The 2024 election has taken bizarre twists like no other in American history.  

It began as a rematch between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump. Amid worries from both sides that an increasingly frail Biden was incapable of mounting a campaign, the party swerved to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris instead. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies and nearly assassinated. He accepted the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who admitted to wanting to eat, then dumping, a roadkill bear carcass. And neither party seemed sure about how to handle Americans' reaction to the Israeli war in Gaza. 

Now that this episode is over, let’s zoom in to Bristol County, which has its own issues. Here are five takeaways from the night.

Read more from Dan Medeiros at heraldnews.com.