Latest Elections News

North Macedonia's parliament prepares to vote on proposed center-right government

Jun. 22, 2024 06:04 AM EDT

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's parliament began a two-day debate leading up to a vote on the new government proposed by a center-right party that won May's national elections. Heading the proposed government is Hristijan Mickoski, a 46-year-old former engineering...

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine

Jun. 22, 2024 05:49 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., the recently formed right-wing party that is seeking to woo voters away from Britain's governing Conservatives at the July 4 general election, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin...

GOP targets a Biden executive order on voter registration ahead of the fall election

Jun. 22, 2024 00:29 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans and conservative activists have increasingly been targeting an executive order issued three years ago by the Biden administration that is intended to boost voter registration, claiming it's unconstitutional and an attempt to interfere in the November election. ...

Former CNN anchor takes on professor in primary aimed at finding Democrat who can win on Long Island

Jun. 22, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

A former CNN anchor and a retired chemistry professor are facing off in a Democratic primary to pick a challenger to U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota in an eastern Long Island congressional district that has been in Republican hands for a decade. John Avlon, who was a senior political analyst...

Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump

Jun. 22, 2024 00:18 AM EDT

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the winding Neshaminy Creek that flows between Doylestown and Newtown. Both cities were once rural outposts that have morphed...

Amid GOP infighting, judge strips Ohio House speaker of control over Republican caucus campaign fund

Jun. 21, 2024 20:54 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A county judge stripped Republican Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens of his control over the GOP caucus’ campaign fund on Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in the chamber headed into November’s election. Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Mark...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Jun. 21, 2024 20:29 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Mitch Landrieu, national co-chair of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign; Gov. Kristi Noem, R-S.D. ___ CBS’ “Face...

Teamsters president will speak at the Republican National Convention

Jun. 21, 2024 19:39 PM EDT

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — The president of the Teamsters Union is set to speak at next month's Republican National Convention, as Donald Trump angles to chip away at President Joe Biden's support among the blue-collar workers who are expected to play a major role in the general election, particularly...

Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal

Jun. 21, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge dismissed an indictment Friday against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election, potentially cutting from four to three the number of states with criminal...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in South Carolina's state primary runoffs

Jun. 21, 2024 17:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina will hold runoff elections on Tuesday to decide a handful of races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary held just two weeks earlier. In the 3rd Congressional District, a candidate backed by former President Donald...