California’s Democrat-on-Democrat clash for a U.S. Senate seat ratcheted up over the weekend, as party delegates spurned longtime Senator Dianne Feinstein in favor of progressive candidate Kevin de Leon. But many experts believe Feinstein will win handily in November anyway, despite the delegates’ fervent hopes.
Read moreAs the Trump administration faces sustained scrutiny over immigrant family separations and child detention facilities, Americans from both parties increasingly support higher levels of legal immigration, the Pew Research Center said Thursday.
Read moreIn a stunning upset, a 28-year-old Democratic Socialist and political newcomer beat out a high-ranking incumbent congressman Tuesday in New York’s primary elections.
Read moreIn the first statewide execution of ranked-choice voting, Maine Attorney General Janet Mills won the gubernatorial nomination for the Democrats on Wednesday with 54 percent of the vote.
Read moreAmerican voters in both parties say congressional control is the primary factor for their high enthusiasm to vote in November’s midterm elections, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday.
Read moreBefore results started trickling in from California’s primary election last week, cable news hosts and national media relentlessly primed viewers for the ensuing chaos about to be sparked by the state’s unusual voting process.
Read moreEnvironmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s mounting ethics violations call for a criminal investigation led by the FBI and the Department of Justice, House Democrats said on Friday.
Read moreAt a busy intersection near Santa Clarita City Hall in Southern California on Tuesday morning, Phil Koek held up a sign in support of Jess Phoenix, a candidate in a crowded field of Democrats hoping to challenge an incumbent Republican this November in what will surely be one of California’s most hotly contested congressional races.
Read moreIowa voters will narrow the Democratic field Tuesday in crowded and competitive primary battles for the state’s governorship and congressional delegation.
Read moreAs New Jersey voters head to the polls for Tuesday’s primary, Senator Robert Menendez appears likely to defeat a challenger while other Democrats vie for the chance to overtake two Republican-held seats.
Read moreDemocratic organizations and activists claim in court that Florida’s “ballot order” law unfairly puts their candidates at a disadvantage by listing Republican candidates first year after year.
Read moreProtesters who gathered weekly for over a year at GOP congressman Darrell Issa’s office to ask the now-retiring representative to resist President Donald Trump’s agenda have turned their efforts to a different goal: getting out the vote in the California primary June 5.
Read moreKevin Kamenetz, a Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland and longtime leader in local politics, died early Thursday at age 60.
Read moreMore Republicans are showing support for President Donald Trump’s policies, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday, but a majority of Americans say they don’t like the way he conducts himself as president.
Read moreBringing an end to a costly, partisan race, Wisconsin voters on Tuesday elected the preferred Democratic candidate to serve a 10-year term on the state’s highest court.
Read moreFaced with calls from fellow Democrats for her resignation, three-term Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty said Monday she will not seek re-election, due to her handling of reports of abuse by her former chief of staff.
Read moreRepublicans’ confidence in the state of the national economy has surged since the election of President Donald Trump, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday.
Read moreA former staffer for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan sued his campaign committee and the state’s Democratic Party, claiming she was forced out of her job after reporting sexual harassment by a supervisor.
Read moreHeaping pressure on the only defendant in a Philadelphia corruption scandal who has not struck a plea deal, federal prosecutors unveiled new charges Tuesday against political consultant Kenneth Smukler.
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