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The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president.
Permit delays, lack of funds and security intimidation are obstructing international and local observers from monitoring registration for Sudan's first ever nationwide elections, former President Jimmy Carter's foundation said on Tuesday.
A long-delayed presidential election in Ivory Coast is being pushed back again.
Three incumbents and a former member were elected Thursday to the governing board of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association by the group's membership.
Did you hear the one about the best way to identify public officials in New Jersey? Check for the handcuff marks on their wrists.
Incumbent President Armando Guebuza leads in Mozambique's elections by a wide margin, with more than 80 percent of votes counted.
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia was re-elected for a fifth term with 89 percent of the vote — his weakest performance yet, but more than enough to show his solid grip on the nation.
Russia's president on Saturday defended recent local elections that drew fraud allegations, inspired an opposition walkout of parliament and strengthened the Kremlin's grip on power.
A blunt-talking former guerrilla fell just short of a first-round victory in Uruguay's presidential election, according to results Monday, and his conservative opponents have united in hopes of leaping past him in a Nov. 29 runoff.
Ousted Philippines leader Joseph Estrada, convicted of plunder and later pardoned, publicly declared Wednesday his intention to run in next year's presidential elections despite legal challenges and immediate objections to the idea of his political comeback.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday his government would hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 24, regardless of whether it reaches a power-sharing deal with the rival militant Hamas group that rules the Gaza Strip.
Niger's electoral commission says the ruling party has won a majority of votes in parliamentary elections.
Botswana's governing party, which has been in power for more than four decades, once again swept parliamentary elections that regional observers deemed free and fair, the country's independent electoral commission announced Sunday.
The pro-Kremlin party dominated an election for Moscow city council and other local votes across Russia, results released Monday showed.
An Armenian-American congressional challenger made false campaign statements with reckless disregard for the truth when he said an Ohio congresswoman took money from the Turkish government and Turkish government-sponsored interests, the Ohio Elections Commission found Thursday.
An Ohio congressional candidate defended statements he made about a state congresswoman, telling an election panel Thursday he had reason to believe she took money from Turkish government-sponsored interests in return for a denial that the country committed genocide against Armenians in 1915.
Germany's Social Democrats thought their election result would be bad — but not this bad.
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Monday to have a new center-right German government in place by the time Germany marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9. She said tax cuts were possible in 2011, but rejected spending cutbacks that might strangle an incipient economic recovery.
Socialist leader Jose Socrates, set for another four years as Portugal's prime minister after elections Sunday, has antagonized many — even inside his own party — with his determination to reform and modernize Portugal.
Socialist opposition leader George Papandreou, who is widely expected to win Greece's national election next weekend, says fighting endemic corruption and creating a stimulus package are essential if Greece is to emerge from a deep financial crisis.
Final results confirm that Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a second term and a majority for a new center-right government in Germany's parliamentary election.
German political parties held their final campaign rallies before Sunday's national election, mindful of new warnings by Islamic militants that they would exact retribution for the country's presence in Afghanistan.
The center-left Socialist Party is staying in government for four more years after winning elections Sunday but its reduced parliamentary majority may handicap its efforts to lead Portugal out of an economic crisis.
Mubaruz Khan didn't bother to vote when Afghans went to the polls in the country's second-ever democratic election last month. He was too busy eking out a living selling cigarettes and soda for $3 a day, and didn't think voting would make a difference in his life.
House districts that could see party switch in 2010 elections. `X' denotes districts where the incumbent is considered among the most endangered.
Palestinian vote and Abbas threat might be a bluffVoter registration for a Palestinian election failed to get under way as scheduled Tuesday, adding to signs that President Mahmoud Abbas might be bluffing about a make-or-break vote in January.
Michael Steele Says He Scares White Republicans - Politics - Air AmericaRNC Chairman Michael Steele is no stranger to controversy. He has put his foot in his mouth on more than one occasion with some outrageous comments, oftentimes about his own party.
2010 elections: Democratic fears, GOP hopesNervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections.
Our US Congress wants to work in a responsible , dedicated, way only half the time.
