Dec 21 How do states name the winner in a tied election? By Associated Press Virginia's state elections board plans to print each candidate’s name on a separate piece of paper, place each paper into a separate film canister, place the canisters into a glass bowl or some other container and shake them up. The… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 11:38 'Solid red state' Alabama elects Democrat Doug Jones to Senate By PBS News Hour Democrat Doug Jones is projected to win the Alabama special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a race that wasn’t expected to be competitive. The NewsHour's Daniel Bush and Don Dailey of Alabama… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 7:46 What Alabama voters are saying as they head to the polls By PBS News Hour It was supposed to be a little-noticed race with no real competition. But as Alabama voters choose their next senator in a special election, the race between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones has come down to the wire. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 4:15 Top transition officials knew Flynn was talking to Russia, says report By PBS News Hour The White House said Michael Flynn independently conversed with Russia during the presidential transition, but a report in The New York Times says that account conflicts with internal emails. A note from transition advisor K.T. McFarland, forwarded to six top… Continue watching
Nov 08 Second transgender candidate wins spot on Minneapolis City Council By Associated Press Phillipe Cunningham narrowly won a northwestern Minneapolis ward by defeating longtime incumbent and council president Barb Johnson. His victory wasn't announced until Wednesday afternoon, due to the instant-runoff voting system Minneapolis uses. Continue reading
Nov 08 After victories in Tuesday elections, Democrats see health care as a winning issue By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Emboldened by election wins, Democrats are starting to see a political edge in health care, particularly widening Medicaid access for more low-income people. Continue reading
Nov 08 Younger voters drove historic wins on election night By Daniel Bush Younger voters played a large role in electing candidates like Danica Roem in Virginia, who became the first transgender person in the United States to win a state legislative seat. Continue reading
Nov 06 Top deputy tries to distance herself from Chris Christie in New Jersey governor's race By Michael Catalini, Associated Press Lt Gov. Kim Guadagno has done whatever she could to create distance from a Republican colleague whose popularity has hovered in the teens and low 20s for the last year as voters have tired of his "tell-it-like-it-is" style and in… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 5:29 How the anti-Trump dossier came to be By PBS News Hour The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative site based in Washington, D.C., confirmed that it hired the firm Fusion GPS to unearth damaging information about President Donald Trump in the run-up to the election. GOP donor and billionaire Paul Singer is… Continue watching
Oct 26 Georgia election server wiped after suit filed By Frank Bajak, Associated Press A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading