Nevada voters had other things on their minds Tuesday.Only 19 percent of voters statewide participated in the Nevada's primary elections. That's a significant drop from the 30...

A gay youth group whose specialty license plate was revoked at the behest of conservative Indiana lawmakers is appealing the decision to an administrative law judge, arguing t...

For most of Nevada's U.S. House and Senate candidates, Tuesday's primary election was a formality. The real electoral battle has always been scheduled for Nov. 6.In the compet...

In growing numbers, once-confident Democrats now say President Barack Obama could lose the November election.The hand-wringing reflects real worries among Democrats about Obam...

Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, the endorsed Republican candidate for Connecticut's open U.S. Senate seat, is at odds with her primary opponent, former U.S. Rep. Chr...

Officials from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate have rescheduled a proposed campaign debate between Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic chal...

Several Democratic state senators said Wednesday that a national conservative group appears to be a lobbyist in New York that hasn't registered as such despite authoring at le...

The Missouri Supreme Court has been asked to decide if a state Senate candidate from St. Louis qualifies for the Democratic primary ballot.House member Jamilah Nasheed has fil...

A Texas man who claims the state's version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after a verbal confrontation at a 2010 party is an "angry, a...

Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jur...

The North Carolina Senate tentatively agreed Wednesday to a $20.1 billion budget for next year that Republican authors contend puts the state on stronger fiscal footing. Democ...

A former assistant Kansas attorney general running for the Legislature said Wednesday that he is challenging a decision that pushed another Republican into his upcoming primar...

Independent Senate candidate Angus King on Wednesday called on his five opponents in the U.S. Senate race in Maine to join him in working to limit expenditures made by outside...

Federal prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against ex-Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards after his corruption trial ended last month in a deadlocked jury.Ju...

Ron Barber's decisive victory in a special election for the congressional seat held by his old boss and fellow mass shooting survivor Gabrielle Giffords is raising questions o...

The United States is urging Cambodia to allow diverse participation in next year's general elections and release women imprisoned last month for protesting a property developm...

Egypt's government extended the powers of military police and intelligence agents on Wednesday to allow them to arrest civilians for a wide range of offenses, just days before...

A deep-pocketed casino mogul is pouring a $10 million infusion of cash into a group backing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's cause just as the Romney campaign m...

The former director of Georgia's ethics commission has sued the agency, claiming she was forced out after trying to advance a probe into complaints against Gov. Nathan Deal.St...

Mitt Romney told business leaders Wednesday that he would try to put the federal budget on track to be balanced within eight to 10 years, acknowledging it could take longer th...

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear a property rights case involving a Long Beach Island town.Harvey Cedars Mayor Jonathan Oldham says he learned Tuesday that the state's h...

The office of Chase Ritenauer, the Democratic mayor of this north-central Ohio city, overlooks peacefully moored sailboats on Lake Erie _ and a sewage treatment plant. So it g...

Independent Senate candidate Steve Woods says he's endorsing the candidacy of Angus King, but that doesn't mean Woods won't be trying to beat him November.Woods, a Falmouth bu...

Former wrestling executive Linda McMahon, who spent $50 million of her own money in her first Senate run in Connecticut, has been spending and loaning her campaign much less s...

The state of Arizona at 12:30 p.m.The supervisor is Terry Tang, who can be reached at 602-258-8934. AP stories and photos can be found http://www.apexchange.com. Reruns are al...

Residents in the North Dakota county that encompasses most of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation finally had their say on the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sio...

The new French president has warned Greeks that if they vote to move away from international bailout commitments in the upcoming election, they could be pushed out of the euro...

Falkland Islanders are praising plans for a referendum on their future, saying Wednesday it will show the world that they have no desire to be ruled by Argentina.Plans for the...

Republican U.S. House nominee Kevin Cramer says he's confident the party can come together now that the GOP's House primary is over.Cramer defeated Brian Kalk on Tuesday with ...

A sheriff's deputy killed a 19-year-old gunman who had kept law enforcement officers at bay after they responded to reports he was acting erratically with a gun on a city stre...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:June 10The Holland (Mich.) Sentinel on the presidential campaign:Americans won't vote for preside...

