The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the Maine Senate race from “lean Republican” ...

Congress failed to reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown. This comes after both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate put up continuing resolutions to keep the government open. Both votes ...

Two ballot initiatives were announced Tuesday. One would switch Nebraska to "winner-take-all" presidential elections. Another ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking steps toward running for the U.S. Senate in 2026, sources tell The Associated Press, adding another big-name Democrat to the list of candidates ...

The more things change, the more they stay the same. I recently came across a document from 1977 that speaks volumes about the seemingly endless battle over how we should vote, and what the rules ...

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Both Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two congressional ...

During the 1980s, New Jersey was generally considered to be a Republican-leaning state. George H.W. Bush carried the Garden State by nearly 14 points in 1988. New Jersey has now voted Democratic in ...

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) criticized “far-left groups” for demanding Democrats vote against a Republican-backed proposal to fund the government. “This government shutdown is the result of ...