Jun 03 Primary wins put New Mexico closer to all-female U.S. House delegation By Russell Contreras, Associated Press New Mexico Democrats nominated two Latinas and a Native American woman in primaries on Tuesday. Republican voters also nominated a member of the Cherokee Nation and a Hispanic woman for two of those races. Continue reading
Jun 01 Biden doesn’t have the delegates to clinch the nomination. That could change June 2. By Daniel Bush Biden has been referred to in the press as the “presumptive nominee” ever since Sanders ended his White House bid, but he's still 425 delegates shy of the 1,991 he needs to guarantee the nomination. Continue reading
May 13 Justices fear ‘chaos’ if electors can’t be required to back states’ popular vote winner By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices heard arguments on an unusual voting issue that could have important consequences for the 2020 presidential election in an era of intense political polarization. Continue reading
Mar 02 Israelis vote in country’s 3rd election within a year By Aron Heller, Associated Press The election could decide whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming criminal trial on corruption charges. Continue reading
Jan 17 High court to consider whether electors must support state’s popular vote winner By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Under the Constitution, the country elects the president indirectly, with voters choosing people who actually cast an Electoral College ballot for president. Continue reading
Jan 10 Taiwan president urges voters to turn out to the polls in Saturday’s election By Taijing Wu, Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Taiwan elections are lively events that generally revolve around economic, public welfare and social justice issues, though China's threat to annex the self-governing island by force always looms large in the background. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 9:58 In Taiwan, presidential election brings long-simmering tensions with China to the surface By Divya Gopalan For decades, Taiwan's political status has been a contentious issue between the U.S. and China. The U.S. considers it a real democracy, while mainland China sees a rogue province that should be under Communist control. Taiwanese voters will elect their… Continue watching
Dec 27 Israel’s Netanyahu shores up base but obstacles remain By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a landslide primary victory announced early Friday, but he will need a big win in national elections in March if he hopes to stay in office and gain immunity from prosecution on corruption charges. Continue reading
Dec 26 Netanyahu declares victory in primary election By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Official results were expected later Friday. Continue reading
Dec 12 Israelis express frustration as legislators approve 3rd election within a year By Aron Heller, Associated Press A vote Thursday triggers a nearly three-month-long campaign ahead of the vote that most polls predict will not produce dramatically different results than those that led to the current crisis. Continue reading