House elections
Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Houston Chronicle. June 3, 2021. Editorial: Failure to lead - the 2021 Texas Legislature in a nutshell If there were...

FILE - In this March 20, 2021, file photo, Republican state Sen. Mark Moores debates legislation in the final hours of a 60-day legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M. A special congressional election is underway for an Albuquerque-based seat dominated by Democrats since 2009. Early voting by absentee ballot begins Tuesday, May 4 as major party candidates participate in their first public debate.(AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
Special House election measures political pulse after Trump

By Morgan Lee May. 29, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

Madeleine Doubek, the Executive Director of Change Illinois, delivers her remarks virtually on the proposed boundaries for new state legislative districts during a public hearing with the House and Senate redistricting committees at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
Democrats, $200K consultant agree on map; not most others

By John O'connor May. 26, 2021 06:11 PM EDT

Vermont Legislature sends mail-in voting bill to governor

May. 18, 2021 04:32 PM EDT
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Legislature has passed a bill that would send general election ballots to all active voters, making permanent a policy used...

State Rep. Ed Gainey celebrates with wife Michelle, left, after winning the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh mayor, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (Steve Mellon/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Pittsburgh takes big step toward electing first Black mayor

May. 18, 2021 07:42 AM EDT

Texas runoff election for US House seat set for July 27

May. 12, 2021 05:52 PM EDT
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A July 27 special election runoff was set Wednesday between two Republicans for a North Texas district's vacant U.S. House seat. ...

House GOP takes different tack in NC absentee deadline bill

By Gary D. Robertson May. 05, 2021 04:56 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Some North Carolina Republicans are taking a different tack on legislative efforts to move up mail-in absentee balloting deadlines by also...

Volunteer Al Green looks at his phone as he takes a break from holding a sign supporting his candidate in a local election outside an early voting location Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Mansfield, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Republican Susan Wright makes US House runoff in Texas

By Paul J. Weber May. 01, 2021 10:58 PM EDT

President Joe Biden arrives to speak to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Biden's agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds

By Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 30, 2021 12:06 AM EDT

President Joe Biden arrives to speak to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
Biden's agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds

By Mary Clare Jalonick Apr. 29, 2021 04:55 PM EDT

Michigan House votes to move August primary to June

By David Eggert Apr. 27, 2021 05:15 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's August primary date would be moved six weeks earlier, to June, and the state would be required to more quickly check if ballot...

Kansas governor vetoes measures to tighten election laws

By Andy Tsubasa Field And John Hanna Apr. 23, 2021 04:24 PM EDT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed two Republican-backed election bills on Friday, including one that would have limited most individuals to...

South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, talks about his proposal to sell two state-owned airplanes on Friday, March 5, 2021, in West Columbia, S.C. Massey said he has never been on the state plane and thinks selling them is the only way to prevent lawmakers from using them for improper trips. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
South Carolina senators want say in who runs election agency

By Jeffrey Collins Mar. 31, 2021 05:54 PM EDT

Arizona delegation in US House fractured by partisan divide

Mar. 28, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — The Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and some Arizona Republicans' votes to set aside election results have cleaved bipartisan relations within...

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., flanked by Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., left, and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, speaks a news conference on passage of gun violence prevention legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Clyburn: COVID relief bill will boost Dems in 2022 midterms

By Meg Kinnard Mar. 23, 2021 03:53 PM EDT

State Sen. Troy Carter poses in his office in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Carter is running for Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District seat which was vacated by Cedric Richmond after he left to be part of President Joe Biden's administration. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Julia Letlow wins northeast Louisiana-based US House seat

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 20, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021, file photo, Julia Letlow, widow of Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, speaks to reporters in Baton Rouge, La., after signing up to run for the 5th District seat. Three months after Louisiana voters determined the state's congressional lineup, the presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic are forcing a new round of elections Saturday for two of those U.S. House seats. Julia Letlow is the front-runner among 12 candidates in the race, with the backing of Donald Trump and the state GOP in a deep red district and more money raised than all her competitors combined. (AP Photo/Brett Duke, File)
Louisiana holds special election Saturday for US House seats

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 19, 2021 01:07 AM EDT

FILE — In this July 23, 2018, file photo, Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle presides over a court case in Nashville, Tenn. Almost every Tennessee House Republican says hearings should be held for the removal of Ellen Hobbs Lyle, who expanded absentee voting in the 2020 election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sparking warnings from legal experts that lawmakers are seriously considering an unprecedented breach of judicial independence. (Larry McCormack/The Tennessean via AP, File)
Election office aided push to oust judge over voting ruling

By Jonathan Mattise And Kimberlee Kruesi Mar. 17, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

Lawmaker's departure produces fourth May 18 special election

Mar. 17, 2021 11:15 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A special election to fill a western Pennsylvania state House seat that is vacant because of a lawmaker's retirement will be held on May...

FILE - In this April 27, 2019, file photo, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, speaks in Bath, Maine. Golden was the only Democrat lawmaker to break with his party and vote against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/David Sharp, File)
Maine's Golden is lone Democrat to vote down COVID-19 bill

By Patrick Whittle Mar. 10, 2021 08:17 PM EST