A rematch is scheduled for November, as Ligon’s win only puts him in the seat through January. But the former prosecutor will be heavily favored, given the district’s solidly Republican makeup.

Democrat Amy Acton is running unopposed in her party’s primary for Ohio governor, but she'll face some steep challenges in the November general election.

President Donald Trump has endorsed Kentucky congressman Andy Barr in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Voters in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District are preparing to weigh in on a $295 million bond proposal that would fund safety, infrastructure and technology upgrades across the district.

Restless Democratic voters are rejecting their party’s establishment.

A Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana has amplified an already intense national redistricting battle.

A Trump administration agency has sued other states that sought to regulate Kalshi, Polymarket and other prediction operations under their gambling laws.

The redrawn congressional district lines that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign into law are intended to help Republicans pick up as many as four U.S. House seats in November — a scenario that would cost some Democrats their seats.

Bexar County’s general election includes school board races, mayoral contests, bond propositions and tax measures. Here’s a full breakdown of what voters can expect on their ballot.

Texas lawmakers will be able to draw more aggressively partisan maps for the state House, Senate and education board when they return in 2027.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill funding much of the Department of Homeland Security and ending the longest agency shutdown in history.

The Houston Democrat was elected earlier this year to finish out the term of Rep. Sylvester Turner, who died in March 2025. The safely blue district was left vacant for 334 days.

The pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S. has launched a campaign for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas.

Mark Sanford has ended his bid to reclaim his old congressional seat.

Louisiana’s congressional primaries are not going forward as scheduled in May as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Democratic Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he hopes to work with Gov. Janet Mills to turn Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ seat “blue again” now Mills has dropped out of their primary.

Texas voters could nominate as many as six Hispanic Republicans in the state’s most hotly contested congressional races. Party leaders hope that’ll help keep Hispanic voters in the GOP’s corner.

Black members of Congress are bracing for a crippling shake-up of their ranks after a Supreme Court ruling gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act that had protected minority communities in political redistricting and helped boost their representation.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decades of experience in public office and the backing of the party establishment as she seeks the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.

Eight candidates running to become governor of California have lobbed heated criticism at each other in a chaotic televised debate.

The Austin Democrat, who won his party’s nomination in March, led Cornyn and Paxton in two successive polls, though he did not crack 50%.

The May 26 runoff pits incumbent Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, who’s pitching himself as a “proven advocate for Texas energy,” against Bo French, who has cast himself as a “MAGA conservative.”

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has avoided a parliamentary inquiry over appointing Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.

Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida.

The high court had previously allowed the map to be used temporarily, but Monday’s ruling makes that permanent.

The criminal court decides death penalty case appeals and rules on petitions for those who believe they’ve been wrongfully detained. Alison Fox and Thomas Smith are in the runoff for Place 3’s Republican nominee.

Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements.

Palestinian authorities say local elections in Gaza and the West Bank are a success and mark a step toward a long-delayed presidential election.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon.

Two Israeli political heavyweights say they will join forces in upcoming elections in an effort by their parties to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ohio's Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race.

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans.

Palestinians have voted in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the Israeli occupied West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression.

The lieutenant governor’s office is one of the most powerful in Texas government, and the 2026 race features a Democratic runoff between Vikki Goodwin and Marcos Velez.

Most Texas Republicans remained supportive of their state’s redraw even as their gains have been wiped out by California and Virginia.

House Majority PAC’s spending in Texas is up more than sevenfold from 2024 and targets five majority-Hispanic seats, including TX-23, which was vacated by Republican Tony Gonzales.

In this updated Q&A, we asked Joe Jaworski and Nathan Johnson where they stand on the agency’s key issues as they seek a chance to reclaim the office that has become a GOP legal powerhouse.

Three congressional candidates are accused of betting on their own elections through the prediction market Kalshi.

An aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation has reached a settlement for $1.25 million with the federal government.

Zeke Enriquez, who ran in the GOP primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional District, was fined and barred from the prediction market platform for five years. Two candidates in other states were suspended for the same offense.

Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s House majority in this year’s midterms.

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of one of our primary surveys featuring candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate and attorney general. This Q&A has been edited since it first ran before the March primary to remove Aaron Reitz, a former top official in the U.S. Department of Justice, and […]

The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years.

Six leading candidates for California governor are jostling for advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader.

A trade group argued that a federal gas tax suspension would be unlikely to show up in savings for drivers and would diminish needed infrastructure revenue.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.

Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran.

Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted.

Virginia voters are considering a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the Democratic-majority legislature temporary power to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain.

Bulgaria's center-left coalition led by ex-president Rumen Radev has won the parliamentary election, according to the central electoral commission.

As Cornyn and Paxton head to the runoff, we updated our Q&A to reflect the two candidates. Both declined to participate, so we used their past statements and voting history to show where they stand on foreign policy, AI and other key issues.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington.

Doug Fiefia once worked at Google.

Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat.

Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest.

President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary.

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship.

The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting.

Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash.

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests.

President Donald Trump is betting that the tax cuts he signed into law last year will resonate with voters in Las Vegas.

New Jersey Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the U.S. House seat that was vacated by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill after she was voted into that office.

West faced opposition after backing countywide polling sites for the runoff, following a chaotic precinct-based primary.

House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access.

A special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District on Thursday will fill the House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour.

Republican Rep. Clay Fuller of Georgia is the newest member of the House.

Young Hungarians have played a crucial role in ending Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule.

A redistricting battle among states has reshaped voting districts for the U.S. House ahead of the November midterm elections.

The American Postal Workers Union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail.

The Irish government has survived a confidence vote over how it handled a week of fuel protests that cut off oil deliveries and caused massive traffic jams.

Voters in Peru face a presidential runoff in June after no candidate won the weekend election outright.

Candidates for California governor have gathered for the first time since U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s dramatic exit over sexual assault allegations.

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, announced he plans to file for retirement once Congress returns to session on Tuesday after details about his affair with a staffer came to light.

Péter Magyar has called on Hungary’s president to convene parliament to form a new government quickly.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters in a crowded contest with no clear leader.

The big election over the weekend was in a small European country nearly half a world away from Washington, but the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significant reverberations in the United States.

Peruvians still don't know the outcome of Sunday's presidential election after a ballot delivery issue forced authorities to extend voting by a day.

Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact.

Votes have been cast in Benin where the country is choosing a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power.

Hungarian voters have ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussions.

Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has been reelected for a sixth term, winning 97.81% of the vote in Friday's election.

Prominent supporters of California Rep. Eric Swalwell's bid for governor are withdrawing their support in a stunning political reversal.

Donald Trump has made a public flex of his political influence abroad on a scale that few, if any, U.S. presidents have, trying to marshal power he’s used domestically to sway races around the world.

At least three Texas counties were contacted this week by the Department of Homeland Security for detailed records about individual voters.

Democrats are grappling with a surge of outside spending in their primaries.

In his first 100 days in office, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has governed with a star power unusual in politics.

In-person early voting runs from April 20-28. The last day to apply to cast a ballot by mail is April 20. Read more about who qualifies for that option, which is limited in Texas, in our guide.

President Donald Trump's efforts to exit the war in Iran are causing tension within the Republican Party.

A Midland County Republican Women official said they tried for months to extend an invitation to French, who is in a runoff with incumbent Jim Wright, but were unable to reach him.

Many young voters say politics isn’t delivering and they want candidates who offer something new, not just opposition.

Since GOP Rep. Monica De La Cruz said the race “isn’t about who you want performing at your niece’s quinceañera,” the Democrat has played at a dozen such events in the 15th Congressional District.

The Republican and Democratic primary runoffs are May 26. See the full list of statewide candidates, as well as local races that will be on your ballot.

The Democratic Party’s leading 2028 presidential prospects are warning African Americans that President Donald Trump is actively working to undermine their right to vote in 2026.

Republicans are facing setbacks in recent elections, with Democrats winning races in Wisconsin and Georgia.