narrative that has dotted intraparty contests around the country this year. What’s more noticeable is how the crowded contest for New Hampshire’s 1st District seat being vacated by Democratic…

Roll Call · Sep 2

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford enters race for Graham’s seat

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday jumped into the growing Republican special election primary for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat.  Sanford, who served two separate stints in the House representing South Carolina’s 1st District, briefly ran for his old Charleston-centered seat this year before dropping out to…

Roll Call · Jul 23

DeGette, Bennet lose primaries in Colorado amid insurgent wave

The anti-establishment wave surging through the Democratic Party reached Colorado on Tuesday, when democratic socialist Melat Kiros dislodged 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette, and state Attorney General Phil Weiser thwarted Sen. Michael Bennet’s quest to become governor. In the Denver-anchored 1st District, Kiros, a lawyer and doctoral student, was leading DeGette,…

Roll Call · Jul 1

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks Wins Iowa Congressional Reelection

Republican Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks secures reelection in Iowa's 1st District, aiding GOP's majority and maintaining control of all four con...

Top News · Nov 27, 2024

Rhode Island special election also tests definition of Democrat - Roll Call

The crowded Democratic primary to succeed David Cicilline in Rhode Island's 1st District has drawn dueling factions of the party.

Roll Call · Aug 7, 2023

Overcrowding, cold food and uncertain futures a way of life for migrants in Chicago’s shelters

CHICAGO -- Across the street from the 1st District police station, Hildemaro Rafael Peña Gonzalez, 23, from Venezuela, fed cereal out of a plastic takeout container to his pregnant wife Racnia del Carmen León Mendoza, 19, and rubbed her swollen belly. The couple was moved from the station to a…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 14, 2023

South Carolina’s 1st District must be redrawn after court rules it discriminates against Black voters

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A portion of South Carolina’s congressional map unconstitutionally discriminates against Black voters and must be redrawn, a three-judge panel ruled Friday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023

Off-duty Chicago police officer found dead of apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound — 2nd such CPD death in a week

The 1st District officer was found Tuesday morning in a home on the West Side, according to a police spokesman.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 20, 2022

Dan Rodricks: More guns everywhere do not make us safer

BALTIMORE — During a recent campaign event in Harford County, Maryland, a woman asked Heather Mizeur, the 1st District Democratic candidate for Congress, about keeping guns away from dangerous people.

Tribune News Service · Oct 1, 2022

Republican Brad Finstad leads Democrat Jeff Ettinger for southern Minnesota congressional seat

MINNEAPOLIS — Republican Brad Finstad jumped to an early lead over Democrat Jeff Ettinger Tuesday in the special election race to fill the vacant congressional seat in southern Minnesota.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022