Key 2025 elections approach with Trump approval, congressional maps at stake: What to watch in November

This year’s elections are ramping up as candidates begin to make their final pitch to voters. Here are some key races and what they could portend for the midterms. Read More

The Very Good News Hiding in Plain Sight for Democrats

Yet whenever elections are held in the second Trump term, Democrats win. There’s evidence to suggest, too, they’re performing even better than they were in the early days of 2017, when anti-Trump ... Read More

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Minnesota House special election

Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives will once again be at stake Tuesday in a special election to replace Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic state House speaker who was slain ... Read More

Can special elections predict our political future? The answer is complicated. | Opinion

Special elections tend to be the most predictive where there is a clear pattern that extends beyond ... election, a Democrat won largely due to a scandal with the Republican nominee. That was very ... Read More

Key takeaways from Tuesday’s special elections in Iowa and Georgia

Democrats continued their winning streak in key special elections this year with another victory in a contested state Senate seat in Iowa. The party eyed the seat as a pickup opportunity to break up ... Read More

US election: What exactly happens on the night?

Whether a winner is declared on election night itself or in the following days, they aren't officially elected until the electoral votes are formally cast and counted. Electors cast them on 17 ... Read More

Special election to determine who will fill Lackawanna County Commissioner seat

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — With two votes for and one abstaining, the Lackawanna County Board of Elections approved a motion for a special election to fill the vacant seat of former County Commissioner ... Read More

Democrat Walkinshaw wins special election to succeed Connolly in Congress

Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw will follow his Democratic mentor’s footsteps to Congress, winning a special election Tuesday to succeed the late U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly to represent the ... Read More