The pope's U.S. ambassador praised American bishops Wednesday for confronting the American government over religious liberty issues, including resisting the mandate from Presi...

Republicans and Democrats seem to be living on different planets when it comes to how to meet U.S. energy needs.Republicans overwhelmingly push for more oil drilling. Democrat...

A Dillingham man, who is a plaintiff in a lawsuit involving Alaska's redistricting plan, has withdrawn his candidacy for a state House seat.The state Division of Elections web...

Citing the hefty sums of cash likely to be spent influencing future votes on casino proposals, the state's top elections official Wednesday called for a stronger system of mon...

A day after the primaries, the top vote-getter in the Democratic race for South Carolina's new 7th congressional district continued to claim victory, even as party leaders ins...

Maryland's highest court says voters can decide whether to approve a law that allows in-state tuition for some illegal immigrants, affirming a lower court's ruling.The Court o...

Several legislators survived primary challenges as the field of candidates became clearer for a big November showdown over which party will rule the State House.The Biddeford-...

Hawaii's two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate faced off on Maui for a debate focused on issues concerning Hawaii's senior citizens.Tuesday's debate hosted by AARP at the ...

The Montana Secretary of State's office says state Rep. Tony Belcourt of Box Elder has lost his Democratic primary election by three votes.Secretary of State spokeswoman Terri...

Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is showcasing his private-sector experience and trying to persuade voters his business savvy makes him the best suited to lift t...

Proposals from both Iran and the group of six world powers will be on the table for nuclear talks in Moscow next week, not just the West's demand to halt Iran's highest level ...

A campaign consultant was led from court in handcuffs Wednesday, sentenced to 60 days in jail for election fraud conspiracy involving Election Day robocalls that prosecutors s...

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination for Arkansas governor in 2014, the first candidate in what may be a crowded and exp...

Prime Ministers come and go, but News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch stays and stays and stays.Murdoch has played a key role in shaping British political coverage for the last fou...

Egypt's Justice Ministry on Wednesday gave the country's military police and intelligence agents the right to arrest civilians over wide range of suspected crimes, including &...

The voter turnout in Tuesday's North Dakota primary was the biggest in at least 30 years.Unofficial totals say more than 175,000 people voted in the election.Secretary of Stat...

A former eastern Kentucky sheriff has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to buy votes.U.S. Attorney Kerry B. Harvey said in a statement that John L. Tur...

British lawmakers granted a reprieve Wednesday to the embattled culture minister, ruling that he should not be investigated over allegations that he favored the bid by Rupert ...

You are about to enter another dimension. One where an underdog U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota commissions an unusual short film in which he plays a "Twilight Zone&...

Independent Senate candidate Angus King on Wednesday called on his five opponents in the U.S. Senate race in Maine to join him in working to limit expenditures made by outside...

House Republicans have reserved more than $18 million in ad time in districts from California to Massachusetts as they look to protect their majority.The ad reservation, from ...

For months, Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega has been under fire: called a lackey and political ally of Raul Castro's communist government, asked to resign over his treatment of pr...

North Carolina's leading teacher lobbying group has endorsed Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton to be the state's next governor.Dalton spoke at Wednesday's announcement by the ...

The state's top elections official wants a stronger system of monitoring the hefty sums of cash likely to be spent on influencing future local casino votes.Secretary of State ...

North Carolina's leading teacher lobbying group has endorsed Democratic Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton to be the state's next governor.Dalton spoke at Wednesday's announcement by the ...

A conservative group ramped up the pressure on Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill on Wednesday by announcing its largest TV ad buy yet in Missouri.McCaskill quickly sought ...

A campaign consultant convicted of conspiracy for 2010 robocalls in Maryland that prosecutors said were aimed at keeping black voters from the polls has been sentenced to 60 d...

There are more registered voters in Boone and Lincoln counties than adult residents and county and state election officials are working to correct these disparities.State and ...

A day after easily winning his Republican primary battle, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia has taken sides in the state's already tense nomination fight for next ...

