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May 17, 2023

Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Florida Hold Elections
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Voters went to the polls Tuesday in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Florida.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is a close ally of Mitch
Mc Connell, won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor. He will
face Democratic Governor Andy Beshear in November.

In Jacksonville, Florida, Democrat Donna Deegan pulled off a shocking
upset over her Republican rival to become the city's next mayor.
Jacksonville had been the most populous city in the country with a
Republican mayor.

In Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker won a crowded Democratic mayoral
primary. Parker had campaigned in part on hiring more police officers,
while embracing the police tactic known as stop-and-frisk. In the
heavily Democratic city, Parker appears set to become the first woman
and first Black woman to run Philadelphia.


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