• Biden wins Maine primary

    Biden wins Maine primary

    Mar 04, 2020 07:04 PM EDT

    ... 1996 and 2000 and then switched to the caucus system for the next four presidential election cycles. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won Maine's Democratic caucuses in 2016. MORE: Super Tuesday’s full election results Biden also won Alabama, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia ...

  • Reports from states holding 2020 Democratic primaries amid pandemic

    Reports from states holding 2020 Democratic primaries amid pandemic

    Mar 17, 2020 10:30 PM EDT

    ... voting to June 2. The Democratic Party wants it to be on April 28. And so it'll be interesting to see when that final result is. And, also, state lawmakers say they want to have a role in this. They feel like they're the ones who have the ...

  • Obama’s prime-time challenge to sell the country on action against the Islamic State

    Obama’s prime-time challenge to sell the country on action against the Islamic State

    Sep 10, 2014 01:05 PM EDT

    ... far as Cheney would like. Election results - first Democratic incumbent loses: While the president’s speech Wednesday could have midterm implications for Democrats, the last primaries of this election cycle took place Tuesday night. And it put Democrats in the spotlight. In fact, the first Democratic House incumbent this cycle ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the impact of Trump's push for the SAVE Act

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the impact of Trump's push for the SAVE Act

    Mar 16, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... the straw man for what happens if there's a bad election, he could blame it on this, we have already seen in previous elections, like in 2020, he went down to Georgia, was very frustrated with the results of that election, said it was rigged there. In the run ...

  • What to expect in Wisconsin's presidential primaries and ballot questions

    What to expect in Wisconsin's presidential primaries and ballot questions

    Mar 29, 2024 03:34 PM EDT

    ... 14 percent of registered voters in the Democratic primaries for governor and U.S. Senate and between 19 percent and 20 percent in the Republican primaries. About 26 percent of votes in the 2022 Wisconsin primaries were cast before Election Day. In the 2020 presidential primaries, which were held in ...

  • What to expect in Arkansas' state and presidential primaries

    What to expect in Arkansas' state and presidential primaries

    Mar 03, 2024 08:07 PM EDT

    ... make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.What turnout and advance vote look like Turnout in the 2022 state primaries was 5 percent of registered voters in the Democratic primaries for governor and U.S. Senate and 20 percent in the Republican primaries. As ...

  • What to expect in Alabama's state and presidential primaries

    What to expect in Alabama's state and presidential primaries

    Mar 01, 2024 08:01 PM EDT

    ... winner and explain why. What do turnout and advance vote look like Turnout in the 2022 state primaries was 5% of registered voters in the Democratic primaries for governor and U.S. Senate and 18% in the Republican primaries. In the 2022 primaries, pre-Election Day voting made up about ...

  • What to expect in Tennessee's state primaries

    What to expect in Tennessee's state primaries

    Jul 30, 2024 10:01 PM EDT

    ... lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome. What do turnout and advance vote look like As of December 2023, there were nearly 4.6 million registered voters in Tennessee. In the 2022 primaries, turnout was 6 percent of registered voters in the Democratic ...

  • How open primaries and ranked-choice voting can help break partisan gridlock

    How open primaries and ranked-choice voting can help break partisan gridlock

    May 29, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... Representative Peltola's path to the Capitol Building wasn't just historic, as the first Alaska Native in Congress. It was also in part the result of Alaska's unique primary system, which went into effect in 2022. Primaries are preliminary elections where voters choose their party's candidate for ...

  • What makes Super Tuesday so important? It's all about the delegates. Here's a look at the numbers

    What makes Super Tuesday so important? It's all about the delegates. Here's a look at the numbers

    Mar 01, 2024 08:53 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-third of the total delegates available in both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries will be awarded on Super Tuesday, when 16 states and one U.S. territory hold presidential nominating contests. On the Republican side, 854 of 2,429 will be at stake on ...