Audit: 40% of Philly provisional ballots cast due to polling errors
The City Controller’s Office found 10,591 Philadelphia voters were in error forced to cast provisional ballots during the 2012 presidential election.
Michele Bachmann will not seek re-election to Congress
Michele Bachmann, the firebrand conservative 2012 presidential contender, announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election to the U.S. House [...]
Weiner debuts in second place, mayoral poll shows
It would appear that anyone counting Anthony Weiner out of the mayoral race was mistaken. In the first poll since [...]
Incumbent wins Democratic primary for city controller
City Controller Alan Butkovitz easily took Tuesday’s primary with more than 61 percent of the vote — 38,002 votes — [...]
Crowded field remains in Boston mayor’s race
City election officials said it could take weeks to determine which Boston mayoral candidates will be on the September primary ballot.
Support for Weiner’s mayoral run slips in latest poll
On the same day that Anthony Weiner announced his candidacy for mayor with a video, a new poll revealed that [...]
Voter turnout low, drama high in Philly primary elections
Philly’s heated primary election race between Democratic City Controller candidates Alan Butkovitz and Brett Mandel reached a boiling point Tuesday.
Brooklyn DA candidate to sue CBS over Hynes’ show
Brooklyn district attorney candidate Abe George is expected to sue CBS to block the network from airing a new show [...]
Disgraced South Carolina ex-governor Mark Sanford wins House seat
Former Republican Governor Mark Sanford made a stunning political comeback on Tuesday, rebounding from a sex scandal to beat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a personality-driven election for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that put a national spotlight on South Carolina.
Tight win for Chavez’s heir spells uncertainty for Venezuela
Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela’s presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition [...]