Elections

Democratic National Committee member Donna Brazile attends a Black Caucus meeting as part of the DNC Summer Meeting, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Joel Angel Juarez) By Mike Catalini and Bill Barrow ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas — Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on…

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Voters cast their ballots at a voting center on the UCLA campus, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) By Steve Peoples, AmeliaThomson-Deveaux and Ken Sweet ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Locked in a competitive reelection race, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared on social media last week that a new…

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Florida Republican congressman and gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds gives a thumbs up as he visits the Hispanic Police Officers Association in Doral, Fla., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) By Bill Barrow and Steven Sloan ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. — Across 250 years, only three elected governors out of thousands have been Black –-…

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Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a campaign rally on Saturday, July 18, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas) By Matt Brown ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS — Gripping a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous Dred Scott case over slavery was argued in 1847, former Rep. Cori Bush portrayed her ouster from…

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Christopher Coleman, committee person, hangs voter information on doors leading to polling station inside the Free Library Falls of Schuylkill Branch in East Falls section of Philadelphia for the state’s primary election, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) By David Lightman STATELINE.ORG WASHINGTON — Political party poll watchers…

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, left, Democratic congressional candidate Bob Brooks, center, and U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries raise their hands during a campaign event for Brooks ahead of the midterm elections at a Steelworkers Union Hall in Bethlehem, Pa., Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Blewett) By Mike Catalini ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHLEHEM, Pa.— The…

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., arrives ahead of the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By Matt Brown ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — After democratic socialist Claire Valdez defeated an establishment-backed candidate in New York’s congressional primary last week, her elated supporters quickly turned their attention to…

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FILE – Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., reflects on her time as a young civil rights activist during the 1963 March on Washington, during an Associated Press interview in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) By Gary Fields ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — For the first time…

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People listen and cheer as lawmakers speak about redistricting during a special legislative session at the state capitol, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) By Bill Barrow ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Georgia’s Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday rejected Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to redraw congressional and legislative districts during a special session,…

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U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., center, speaks to reporters as U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky look on, ahead of remarks at his “World Famous Fish Fry” event on Friday, May 29, 2026, in Columbia S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) By Steve Peoples and Joey Cappelletti ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON —…

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