Elections
An attorney for New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that the FBI seized phones and an iPad from the mayor this week as part of an investigation into his campaign fundraising.
Durham County’s top prosecutor is running to become North Carolina’s next attorney general. Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry confirmed her entry into the campaign on Friday.
A North Carolina state House member who won’t seek reelection next year says having to serve in the minority has been “worse than a dental appointment.”
A Texas judge has denied Republicans’ efforts to overturn election results in the nation’s third-most populous county.
Democratic operatives believe that Joe Manchin’s decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures the party will lose his Senate seat in deep-red West Virginia next year.
The race for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s highest court initially resembled the sleepy contests that had played out for decades.
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin won’t seek reelection, giving GOP a key pickup opportunity
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to gain a seat in the heavily GOP state.
A North Carolina congressional candidate who narrowly lost in the state’s only U.S. House swing district in 2022 is running in 2024 for a seat in another part of the state.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says it “feels good to get in the game” after endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president.
Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating
Authorities are trying to determine who sent suspicious letters, including some containing fentanyl or other substances, to local election offices in at least five states.
Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he will sign a bill that would allow elections officials to process absentee ballots the day before an election if the measure passes the Republican-led Legislature in its current form.
People in Mississippi’s largest county are demanding answers about why some polling places ran out of ballots and voters had to wait for them to be replenished on the day the state was deciding its most competitive governor’s race in a generation.
Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election.
A top jurist and former elections chief in Ohio has sued two state officials over a recently passed law that requires certain judicial candidates to declare their party affiliation on ballots.
Minnesota Supreme Court dismisses ‘insurrection clause’ challenge and allows Trump on primary ballot
The Minnesota Supreme Court is refusing to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot under the rarely used “insurrection” clause in the U.S.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended members of his campaign staff while addressing a room full of reporters for the first time since federal agents raided the home of his chief fundraiser last week.
Liberal and moderate candidates have won seats in high-profile polarizing elections against social conservatives across the U.S.
Voters in Charlotte again elected Vi Lyles to lead North Carolina’s largest city and residents of Durham and Chapel Hill chose new mayors during the final round of local elections in the state this fall.
Indianapolis Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett has easily won a third term after an expensive race against a Republican challenger who had a significant fundraising advantage.
Gov. Beshear says his reelection in Kentucky shows how Democrats can overcome US political divisions
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is riding high after his reelection victory in Republican-leaning Kentucky.
A 33-year-old Democrat will soon be the youngest senator in the South Carolina Senate. State Rep. Deon Tedder won a special election for the open Senate seat on Tuesday.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear won reelection to Kentucky’s highest office Tuesday by improving upon the path to victory he carved in his successful 2019 bid.
Democrats won big on abortion rights Tuesday. Here’s what the results say for the US going into 2024
Abortion rights supporters won big in an Ohio ballot measure. Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was reelected in Kentucky after running television ads painting his challenger as extremist on abortion.
As El Salvador President Nayib Bukele seeks reelection, a growing number of voices have called for electoral authorities to annul the populist leader’s candidacy, arguing that it’s a clear violation of the country’s constitution.
Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection.
Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader is downplaying pressure he’s receiving from former President Donald Trump and fellow GOP lawmakers to impeach the state’s nonpartisan elections administrator, saying such a vote is “unlikely” to happen.
Shootings in which 18 people were killed are on the minds of voters heading to the polls in Lewiston, Maine, where the gunman opened fire less than two weeks ago.
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has voted to pass three proposed amendments to the state constitution that would change elections administration in the presidential battleground state.
DeSantis argues Iowa governor’s support may help him stop Trump and he labels his rivals as spoilers
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is campaigning in Iowa with his newest major endorser, Gov. Kim Reynolds. Iowa voter Julie Troyer says Reynolds’ support of DeSantis prompted her to come see the Iowa governor introduce him Tuesday to more than 200 people at a restaurant in Davenport.
Democrat Dan McCaffery has won an open seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, preserving its 5-2 Democratic majority.
Pennsylvania voters have elected women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and the state’s second-largest county, which includes Pittsburgh.