Phil Mendelson was selected Wednesday as interim chairman of the scandal-plagued D.C. Council, pledging to restore trust in a legislative body that's lost two members this yea...

Westinghouse Electric Co. says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nuclear Power Company of India Ltd. aimed at the future construction of nuclear power plant...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. June 7, 2012.Pipeline improvements could benefit WisconsinJust as roads have to be widened and transmission lines have to be added to maintain the ...

Former Gov. Mark White has testified that voter registration restrictions approved by the 2011 Legislature are unnecessary and make it tougher to register voters.White took th...

British lawmakers will vote Wednesday on whether to investigate the culture minister over allegations he favored Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in its bid to take control of a sa...

OPEC ministers are coming into a meeting deeply divided over how much crude to pump, with Saudi Arabia keen to keep a lid on prices, rival Iran pushing to cut production and I...

A Wichita-based group has begun an effort to repeal a Salina ordinance the outlaws discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.Robert Noland, executive direc...

A dice roll has landed a lucky candidate on a city council in the Houston area.Diana Newland on Tuesday defeated Edward Lapeyre for a place on the Webster City Council.Both en...

Voters in North Dakota's largest city have approved the extension of a half-cent sales tax to fund infrastructure and flood protection in a narrow vote that likely falls just ...

Early voting has begun across the state ahead of the June 26 primary.The voting period began Tuesday and will continue through June 22.Polls at various sites across Utah will ...

The two leaders of a crowded race will face off again in two weeks to be the Republican candidate for South Carolina's new 7th Congressional District, and runoffs were also ah...

A former New Jersey mayor must report to federal prison in North Carolina by Monday to begin serving a 2 and a half year sentence for taking a bribe.A federal judge on Tuesday...

The Oklahoma State Board of Health has elected new officers for the upcoming year.The nine-member board on Tuesday named Dr. R. Murali Krishna as president, Dr. Ronald Woodson...

Unofficial results from Tuesday's primary runoff election in Arkansas:U.S. House District 1 Dem - Runoff668 of 668 precincts - 100 percentx-Scott Ellington, Dem 10,053 - 51 pe...

The Navajo Nation is asking for permission to be part of a federal court case in which Republicans are challenging Arizona's new map of legislative districts.The tribe says it...

Maine's 1st District U.S. House Republican primary race is still too close to call, but Kevin Raye easily walked off with a win in the 2nd District GOP race.In southern Maine'...

Republican Charlie Summers and Democrat Cynthia Dill won their crowded primary elections, securing a spot on the November ballot along with former Gov. Angus King in the campa...

A congressional aide who almost lost his life in the Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords won a special election to fill her seat, giving Democ...

A campaign consultant convicted of conspiracy for 2010 robocalls that prosecutors said were aimed at keeping black voters from the polls is scheduled to be sentenced.Julius He...

North Dakota residents say they've had enough of a decades-old controversy on its flagship university's nickname.Voters overwhelmingly decided Tuesday to dump the University o...

Ron Barber, who almost lost his life in the Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, won a special election to succeed her, giving Democrats a psy...

A local prosecutor and a state senator who won their party's nomination in runoffs Tuesday face vastly different challenges as Democrats try to prevent a Republican takeover o...

In their final attempt to convince jurors that Roger Clemens lied to Congress, prosecutors basically called his wife a liar, too.Prosecutor Courtney Saleski used closing argum...

It's been a rocky road for businessman Danny Tarkanian, but the longtime candidate won another shot at public office Tuesday.To be sure, it's a slim window of opportunity. Tar...

Democrats and Republicans are wary of trying to exploit a new report about the sharp drop in household wealth over the past 20 years.The economic report, released just as the ...

In a North Dakota House Republican primary clash of three influential incumbents, Duane DeKrey (duh-KRAY') was the odd man out.DeKrey and Reps. Robin Weisz and Jon Nelson were...

The deadline for disaffiliating from a political party in Rhode Island ahead of the state's September primary is here.Secretary of State Ralph Mollis is reminding voters that ...

Democratic state Sen. John Lee was defeated in a stunning upset Tuesday by political newcomer Patricia Spearman despite having a huge money advantage and the backing of the De...