In politics, 2009 looks like 1993A hopeful sign for Republicans today is that their victories in 1993 — when Democratic county executives were ousted in Orange and Rockland counties — foreshadowed a year in which Republicans captured both houses of Congress and a little-known state senator named George Patak …
A New Third Party Coming, Before 2010"Listen to the highly respected Gerald Celente, who pulls no punches, announce that the political system is failing the America people and that the Banks (Oligarchy) are robbing us blind. If you're not outraged, you're on life support.
Election 2009: Change I Can Believe In! - HUMAN EVENTS On election night, conservatives-eating-Republicans resulted in an 18-point landslide for McDonnell, who beat his Democratic opponent 59 percent to 41 percent -- winning two-thirds of all independent voters and ending the Democrats' eight-year reign in the Virginia governor's off …
Good News for the GOP? Not So Much.Wednesday 04 November 2009 by: William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Columnist
Budget Monitor Says G.O.P. Bill Leaves Many UninsuredThe Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday that an alternative health care bill put forward by House Republicans would have little impact in extending health benefits to the roughly 30 million uninsured Americans, but would reduce average insurance premium costs for peopl …
Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA: "We got walloped.". . ."National polls for months have shown deep unease among independent voters about Washington spending and about the expansiveness of Democratic proposals.
Being an Oakland Raider fan has been tough this year for me, but the GOP today have made me feel substantially better about wearing the Silver and Black.
This helps the politicians hide their political affiliation. My political party headquarters was not even anywhere to be found spent 3 weeks looking. If it were not for mailings I never would have known as newspaper coverage was almost non existant.
Can you believe it has been a whole year since Barack Obama was elected President? Where were you when you found out he had won? How was your voting experience? I am a Canadian so obviously did not vote in NJ but the Hyder family did have its own Election Headquarters.
Conservative Loses Upstate House Race in Blow to Right "Democrats won a special election in New York State's northernmost Congressional district Tuesday, a setback for national conservatives who heavily promoted a third candidate in what became an intense debate over the direction of the Republican Party."
I cannot believe that it is exactly one year ago today I was in Grant Park watching the results of the American presidential election, seeing my predictions come true and the new President-Elect walk unto the stage with his family.
Independents fuel GOP victories in Va., N.J. The independent voters who powered President Obama and Democrats to victory in 2008 fled to Republicans in Tuesday's elections, helping the GOP romp to a ticketwide sweep in Virginia and a stunning victory over an incumbent Democratic governor in New Jersey.
Virginia's Elections Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL?!?!Yes, Virginia, your elections are unconstitutional, and frankly, no one in power gives a damn! Check it out if you want to know why the government doesn't listen to the voters any more.
New Jersey: Republican Chris Christie Leads Big EarlyThe President is most vested in the New Jersey governor's race, and with 5% of precincts reporting, Republican challenger Chris Christie has a 16 point lead over Democratic incumbent Governor John Corzine, for whom President Obama has campaigned recently.
Hoffman: "We're not radical, we're just average people" - The Scorecard - POLITICO.com"You asked why we're doing so well in the polls – hopefully the Republican party, of which I'm a lifelong member, utilizes this energy and excitement of people coming to my support because we'll need it in 2010," Hoffman said.
1 - 0: McDonnell scores landslide win in VirginiaThe Virginia governor's race has been called in favor of Republican Bob McDonnell within hours of the polls closing. McDonnell's victory was overwhelming. With such a lopsided result, one cannot help but wonder if the wrong Democrat won the VA primary.
Police called in to NY-23 polling stations because of voter intimidation by teabaggers!I just got off the phone with former state Democratic Chairwoman June O'Neill, who informed me the police had been called to at least two polling sites in St. Lawrence County due to overzealous electioneering (O'Neill called it "voter intimidation") by Doug Hoffman supporters.
Five things to watch in N.Y. 23 - Josh Kraushaar - POLITICO.comUpdates and info on today's most interesting race!
Conservative Party committeeman pleads guilty to election fraudThe 52-year-old Forte pleaded guilty to second-degree forgery, a felony, admitting to conduct that occurred between June 16 and July 2.
Today's an interesting political dayThe analysis of today's off-year elections in the Review-Journal points out one truth: Outside of a clean sweep by Democrats, nothing good will happen today for President Barack Obama.
Off-year elections will test Democrats' influenceElections in a handful of states today, including governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia, loom as the first significant electoral test of the coalition that swept President Obama and congressional Democrats to victory one year ago.
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