All three major Democratic Senate candidates hail from the Chicago region, potentially ending the upstate-downstate balance ...

Hong Kong voters are casting ballots Sunday in their second legislative election since a 2021 overhaul eliminated the pro-democracy opposition. The focus is on voter turnout, which fell to about ...

Champaign County Democrats voted last week to change their bylaws to allow party members to endorse candidates in contested primary elections.

There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to ...

A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national ...

The Supreme Court decision Thursday allowing Texas to use its newest congressional map will intensify the redistricting race, ...

A push to reshape congressional voting districts, initiated by President Donald Trump, is sweeping across states as political ...

Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, is term-limited, leaving an open governor’s race in a state that went for Mr. Trump by 16 ...

A California district attorney who was recalled from office last year says she'll run again in the June 2026 primary election. Pamela Price won the 2022 general election for Alameda County ...

Illinois and California have both elected more Republican governors than Democratic ones. Now, Democrats hold every statewide office and command supermajorities in both legislative chambers. In ...

Brazilian soccer club Flamengo won the Copa Libertadores title in Lima, Peru, and Shakira performed a concert in Montevideo, Uruguay. This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, based in ...

The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling on Texas' request to reinstate the legislature's recently redrawn congressional ...