Recount Likely in Florida’s Senate, Governor Races
Florida’s midterm election season continues as the races for governor and U.S. Senate appear to be heading for a recount.
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Kemp Declares Victory in Georgia, Resigns State Post
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp resigned as Georgia’s secretary of state effective at noon Thursday, hours after declaring victory in the race to be the state’s next governor.
Read moreNorth Carolina Voters Reject New Limits On Governor
North Carolina voters on Tuesday rejected two proposed amendments to the state’s constitution that would have placed new limits on the governor’s power to make appointments.
Read moreAbrams Refuses to Concede Close Georgia Governor Race
Georgia’s hotly contested and potentially historic governor’s race may not be over yet.Democrat Stacy Abrams refuses to concede, saying there are enough ballots uncounted — particularly absentee ballots in heavily Democratic metro Atlanta counties — to bring the frontrunning Republican Brian Kemp below the majority threshold required for victory.
Read moreScott Walker Defeated in Wisconsin in Narrow Vote
Democratic candidate Tony Evers narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, with the Associated Press calling the election for Evers at around 1:20 a.m. CST Wednesday morning based on unofficial returns that showed Evers with 50 percent of the vote and Walker with 48 percent.
Read moreStacey Abrams Appears Poised to Lose Georgia Governor Race
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican, appears to have defeated Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams Tuesday night in a closely watched gubernatorial race.
Read moreArizona Voters Keep Governor, Reject Green-Energy Mandate
Arizona voters handily struck down a renewable energy initiative Tuesday and re-elected a Republican governor once seen as vulnerable.
Read moreGillum Concedes Florida Governor’s Race, Scott Headed to Senate
Bouyed by the support of President Donald Trump and unprecedented turnout, Republicans narrowly won Florida’s top statewide offices on Tuesday.
Read moreOnce Denied a Vote, She Now Watches Over Polls
In the 2000 election, Jane Sharp stood in line in the rain for an hour at a polling location for a ballot she never got to cast. Now she volunteers as a poll watcher in Tennessee, making sure voters don’t run into the same problem.
Read moreHealth Care, High Court Drive Dead Heat in Ohio’s 1st
A woman from a small Ohio town whose sister was diagnosed with a hormonal deficiency as a teenager says coverage for pre-existing conditions is driving her decision to vote for a Democratic congressional hopeful this year, along with a desire to see heated political rhetorical toned down.
Read moreRunoff in Georgia Governor’s Race Seems Likely, Poll Says
The Georgia governor race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams is now a statistical dead heat, and according to a poll released Thursday, a runoff election in December is becoming exceedingly more likely.
Read moreAll Eyes on Potential Blue Swing in Wisconsin
Politically, states don’t get much more purple than Wisconsin. The fluidity of that red-to-blue gradient is about to be tested in the Nov. 6 midterm election as a seat long held but soon to be vacated by House Speaker Paul Ryan is up for grabs, along with the governorship.
Read moreVoting Access Dominates Georgia Governor’s Race Debate
The first debate between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp in the race for Georgia governor was dominated by charges of voter suppression and counterclaims of encouraging illegal voting.
Read moreAlaska Governor Drops Re-Election Bid
Gov. Bill Walker announced a suspension of his re-election campaign at the start of what was to be a candidates’ forum at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage Friday.
Read moreAlaska Lt. Gov. Resigns Over Inappropriate Comments
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced the immediate resignation of his Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott in an abrupt and unexpected press release followed by a live news conference Tuesday.
Read moreFlorida Supreme Court Blocks Scott Bid to Pick Judges
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state’s next governor and not current Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Scott will get to pick three new justices to the state Supreme Court.
Read moreCalifornia Gubernatorial Candidates Spar in Only Pre-Election Debate
California’s gubernatorial candidates agree on one thing: California has become a downright unaffordable place to live. But that was about the only common ground Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Republican opponent John Cox found during a live public radio debate hosted by KQED on Monday.
Read moreKentucky Governor Loses Fight With Medicaid Recipients
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin does not have legal standing to sue Medicaid recipients who challenged the state’s requirements that people work to receive benefits, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreWisconsin Governor Accused of Misusing Taxpayer Money
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker spent over $800,000 in taxpayer dollars for air travel over a period of two and a half years, a liberal advocacy group claims in a report released Monday.
Read moreWisconsin Dems Compete for Chance to Unseat Walker
All eyes in Wisconsin’s primary election Tuesday will be on the race for retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan’s seat and Democrats’ fight to retake the governor’s office from two-term Republican Scott Walker.
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