Elections

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with UAW members during a campaign stop at a phone bank in the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, Feb. 1, 2024, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden casts the election as prom night for the voters who ‘brung me to the dance’

When President Joe Biden talks to his supporters, he can make the presidential election sound like a high school prom.

Election misinformation is a problem in any language. But some gets more attention than others

Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to supporters during his primary election night watch party in Westlake, Ohio, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Why AP called Ohio’s Republican US Senate primary for Bernie Moreno: Race call explained

FILE - People walk along the main drag in the county seat of Nye county, Monday, July 18, 2022, in Tonopah, Nev. A new clerk was chosen Tuesday, March 19, 2024, to oversee elections in the deep-red rural Nevada county that has been roiled by false claims of widespread election fraud since 2020. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Rural Nevada county roiled by voting conspiracies picks new top elections official

Kimberly Zapata, the former deputy director of the Milwaukee Election Commission, enters court before her jury trial in a Milwaukee County Courthouse in Milwaukee on Monday, March 18, 2024. Zapata is accused of fraudulently requesting absentee ballots reserved for members of the military and sending them to GOP state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who is known for embracing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Stress over threats drove former Milwaukee elections official to request fake ballots, attorney says

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Here’s the latest for Wednesday March 20th: Fighting reported around Gaza’s largest hospital; Court puts Texas border law on hold; Trump and Biden win Tuesday primaries; Ohio Republicans nominate Trump-backed candidate for Senate.

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Delaware calls off Republican presidential primary after Haley removes name from ballot

Delaware’s Republican presidential primary is over before it even began. State lawmakers passed legislation amending Delaware election law to allow the scheduled April 2 primary to be called off, and Democratic Gov.

North Carolina county boards dismiss election protests from legislator. Recounts are next

Elections boards in three northeastern North Carolina counties have dismissed formal protests filed by a veteran state House member who is narrowly trailing in his Democratic primary.

Trump votes for himself in Florida Republican primary

Former President Donald Trump casts a primary vote for himself in Florida as five states hold presidential primaries.

Tuesday’s Illinois primary holds clues for the Biden-Trump rematch

Illinois is one of five states holding presidential primaries as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to lock up support around the country after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees.

Biden blasts Trump, courts Latino voters during ‘critical’ Nevada campaign swing

President Joe Biden met with supporters in Nevada Tuesday, part of a three-day campaign swing through the Sun Belt.

Primary voters in Ohio and Florida appear skeptical of presidential presumptive nominees

Five states will hold presidential primaries on Tuesday as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump continue to lock up support around the country after becoming their parties’ presumptive nominees.

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at El Portal restaurant Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden tells Latino voters they’re the reason he defeated Trump in 2020 and says, ‘I need you back’

President Joe Biden is appealing to Latino voters, telling them they’re the reason he defeated Donald Trump in 2020 and urging them to help him do it again in November.

Current state Assemblyman Vince Fong watches election returns March 9, 2024, at 1933 Speakeasy Pavilion in Bakersfield, Calif. While on the ballot for the 32nd District Assembly seat, he has his eyes on the 20th District seat, for which he also was on the ballot. Fong a California legislator backed by former President Donald Trump and a sheriff who promises to harden the nation's porous borders are facing off in a special U.S. House election to complete the remaining term of deposed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. (John Donegan/The Bakersfield Californian via AP)

Republican Vince Fong advances to runoff election to complete term of ex-House Speaker McCarthy

California state Legislator Vince Fong has advanced to a May election to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S.

FILE - Shane Wilkin, Ohio Senate Republican from the 17th District, listens to debate at the Ohio State House Senate Chambers in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Wilkin is one of 11 candidates vying for the Republican nomination for a seat in Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District, which extends from suburban Cincinnati to the West Virginia border. The winner of the primary will face Democrat Samantha Meadows in the November general election. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

In Ohio’s GOP congressional primaries, Taylor wins 2nd Congressional District, Rulli wins 6th

Businessman Dave Taylor has defeated 10 of his fellow Republicans in a crowded primary for southern Ohio’s 2nd Congressional District seat, and State Sen.

Lisa Forbes, the Democratic candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court, smiles as she talks with attendees at the Woman's Empowerment Luncheon in Richmond Heights, Ohio, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Forbes is currently an Ohio Court of Appeals Judge. The Ohio Supreme Court’s 4-3 Republican majority could flip to Democrats’ favor in the fall if the party sweeps the three seats up for election this year. (AP Photo/Phil Long)

Democrats hope to flip Ohio’s supreme court this fall. Tuesday’s primary settled the contests

Tuesday’s primaries for three contested seats on the Ohio Supreme Court kicked off a high-stakes battle for partisan control of the court this fall.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump salutes at a campaign rally March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House

Having previously vowed to pardon Jan. 6 rioters, Trump promised to help them “the first day we get into office” at an Ohio rally.

A voter casts a ballot at Chicago Loop Super Site in Chicago, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Illinois residents will vote Tuesday to narrow Democratic and GOP candidate fields in key U.S. House races. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Competitive primary matchup for Chicago-area prosecutor remains too early to call

An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remains too early to call after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area.

Cleveland businessman and Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno speaks at a rally, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)

Trump favorites Moreno and Merrin win GOP primaries to face 2 vulnerable Ohio Democrats this fall

Former President Donald Trump’s picks have won two high-profile races in Ohio that could affect Republicans’ chances for potentially pivotal pickups this fall.

