Politics Jan 09 U.S. Postal Service touts performance during 2022 midterm elections By Associated Press
Politics Dec 10 Kari Lake files lawsuit challenging her defeat in Arizona governor’s race Kari Lake, the Republican defeated in Arizona governor’s race, is formally challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs, asking a court to throw out certified election results from the state's most populous county and either declare her the winner or… By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Politics Dec 06 WATCH: What the Georgia runoff election results mean The PBS NewsHour's Nicole Ellis discussed the results with White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López on Wednesday, Dec. 7. Watch the conversation here.
Politics Dec 03 Georgia’s runoff elections have segregationist roots Since the 1960s, Georgia’s majority voting law has required a candidate get 50 percent of the vote or more in order to be declared the winner. By Nicole Ellis, Rachel Liesendahl
Politics Nov 26 State GOP-backed ‘election integrity’ units find few voter fraud cases after midterms State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems. By Gary Fields, Anthony Izaguirre, Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Nov 25 Kari Lake files elections records suit after losing Arizona governor’s race By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election. Continue reading
Nov 23 Rep. Mary Peltola, 1st Alaska Native in Congress, wins Alaska’s at-large congressional district By Associated Press Peltola defeated Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye in the Nov. 8 election. Results of the ranked choice election were announced Wednesday. Palin and Begich also were candidates in the special election. Continue reading
Nov 23 Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski wins reelection in Alaska By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating a fellow Republican who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Murkowski beat Kelly Tshibaka in the Nov. 8 ranked choice election. Continue reading
Nov 23 Mike Dunleavy becomes 1st Alaska governor reelected since 1998 By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Dunleavy bested a field that included former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent; Democrat Les Gara, a former state lawmaker; and Republican Charlie Pierce, a former borough mayor who is being sued by a woman who says he sexually harassed her. Continue reading
Nov 18 Why slavery as a punishment for crime was just on the ballot in some states By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn The U.S. incarcerates 1.2 million people in its state and federal prisons, and incarcerated workers produce more than $2 billion in goods and commodities annually. Continue reading