All Elections

Mike Duggan, who rescued Detroit's largest employer for near-insolvency, will be the next Detroit mayor. But the governor's emergency manager is the real man in charge.

Gov. Chris Christie shattered the GOP gender gap in blue-state New Jersey, winning 57 percent of women voters. He also won a third of Democrats, a majority of Latinos, and nearly half of union voters.

Secession efforts, such as Tuesday's vote in 11 Colorado counties, often prevail at the local level but face formidable hurdles in winning approval from the state legislature and the US Congress.

After Republicans won New York's last five mayoral elections, Bill de Blasio's big lead over Joe Lhota seems surprising. But absent a crisis or an outsized personality, it's hard for a Republican to woo majority Democrats, analysts say.

Washington State's Initiative 522 would require food manufacturers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It would be a first in the US, and polls show a tight race ahead of Nov. 5 election.

The front-runner, Mike Duggan, took the Detroit Medical Center from near-insolvency and the threat of mass layoffs to reinvestment and profitability. If elected, he would be the city’s first white mayor in four decades.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has been working to attract as many Democrats, independents, and minorities as possible for Nov. 5. Anything less than a landslide might tarnish him as he seeks to convince the GOP of his presidential bona fides.

'Daily Show' host Jon Stewart has been critical of the Obamacare rollout. Now the Republican National Committee will run a spoof of a famous Apple ad during the show.

North Carolina Republican Party official Don Yelton is the latest public figure to learn that fake news shows can get you in just as much trouble as real ones. He resigned after a 'Daily Show' interview this week.

More Republican seats are considered to be 'in play' than the 17 that Democrats need to win to retake the House in 2014, but several factors make that unlikely, despite the shutdown.

Bill de Blasio's 'tale of two cities' theme sets up a sharp contrast with Republican Joe Lhota – and could turn the November election into a mandate on the legacy of the Bloomberg-Giuliani years.

Democrat Bill de Blasio, the most liberal major candidate in the New York City mayor's race, is leading polls ahead of the Sept. 10 primary. Republicans sense an opportunity.

Sen. Marco Rubio believes the US must intervene in Syria. But backing Obama on military strikes would have been politically costly. So he found a way to vote no.

As two Colorado state senators who supported gun control seek to fend off a recall drive, national figures – including Mayor Bloomberg and the NRA – have gotten involved and donated money.

The new front-runner in the New York mayor's race is Bill de Blasio, the most liberal major candidate in the field. If he wins, it could be a boost for the left nationally.

A state judge on Monday allowed Georgia to hold its primary May 20, the earliest in state history. The move could stave off far-right candidates whom some fear could cede a safe Republican Senate seat to the Democrats.

For 2014, the AFL-CIO is targeting Republican governors in Florida, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, which have signed bills curbing union rights. But big-spending GOP 'super PACs' could stand in the way.

The GOP establishment in Georgia wants to tamp down tea party fervor ahead of a primary election for an open US Senate seat. Its aim: prevent a primary that yields a candidate who can't win a general election.

North Carolina Gov. McCrory defended the new voter ID law as 'common sense' and popular, but two lawsuits in federal court say the measures will discriminate against African-American voters.