Election 2024

FILE -Central Valley Assembly members, Democrat Adam Gray, of Merced, center, and Republican Heath Flora of Ripon, right, confer during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Democrat Adam Gray captures California’s 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte

Democrat Adam Gray has won election to a U.S. House seat representing California’s Central Valley, defeating Republican Rep.

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Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate

Judge weighs whether to order Fani Willis to comply with lawmakers’ subpoenas over Trump case

Chronister’s withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

Tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is heading to another recount

GOP wins control of Congress

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Trump in Florida after tariff threats

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after the president-elect’s threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City. The AP’s Robert Gillies explains.

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Mexican president says she is confident that a tariff war with the US can be averted

Trump tariff threats could hurt U.S. businesses experts warn

AP VoteCast

Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris.

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AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House

Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons

AP VoteCast: How Donald Trump built a winning 2024 coalition

How 5 key groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

AP VoteCast: Voters who focused on the economy broke hard for Trump

AP VoteCast: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration

How AP VoteCast works, and how it’s different from an exit poll

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Former Trump campaign lawyer tries to invalidate his guilty plea in Georgia election case

Former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the Georgia 2020 election meddling case against the president-elect and others, is trying to invalidate that plea.

Detroit Mayor Duggan, a longtime Democrat, will run for Michigan governor in 2026 as independent

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, says he’ll run for Michigan governor in 2026 as an independent because “there are a lot of people in this country who are tired of both” the Democratic and Republican parties.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana’s general election

Louisiana voters will decide the fates of four proposed amendments to the state constitution, in what will be the final statewide election of 2024.

Ohio’s top elections official rejects GOP challenge to Democratic congresswoman’s residency

Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress.

From campaigns to polls, the AP’s top photos from the 2024 election

It’s a photograph that defined the 2024 campaign. Donald Trump, campaigning for a second term, raises a fist defiantly toward the sky, blood streaked across his face.

US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials

The U.S. Postal Service says nearly 100% of completed mail ballots were returned to election offices within a week during this year’s presidential contest.

Minnesota Republicans sue to force election rerun in tight House race where 20 ballots are missing

Minnesota Republicans are suing to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes but investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them.

Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East

Donald Trump says Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, will be a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

Young men shifted toward Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election in a change from recent years, when most young male voters backed the Democratic candidate.

Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference

Wisconsin’s election commission leader has quietly certified Donald Trump’s victory in the battleground state, a departure from the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results.

Democrat Derek Tran defeats GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in Southern California swing House district

Democrat Derek Tran has defeated two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel in a Southern California House district that was specifically drawn to give Asian Americans a stronger voice on Capitol Hill.

Republican Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount in close Iowa congressional race

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is headed back to Congress after winning her reelection bid. The win will help Republicans pad a thin majority in the U.S.

A Catholic family’s answer to opposing abortion: adopt, foster and vote

For one conservative Catholic family in Ohio, activism begins at home. Erin and Mike Young of Sunbury choose to live their anti-abortion beliefs through adoption, foster-parenting and raising their children to believe in the sanctity of life.

Concerns over housing and immigration make for a volatile campaign in Ireland’s election

Voters in Ireland go to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament, and many are unhappy. A housing crisis and rising immigration are driving discontent with center-right governing parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fail.

Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound. But there are also lingering doubts about whether it might be leaving the ranks of swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s.

Southwest states certify election results after the process led to controversy in previous years

The states that saw the most active attacks against election certification two years ago certified the results of this year’s races without controversy this week, prompting the Arizona secretary of state to proclaim that “election denialism” is a thing of the past.

After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition team to coordinate with the existing federal workforce ahead of taking office on Jan. 20.

Harris’ campaign leaders say there was a ‘price to be paid’ for shortened campaign against Trump

The leaders of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign say they simply didn’t have enough time to execute a winning strategy against Donald Trump.

North Carolina election board certifies 2024 results, except for a few key races

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to certify the results of the 2024 election aside from a few outstanding races still under recount.

Rudy Giuliani draws rebuke for a courtroom outburst accusing judge in assets case of being unfair

In an angry outburst in a New York courtroom, Rudy Giuliani has accused a judge of making wrong assumptions about him after ordering him to turn over most of his assets to two election poll workers who won a libel case against him.

Trump won about 2.5M more votes this year than he did in 2020. This is where he did it

Republican Donald Trump’s support has grown broadly since he last sought the presidency. In his defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, Trump won a bigger percentage of the vote in each one of the 50 states, and Washington, D.C., than he did four years ago.

Candidates in tight race for Mississippi Supreme Court as St. Pe’ wins Court of Appeals seat

Amy St. Pe’ has won an open seat on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. State Sen. Jenifer Branning and Justice Jim Kitchens were in a tight race late Tuesday as votes were still being counted in a runoff election for the state Supreme Court.

Legal challenges loom as abortion is enshrined in Arizona’s constitution

Top officials in Arizona have certified the state’s election results. That certification Monday includes voters’ approval of a measure that expands abortion access from the current 15-week limit to the point of fetal viability.

Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they’re stepping back

Donald Trump’s victory has dismayed many politically engaged Black women, and they’re reassessing their enthusiasm for politics and organizing.

An influx of outsiders and money turns Montana Republican, culminating in a Senate triumph

Democrats’ crushing loss in Montana’s nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political debate over whether a surge of newcomers in the past decade favored Republicans.

Voters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push

Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That’s because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

Michigan elections board smoothly certifies results of 2024 election

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has voted unanimously to certify the the results of the November election, a notable difference from four years ago when supporters of Donald Trump cast skepticism on the results of the 2020 election.

Trump-backed Derek Merrin concedes to Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election.

Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad

Donald Trump’s lock on the white evangelical vote is legendary, but he didn’t focus exclusively on large religious voter blocs.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Mississippi’s judicial runoff elections

Voters in central Mississippi and the Delta and Gulf Coast areas will return to the polls Tuesday for a runoff election to resolve two state judicial races in which no candidate received the required vote majority in the Nov. 5 general election.