Elections
Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and that they were “duly elected and qualified” electors are set to argue that their criminal charges should be moved from state to federal court.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat and the first woman elected to the post, has announced that she won’t seek reelection after serving for three terms.
Nigeria’s main opposition candidates in this year’s presidential election appealed a ruling that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory and asked the nation’s Supreme Court in separate applications to declare them the winner instead.
Democrats in the Pennsylvania House will keep their one-vote majority after winning a Pittsburgh area seat in a special election.
Poll workers in Mississippi’s most populous county say they still haven’t been paid more than a month after the state’s primary elections.
A U.S. Army combat veteran is getting into the race to represent Virginia’s battleground 7th Congressional District, a seat that could be key to determining party control of the U.S.
President Joe Biden has told a packed Broadway theater full of big-name stars hosting a fundraiser in his honor that he is running for reelection because Donald Trump was determined to destroy the nation.
Northern Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton says she won’t seek reelection next year after learning that she has a severe form of Parkinson’s disease.
A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for Ukraine.
Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor’s party — almost always the Democrats for over a century.
In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting.
Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television.
Lawyers for an opposition party councilor in Zimbabwe say he and a relative were abducted, beaten and whipped by unknown men amid a post-election crackdown on criticism of recently reelected President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling ZANU-PF party.
An armed man accused of impersonating a federal officer was taken into custody outside a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign event in Los Angeles.
Louisiana’s election is just a month away and candidates hoping to break through the pack tried to set themselves apart during a televised debate.
Republican presidential candidates mostly overlook New Hampshire in an effort to blunt Trump in Iowa
New Hampshire’s primary tradition may be little more than a fairy tale in the 2024 presidential race as the Republican presidential field largely overlooks the state in favor of Iowa.
The Biden administration is taking steps meant to strengthen protections for government employees as leading Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce.
Federal prosecutors in the case charging Donald Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from “inflammatory” and “intimidating” comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.
Argentinian candidate Javier Milei has railed against socialism and praised Donald Trump in an interview with U.S. host Tucker Carlson.
Connecticut alderman facing charges in Jan. 6 riot defeats incumbent GOP mayor after primary recount
A Connecticut city alderman facing criminal charges that he entered the U.S. Capitol with a mob of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, has narrowly won the Republican mayoral primary in Connecticut’s smallest city.
Nashville metro councilmember Freddie O’Connell has resoundingly won the race to become the next mayor of the Democratic-leaning city.
Democrats and Republicans are maneuvering to win over young voters before next year’s presidential election.
For the third time in less than eight months, a special election will decide control of the narrowly divided Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The most vulnerable House Republicans whose elections in swing districts next year will determine which party gains control of the chamber are overwhelmingly voicing their support for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina has died. He was 95. The onetime conservative Democrat switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress.
David McCormick plans to run for U.S. Senate for a second time in Pennsylvania. According to people familiar with his plans who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to avoid disclosing private conversations, he plans to announce his candidacy next week for the Republican nominatio
Oregon state senators with at least 10 absences during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for reelection, but several have filed candidacy papers with election authorities.
Former firearms executive Ryan Busse says he’s seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte in the 2024 election.
The Wisconsin Senate has voted to fire the state’s top elections official as misinformation about the 2020 election influences election administration in the battleground state.
Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson says he wants legislators to revive a way for voters to put initiatives on the statewide ballot.
Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney won’t seek reelection in 2024, marking end to decadeslong political career
Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not run for reelection in 2024. The former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor said Wednesday that the country’s many challenges call for a younger generation of leaders.