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Albania’s main opposition leader has hired Trump-linked campaign consultants and a lobbying firm to help him in the country's May 11 parliamentary election.
Six people in a rural Texas county have been indicted in a widening elections investigation led by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton.
North Carolina's elections board has ousted the agency’s executive director after Republicans gained control.
If you want to cast a ballot in the June 7 runoff election, you’ll want to make sure you’re registered to vote by the May 8 deadline.
The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has conceded last November’s election to the Democratic incumbent.
Cornyn’s move to stockpile his campaign team with seasoned GOP operatives signals he is digging in for a serious fight against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Voters who live in San Antonio’s District 9 are heading into the June 7 runoff election with their minds made up, at least when it comes to what they want from a candidate.
Gina Ortiz Jones and Rolando Pablos participated in their first debate since they became the top two vote-getters in the May 3 election.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Donald Trump’s pick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires.
Bangladesh’s ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia returned to the country from London on Tuesday after four months of medical treatment, adding to pressure for its interim leaders to hold elections.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor in 2026 and sharing new anecdotes in her upcoming political memoir, “The Purposeful Warrior,” including her experience with miscarriage.
Issues about control of book purchases and how curriculums teach race and gender have led to change on many boards, including Keller, Katy and Mansfield ISDs.
Edward Mungia was the only newcomer to sweep his district election and avoid a runoff.
Romania's prime minister has announced his resignation, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the rerun of the presidential election.
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage, an early supporter of President Donald Trump’s first successful White House bid and a polarizing figure in state politics, says he is running for Congress in a competitive district.
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is among many Democrats looking to find the right path to challenge President Donald Trump and Republicans after the GOP won the White House and congressional majorities in 2024.
George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment.
Romania's hard-right nationalist George Simion will face a pro-Western reformist in a pivotal runoff in two weeks after decisively winning the most votes in the first round of the presidential election redo.
Lebanese have voted in the country’s first local elections in almost a decade, months after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Nearly complete electoral data shows that hard-right nationalist George Simion has secured a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo.
Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney café and said the country had voted for unity over division.
A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it's being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump's executive order on elections.
South Korea’s main conservative party has nominated former Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo as its presidential candidate.
Romanians vote Sunday in one of the EU country’s most important elections in decades after the previous ballot was annulled following allegations of violations and Russian interference.
Whether it’s over finances or a feud, Balcones Heights voters are being asked to decide if their police officers should retain the right to collectively bargain for a contract.
Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party has secured another general election landslide, extending its 66-year unbroken rule.
Cincinnati’s mayor faces a primary challenge Tuesday from two first-time candidates, including the half brother of Vice President JD Vance.
The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage has won a seat in Parliament and hundreds of councils in local elections across England.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long been on a campaign against Iran's nuclear program and his opposition helped convince President Trump to withdraw from an Obama era deal meant to rein it in.
South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he wins.
Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state’s long ruling party.
In addition to San Antonio deciding its next mayor and all 10 city council positions, residents in other South Central Texas cities and counties will also make their voices heard in several important races.
KSAT anchors Steve Spriester and Myra Arthur convene the ‘Power Panel’ to cover election night live
As Ron Nirenberg’s term as San Antonio mayor comes to a close, 27 candidates are vying to succeed him in what has become a competitive race.
Some San Antonio-area school districts are searching for new school board members. Those districts also hope some of their bond issues will become voter-approved by the end of Election Day.
The important Election Day races aren’t all in San Antonio. Voters outside of the Alamo City will also have an opportunity to have their voices heard on May 3.
Incumbent Jalen McKee-Rodriguez comfortably retained his seat as District 2 councilman for a third term during the May 3 election.
District 5 City Councilwoman Teri Castillo is seeking her third term in office to represent the West Side district and has drawn two challengers.
Marina Alderete Gavito, a first-time city council member and District 7 incumbent is seeking re-election next month amid one of few sparse district races.
The former federal prosecutor cited shifting priorities after a family health scare for his withdrawal, which comes less than a month after his entry into the race.