A Bismarck school administrator and a former North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate candidate won the right Tuesday to face off for North Dakota superintendent of public instruct...

Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei is positioned for an easy re-election run in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District.Amodei was unopposed in Tuesday's primary and the heavily Rep...

It appears as though North Dakota Republicans in Minot's District 40 will have GOP legislative candidates to support this fall.Unofficial vote returns show state Sen. Karen Kr...

A prosecutor who negotiated the deal that freed three men convicted in the 1993 killing of three Cub Scouts narrowly won Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff for a congressiona...

North Dakota voters on Tuesday resoundingly defeated a proposal that would have made the state the first in the nation to abolish local property taxes.Unofficial returns showe...

Six legislative incumbents lost their bid for re-election in Tuesday's primaries, including a Senate chairman and the longest-serving member of the South Carolina House.Rep. D...

The prosecutor who negotiated a plea deal that freed the West Memphis Three has wrapped up the Democratic Party's nomination for an eastern Arkansas congressional seat.Scott E...

A referendum on gay marriage in Washington state has qualified for the ballot.The secretary of state's office announced Tuesday that Referendum 74 passed the signature-verific...

Kevin Raye easily walked off with a win Tuesday in Maine's 2nd District U.S. House Republican primary, but the 1st District GOP race was unexpectedly too close to call.Unoffic...

Republican Charlie Summers and Democrat Cynthia Dill won their crowded primary elections Tuesday in the race for Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe's soon-to-be-empty seat, setting...

North Dakota Republicans have chosen Kevin Cramer over fellow state regulator Brian Kalk as their candidate for U.S. House.Kalk lost despite having the backing of North Dakota...

Democrat Gloria Tinubu won her party's nomination outright while the GOP headed to a runoff between former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and Horry County Council Chairman Tom Rice in S...

With one North Dakota Republican leaving the U.S. House in hopes of switching over to the Senate, GOP voters were left with a choice Tuesday between the former state Republica...

Voters were set to decide Tuesday whether to make North Dakota the first state to eliminate local property taxes, but a businessman who helped put the constitutional amendment...

A candidate for a state assembly seat was shot to death Monday in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, and a supporter of President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party die...

Defendant Coleman Barney calmly denied that the Fairbanks-based Alaska Peacekeeper Militia ever made concrete plans to kill federal officials and said the organization was run...

Voter advocates told a federal judge Monday that Texas law stands in the way of large-scale voter registration efforts by exposing community volunteers to fraud allegations ov...

The General Assembly is working toward creating new crimes in North Carolina that attempt to punish people who participate in terrorism and sell or buy a child.The House gave ...

Federal election officials say small-dollar donors may use their cell phones' text messaging to contribute to political campaigns.The Federal Election Commission ruled unanimo...

Democratic legislative leaders met Monday with Gov. Jerry Brown as they chased a deadline this week to approve a budget that addresses California's nearly $16 billion deficit....

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho was sued Monday by federal election regulators who contend he misused some $217,000 in campaign funds for his legal defense af...

North Dakota Republicans on Tuesday nominated U.S. Rep. Rick Berg for the Senate and picked Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer as his possible successor in the House, ev...

North Dakota voters overwhelmingly decided Tuesday to let the state's flagship university dump a controversial Fighting Sioux nickname that sparked threats of NCAA sanctions, ...

Longtime state legislator Gene Jeffress has won the Democratic Party's nomination for Congress in Arkansas' 4th District.Jeffress will face Dardanelle Republican Tom Cotton in...

Joe Miller has defeated Curtis Olafson in a primary matchup of two incumbent Republican senators.Olafson and Miller were put into the same territory last November when the Leg...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley and Republican Sen. Dean Heller have easily brushed aside a slate of unknown challengers to win their respective Senate primaries.The pred...

Kevin Raye said he'll "hit the ground running" in the general election campaign now that he's defeated Blaine Richardson for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Dis...

Kevin Raye said he'll "hit the ground running" in the general election campaign now that he's defeated Blaine Richardson for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Dis...

Kevin Raye said he'll "hit the ground running" in the general election campaign now that he's defeated Blaine Richardson for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Dis...