Anti-Planned Parenthood Republican Wins State Senate Race

Dean Tran, a Fitchburg city councilor who was born in Vietnam, won a special election for Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday night. Tran, who opposed a Planned Parenthood facility that opened in Fitchburg several years ago, replaces a Democrat who resigned, giving the Republicans now seven seats in the 40-seat Senate.

The Aptly Named Jeff Flake
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The Aptly Named Jeff Flake

NBP Editorial Board

"Country over Party" outgoing U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) wrote on the $100 check he sent to Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones (D-NARAL).

Jones, now trailing Roy Moore, the Republican, by a few percentage points, told Chuck Todd on MSNBC in September that he doesn't support restricting abortion after 20 weeks or really at all.

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