Ms. Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, will leave open another seat for her party to defend next year as it confronts an uphill battle to retake the Senate.

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

Having tried to cheat voters during the 2022 redistricting of congressional maps to gain more House seats (which was ...

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The president officially pardoned Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who served eight years in prison for ...

Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced Thursday she won't seek re-election in 2026, forcing the Democratic Party to defend another open seat in next year's midterms.

The bill sought to give Gov. Kathy Hochul the power to merge election dates, leading minority party lawmakers like New York ...

The bill that was created to delay the special election for New York's 21st congressional district, was placed on hold hours before it made it to the floor.

By law, NY Governor Kathy Hochul would have ten days to call for a special election in the 21st Congressional District, and by law that special election would have to be held 70-80 days after that.

Decisions by House members to run for governor could have an impact on which party controls Congress after the 2026 midterm ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...