Off-year races in Virginia, New Jersey, California and beyond are seen as key early barometers of how voters are feeling ...

President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of next year’s election has triggered an unusual outbreak of mid-decade gerrymandering among both ...

The overnight sensation leading NYC polls has a lot in common with another telegenic young politician who skyrocketed to fame.

2004: Democrat Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate. In defeating Republican Alan Keyes by the largest margin ever in a Senate contest in Illinois, the 43-year-old Obama became the only African ...