Danny Davis, right, who is the U.S. representative from Illinois's 7th congressional district, greets supporters outside Sankofa Cultural Arts & Business center in Chicago, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Illinois residents will vote Tuesday to narrow Democratic and GOP candidate fields in key U.S. House races. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Incumbents win big in Illinois primary with Chicago-area Democrats emerging from competitive races

CHICAGO (AP) — Incumbents in competitive U.S. House races around Chicago cruised to victory in Tuesday’s primary, while a downstate Republican challenger conceded in a race that focused on an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pauses to speak after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are moving closer to a November rematch, as primary voters around the country urge their favored candidate to keep up the fight and worry about what might happen if their side loses this fall.

Chinese billionaire pleads guilty to straw donor scheme in New York and Rhode Island

A Chinese billionaire has pleaded guilty to federal election crimes, admitting that he made thousands of dollars in contributions to New York and Rhode Island political candidates in the names of others.

FILE - Ohio state Rep. Derek Merrin talks to reporters on Feb. 15, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Republicans are watching two hot-button federal races in Ohio on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, that could affect their chances for potentially pivotal pickups this fall. The Toledo-area congressional primary includes Merrin and former state Rep. Craig Riedel. Merrin joined the congressional race on the filing deadline, after audio that surfaced of Riedel criticizing Trump began raising concerns inside the party about his electability. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File)

Donald Trump endorses Ohio congressional candidate Derek Merrin just hours before polls open

Former President Donald Trump has issued a last-minute endorsement in a highly sought northwest Ohio congressional district, backing state Rep.

Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and why is he running for president?

The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 18, 2024. President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine a decade ago, a move that sent his popularity soaring but was widely denounced as illegal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Takeaways from the predictable Russian election that gave Putin another 6 years in power

To no one’s surprise, President Vladimir Putin secured another six years in power in a preordained election landslide that comes amid the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times.

AP explains what Vladimir Putin’s election win means as he secures his 5th term as president

Vladimir Putin has won a new six-year term in the Kremlin in a presidential election in which he faced little competition.

FILE - People vote at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex, Nov. 3, 2020, in Franklin, Wis. Early voting begins Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Wisconsin for a host of local races, two proposed constitutional amendments that could alter how future elections are run and the-now anticlimactic presidential primary. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Early voting to start in Wisconsin for president and constitutional amendments

Early voting will begin in Wisconsin for a host of local races, two proposed constitutional amendments that could alter how future elections are run and the now anticlimactic presidential primary.

FILE - Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic attends a news conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a meeting at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2020. Milanovic cannot run for prime minister nor take part in the upcoming parliamentary election nor campaign in favor of an opposition party unless he resigns immediately from the current post, the state’s constitutional court ruled Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Croatia’s top court rules that the president can’t run in the parliamentary election unless he quits

Croatia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that President Zoran Milanović can’t run for prime minister or take part in the parliamentary election activities of an opposition party unless he resigns immediately from his current post.

NATO’s Stoltenberg says presidential elections in Russia were ‘neither free nor fair’

NATO Secretary-General said Monday that presidential elections in Russia were “neither free nor fair.”

FILE-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives for an election campaign rally of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians - or over 10% of the world’s population - will vote in the country's general elections. The mammoth electoral exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world - and will take 44 days to complete before results are announced on June 4. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. File)

India’s multi-phase election will stretch over 44 days. Here’s why it takes so long

From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians are eligible to vote in general elections. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow, early Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election after harshest crackdown since Soviet era

President Vladimir Putin has extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West.

FILE - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during a campaign event, Oct. 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose famous name has helped him build buzz for his independent bid. He plans to announce his vice presidential nominee later this month in Oakland, Calif, and is stoking rumors that he might pick New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Who is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and why is he running for president?

The lack of excitement many Americans feel about a presidential rematch has heightened interest in alternatives to the major-party candidates — none more so than Robert F.

Widow of Russia opposition leader Navalny casts ballot in Russia’s presidential election in Berlin

Alexei Navalny’s widow cast her ballot in Russia’s presidential election in Berlin on Sunday. She spent more than five hours queuing and told reporters after casting her vote that she wrote her late husband’s name on the ballot.

Russians form long queues to protest Putin at presidential election

Vladimir Putin has almost completely crushed dissent in Russia but on Sunday at noon local time, lines formed at some polling stations in Russia and at embassies around the world, AP reporter Emma Burrows explains.

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Here’s the latest for Sunday, March 17th: Early returns show Russian President Vladimir Putin with nearly 88% of vote in ane election where he stifled opposition; New Mexico authoritis say a suspect in the shooting death of a state police officer was captured; an eruption in Iceland flowed lava for

Voters queue at a polling station at noon local time in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, March 17, 2024. The Russian opposition called on people to head to polling stations at noon on Sunday in protest as voting takes place on the last day of a presidential election that was all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule after he clamped down on dissent. AP can't confirm that all the voters seen at the polling station at noon were taking part in the opposition protest. (AP Photo)

Russians vote in election dominated by Putin

From the hush of isolated Siberian villages to the clamor of big cities to war battered towns in occupied parts of Ukraine, Russians voted in a presidential election overwhelmingly dominated by Vladimir Putin.