FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Responding to an outcry over former Gov. Matt Bevin's flurry of last-minute pardons, the Kentucky Senate advanced a proposed constitutional change Wednesday to prevent his...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Responding to an outcry over some of the previous governor's pardons, a Kentucky legislative panel gave initial approval to a proposal to put limits on the pardon powers of...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally in Kentucky (all times local):
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President Donald Trump is praising an ally's call to unmask the intelligence...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general announced his candidacy for governor on Thursday, joining what's expected to be a crowded Republican field as the GOP tries to win next year's open seat and put an end to 16 years of Democratic rule.
Tim Fox, a 61-year-old cancer survivor in his second term as attorney general, said Republicans may have lost the past four gubernatorial elections, but now the time is right for a conservative governor — and he's best suited for the job.
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams broke the rules of politics until the very end.
The Georgia Democrat who came about 60,000 votes shy of becoming America's first black female governor refused to follow the traditional script for defeated politicians who offer gracious congratulations to their victorious competitor and gently exit the stage. Instead, Abrams took an unapologetically indignant tone that established her as a leading voting rights advocate.
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams broke the rules of politics until the very end.
The Georgia Democrat who came about 60,000 votes shy of becoming America's first black woman governor refused to follow the traditional script for defeated politicians who offer gracious congratulations to their victorious competitor and gently exit the stage. Instead, Abrams ended her campaign in an unapologetically indignant tone that established herself as a leading voting rights advocate.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the Georgia governor's race (all times local):
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Republican Brian Kemp says the Georgia gubernatorial election is over with Democratic rival Stacey Abrams' acknowledgement that she can't win the race, and he is urging the state to look forward.
Kemp made the comments in a statement Friday, shortly after Abrams' speech effectively ended the contest. The final result had been in doubt for 10 days after the election.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Preliminary projections Friday show nearly two-thirds of California registered voters cast ballots in last week's election, a recent record for a non-presidential general election.
County officials estimate that about 12.8 million ballots were cast by the record 19.7 million Californians who registered to vote.
ATLANTA (AP) — Ahead by more than 60,000 votes days after Georgia's gubernatorial election, Republican Brian Kemp pushed for Democrat Stacey Abrams to concede Saturday as civil rights groups urged her to stay in the fight.
Kemp's campaign issued a statement that said it was mathematically impossible for Abrams to even force a runoff, much less win outright. It called Abrams' refusals to concede "a disgrace to democracy" that "completely ignore the will of the people."
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the Alabama gubernatorial election (all times local):
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Gubernatorial challenger Walt Maddox says Tuesday's election is about ending policies that have kept Alabama ranked "at or near the bottom in everything that matters."
In a Monday stop with his family in Montgomery, the Democrat said the election will determine if Alabama will stay in the "shadows of the past" or "chart our own course to a brighter future."
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown ordered the public release of annual school performance ratings Wednesday after the state's biggest newspaper reported that a Brown appointee had delayed the release of the statistical rankings until after the high-stakes gubernatorial election Nov. 6.
Brown is in a tight race with Republican challenger Rep. Knute Buehler, who has made statewide education funding and reform among his top campaign issues.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Early absentee voting begins Tuesday in New Mexico as registration comes to a close in a gubernatorial election that will help determine the balance of power in Congress.
Voters initially can obtain paper mail-in ballots or vote directly in person at county clerk offices through the state. Additional locations for voting ahead of Election Day open on Oct. 20.
Tuesday also is the last day for eligible residents to register to vote in this election.
MOSCOW (AP) — Election officials in Russia's Far East have cancelled the results of Sunday's gubernatorial election following reports of blatant vote rigging and say they will hold a new vote.
The Election Commission in the Primorye region voted Thursday to nullify the results due to numerous violations and called for a new vote in December.
MOSCOW (AP) — Election officials have moved closer to canceling the results of Sunday's gubernatorial elections in Russia's Far East, bending to the pressure of accusations of blatant vote rigging.
The Central Election Commission voted on Wednesday to recommend to the local election authorities in the Primorye region that they should nullify the results due to numerous violations.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday dismissed a challenge to debate Democratic Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox ahead of the gubernatorial election, saying only reporters and her opponent care about debates.
"There are only two people that ever bring up the subject. Y'all in the media and my opponent," Ivey said in response to a question about it.
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's primary delivered a left-versus-Trump showdown for this year's gubernatorial elections, with Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis squaring off against Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton for a seat that Republicans haven't held in this purple state in more than a decade.