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Democrats looking for a boost in crossover voters might want to politely reject endorsement by former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who became a Democratic Party surrogate after endorsing nominee Kamala Harris in September. Cheney-endorsed Susan Wild and John Avlon lost their closely watched House races to a Republican challenger and Republican incumbent, respectively. Pennsylvania three-term incumbent Wild made a series of blunders in her campaign, including sending contradictory letters to pro-Israel and pro-Palestine constituents and mocking a Republican stronghold in her district in a leaked conference call with fellow Democrats, the Washington Free Beacon reported. An allied labor union even...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Republicans hoping to represent Pennsylvania in D.C. campaigned in Allentown Friday. Dave McCormick wants to unseat Sen. Bob Casey, while state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie is challenging Congresswoman Susan Wild. McCormick and Mackenzie toured Latino-owned businesses, including El Mercadito and Monchy's/The 8th Street Food Market. "I think what everybody's struggling with is the economy, inflation," said a worker at El Mercadito in Allentown. "He was saying that legal immigrants are opposed to the open border," said McCormick at Monchy's. "The number-one message that they're telling us is that they are struggling with inflation and high prices, and so...

(AP) GREELEY, Colo. The funeral for a soldier from Evans killed while serving in Iraq was held on Friday, Veterans' Day. Pvt. 1st Class Tyler Ryan MacKenzie, 20, died Nov. 2 when a roadside bomb blew up south of Baghdad near the Humvee he and his fellow soldiers were riding in. MacKenzie was assigned to the First Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was the first Weld County resident killed in the Iraq war.