Sep 21 Watch 4:42 Greek election gamble pays off for Tsipras By PBS News Hour Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Greece’s prime minister a month after he had resigned as the country’s leader. His leftist Syriza party won enough parliamentary seats in a snap election to form a coalition government. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 4:52 What new Turkish elections mean for the fight against extremism By PBS News Hour New parliamentary elections will be held in Turkey later this fall. Since President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party lost its majority in June, efforts to produce a coalition government have failed. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 2:45 Turkish election ushers in uncertainty as Erdogan's party loses majority By PBS News Hour Despite ambitions to expand his power in through Turkey's parliamentary elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP Party failed to hold onto its majority. While Turkey's deputy prime minister said the AKP will try to form a coalition government, all of… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 4:49 Erdogan election upset: Turkey's ruling party loses majority in parliament By PBS News Hour An interesting turn of events in Turkey's parliamentary election: The ruling party was favored to win big, but early results show it could end up losing its majority altogether. Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations joins Alison Stewart… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 3:34 Is Erdogan stirring election tensions? By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the high tensions ahead of the Turkish election, including a deadly attack on a Kurdish political rally. Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch 2:57 Election approaching, Turkey's Erdogan seeks to expand powers By PBS News Hour Turkey heads to parliamentary elections Sunday, and Turkish President Erdogan wants his party to win at least 60 percent of the seats in order to change the constitution and grant executive-style powers to his office. Will millions endorse or stop… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 3:25 What do gains made by France's far right party mean for the country? By PBS News Hour On Sunday, voting in local elections took place throughout France, and while Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative UMP pulled ahead, the country's far right National Front Party led by Marine Le Pen made major gains by garnering a large number of… Continue watching
Jan 28 Governors associations were top donors in 2014 state-level elections By Bill Barrow, Associated Press ATLANTA — The Republican Governors Association and its Democratic counterpart were the dominant players in making donations to pay for state-level elections in 2014. The two groups often served as pass-throughs for billionaires, unions and corporations seeking influence in statehouses… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 3:35 Facing snap elections, uncertainty grows in Greece By PBS News Hour Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras called snap elections after parliament was unable to agree on a new president. Alexis Tsipras, leader of the far-left Syrzia party and an opponent of austerity, emerged as a leading candidate. But many fear that… Continue watching
Dec 07 Senate's last Deep South Democrat ousted in runoff election By Melinda Deslatte and Bill Barrow, Associated Press Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has denied Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana a fourth term, calling his Senate victory "the exclamation point" on midterm elections that put Republicans in charge on Capitol Hill for President Barack Obama's last two years… Continue reading