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Byline: Randy Billings Jan. 27Democrats have chosen a lawyer from Central Maine to lead the state party for the next two years an election cycle that will include statewide races [...]

Byline: Laura Vozzella RICHMOND -- Conservative talk-radio host John Reid announced Monday that he was leaving WRVA in Richmond to seek the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor -- a campaign [...]

Byline: Rana Husseini Jan. 26AMMAN Cyberbullying and defamation on social media topped the list of electoral violence against female candidates who ran for the 2024 Jordanian parliamentary elections, according to [...]

Byline: Lateshia Beachum; Katie Shepherd; Katie Mettler Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D) endorsed at-large Prince George's County council member Calvin Hawkins (D) for her old county executive seat Friday, putting her [...]

Byline: Julia Terruso Jan. 23The impact of Sen. Dave McCormick's victory in last year's Senate race was on display late Friday as the freshman Republican cast a key vote to [...]

Byline: Aliya Schneider Jan. 23Candidates across the board for New Jersey governor are struggling with name recognition, leaving an open and crowded playing field less than five months before the [...]

Byline: Brianna Murschel Jan. 21A Lewis County Republican opened an exploratory committee to look at challenging U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in the 3rd Congressional District in 2026. John Roco, [...]

Byline: Aliya Schneider PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity stood in her purple suit and gold blouse six days before the start of her second term, surrounded by the rows of [...]

Byline: Anna Orso Jan. 19--As Mayor Cherelle L. Parker campaigned around Philadelphia for Democrats last fall, she never seemed too keen to say President-elect Donald Trump's name. When asked about [...]

Byline: Jeff Elkins OKLAHOMA CITY The candidate pool for Oklahoma's highest executive office is beginning to take shape. The next Oklahoma gubernatorial election will take place on November 3, 2026, [...]

Byline: Emily Langer Stuart K. Spencer, a Republican political consultant who engineered Ronald Reagan's winning campaigns for the California governor's office and the U.S. presidency, transforming a B-movie actor into [...]

Byline: Meryl Kornfield; Patrick Svitek; Alec Dent Good morning, Early Birds. We already miss Leigh Ann here, but we have some news to share. Meryl Kornfield will be joining the [...]

Byline: Anna Orso Jan. 13Former Philadelphia Judge Patrick Dugan will announce he's running for district attorney with the backing of the politically influential building trades unions, becoming the first candidate [...]

Byline: Sarah Ellison When PolitiFact won a Pulitzer Prize for its work covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the board praised the nascent outlet for using 'probing reporters and the power [...]

Byline: Perry Bacon Jr. This week, Post columnists share their closing thoughts on Joe Biden's presidency. Joe Biden's presidency was the culmination of a lifelong pursuit -- and his conviction [...]

Byline: Gillian McGoldrick Jan. 6On the 2024 presidential campaign trail, Gov. Josh Shapiro frequently called Donald Trump an existential threat to American democracy. As Pennsylvania's attorney general, he regularly boasted [...]

Byline: Laura Vozzella RICHMOND -- This year's race for Virginia lieutenant governor is growing more crowded with the addition of two candidates: Pat Herrity, a Republican on the Fairfax County [...]

Byline: Carol D. Leonnig; Emmanuel Martinez In the days before Donald Trump's July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service needed a member of his protective detail to develop [...]

Byline: Mary Jordan; Kevin Sullivan During the bruising 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter called President Gerald Ford 'incompetent' and his policies 'morally and politically and intellectually bankrupt.' But after Carter, [...]

Byline: Julia Terruso Mehmet Oz stood in front of a camera in July and filmed a TikTok about 'how to conquer your constipation.' 'Here's the scoop on the poop brain [...]

Byline: Randy Billings Dec. 29Although the last election is barely in the rearview mirror, people interested in becoming Maine's next governor are beginning to explore whether they have the support, [...]

Byline: Chris Matthews Chris Matthews is a political commentator and the author, most recently, of ' This Country: My Life in Politics and History .' At the age of 28, [...]

Byline: Gillian McGoldrick PHILADELPHIA The former state director for the President-elect Donald Trump's 2016 campaign has dropped out of the race to lead the Pennsylvania Republican Party, clearing the way [...]

Byline: Evan Halper The Biden administration is drafting a plan to allow construction of data centers and electrical power plants on federal lands, responding to worries that the United States [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake Welcome to The Campaign Moment, your guide to the 2024 election and the flashbacks Republican congressional leaders are currently having to the years 2017 through 2021. (Did [...]

Byline: Ashley Parker; Maeve Reston When Mitt Romney lost his 2012 presidential race, he bought several properties in Utah and spent time with his growing brood of grandchildren before seeking [...]

Byline: Paul Kane When he first ran for Senate 18 years ago, Bob Casey won 34 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties en route to a sweeping victory that showed mostly blue [...]

Byline: Ben Brasch Time magazine has named President-elect Donald Trump as 2024's person of the year. The publication announced its selection Thursday. This is Trump's second time, after first being [...]

Byline: Jennifer Rubin In an adverse political environment, Democrats found success in House races, increasing their seats from 213 to 215 and reducing the Republicans' majority at the start of [...]