Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin's retirement opens up this seat for the first time since 1996, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won the Democratic nomination to succeed him after defeating Rep. Raja ...

Louisiana congressional candidate Lindsay Garcia (D) on Thursday sued Gov. Jeff Landry (R) to block the suspension of the state’s House primary elections after the Supreme Court ruled that the state’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohioans on Tuesday will take the next steps in determining who eventually will succeed Gov. Mike DeWine as the state’s governor. DeWine, 79, is term-limited and will step aside after ...

May is jam-packed with elections. In Ohio, Georgia, Texas and beyond, voters across the country will cast ballots in a slew of elections. Some of these races are for a seat in Congress while others ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a major election reform bill Thursday, citing “significant operational burdens” and unspecified legal challenges. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

More than a dozen candidates are vying to become California’s next lieutenant governor. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, the first woman to hold the position, is finishing her second term and cannot seek ...

The Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's congressional map unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering. Gov. Jeff Landry is expected suspended the state's May 16 House elections following the court's ...

Political Director and Executive Director of Politics and White House, CBS News Fin Daniel Gómez is CBS News' political director and executive director, Politics and White House. In this role, Gómez ...

A Supreme Court decision that struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act could have wide-ranging impacts, including in Illinois. That 6-3 ruling found the state of Louisiana’s second ...

California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak discusses the California gubernatorial race, a report that billions in wealth have fled the state and calls to abandon the high-speed rail project on 'Varney ...

Shots fired, then wine grabbed at White House Correspondents' Association dinner Severe weather devastates Texas, causing widespread damage This is what happens when you drink beer every day, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker regarding the public hearings of the Illinois Accountability Commission investigating federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. The Illinois ...