As confetti flies and music blares through downtown streets, San Antonio voters are being asked to balance two deeply rooted traditions: celebrating Fiesta and casting their ballots in a pivotal local election.
In the 2025 municipal election in Bexar County, only 5.8% of registered voters participated in early voting, overshadowed by events like Fiesta and confusion from a crowded ballot featuring 27 mayoral candidates.
Romanians are preparing to cast their ballots in a critical presidential vote redo after last year’s election was annulled.
The first major test of Donald Trump’s influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally went badly.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig is the latest Minnesota Democrat to enter an increasingly competitive race for the U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tina Smith.
The Liberal Party has won Canada's federal election, capping a stunning turn in fortunes fed by U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of trade war and to make the country the 51st American state.
Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia is stepping down as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee and won’t be seeking reelection next year.
State Rep. Donavan McKinney is the second Detroit Democrat to enter a primary to unseat second-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s economy and sovereignty.
South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the June 3 vote.
Romanians are confronting a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a fraught presidential election redo next week, including ominous claims that the EU and NATO member country is surging toward “imminent war” with Russia.
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia says President Donald Trump’s unsettled economic policy is the biggest problem facing his state.
Democrats and other critics say Texas legislation threatens to keep citizens who can’t easily access the right documents from voting.
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas may enter his state’s Republican primary for a Senate seat, adding more intrigue to what is already a marquee midterm contest.
Voting rights advocates worry that legislation approved by House and Senate committees could make it harder to get more people on the rolls.
The Trump administration was handed a rapid-fire series of court losses Wednesday night and Thursday in lawsuits filed over its policies on immigration, elections and its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.
A federal judge has agreed with voting rights groups and Democrats that the Constitution gives the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress — not the president.
State and local election officials from around the country in North Carolina have questioned the leaders of a federal agency tasked by President Donald Trump with implementing parts of his sweeping election overhaul executive order, with some expressing concerns about the consequences for voters and the people in charge of voting.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election and dramatically improved the fortunes of the Liberal Party, which could win a fourth consecutive term in power next week.
President Donald Trump says Canada would “cease to exist” if it weren’t for the United States.
Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help states update their voting equipment.
Barack Obama says he wouldn't have been a U.S. senator or president without the support of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who has announced he's not seeking reelection.
A lawyer says an Ivory Coast court has ruled that former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality.
A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices has unanimously accepted charges against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens has launched her U.S. Senate campaign in Michigan in what will undoubtedly be an expensive and competitive race.
Australians have begun voting at general elections as the death of Pope Francis had led to a cancellation of campaign events.
San Antonians will elect a new mayor and vote in all 10 city council seats in the May 3 election. And a whopping 27 people have set their sights on the job.
Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 Capitol rioters on his first day in office, and now some of those involved in the Jan. 6 attack are getting a platform to tell their version of events.
Romania is gearing up to hold a presidential election redo next month, a high-stakes test for the European Union member’s democracy after last year’s annulled vote triggered the country’s deepest political crisis since 1989.
Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Oman, their third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Iowa looked a lot different in 2010, when Republican Kim Reynolds was first elected to statewide office.
Bexar County voters will head to the polls with nearly 50 locations available for early voting ahead of the general election on May 3, 2025, where key decisions on local leadership, including the San Antonio mayoral race, await.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say U.S. airstrikes targeting oil port killed at least 74 people and injured at least 171 others.
Virginia Democrats are vying to shield their statehouse majority while flipping the governor’s mansion in November, and new reports show they have a cash advantage in those races against Republicans.
A Wisconsin Elections Commission discussion of uncounted ballots in Madison devolved into a shouting match, with the Democratic chair threatening to kick a Republican commissioner out of the meeting.
A federal judge won't yet decide on a request from Democrats and voting rights groups to block parts of President Donald Trump's recent executive order on elections.
Democrats are hoping pop rock star power will help oust a long-serving Republican east of Los Angeles in the fight for the U.S. House.
Marina Alderete Gavito, a first-time city council member and District 7 incumbent is seeking re-election next month amid one of few sparse district races.
