LGBTQ+ candidates step up amid threats to queer rights
San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert doesn’t generally agree with political parties redrawing congressional maps to gain power.But after President Trump persuaded Texas Gov.…
Minnesota candidates campaign amid fear and violence after political slayings
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — As the nation comes to grips with the slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, two candidates in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park…
Voters have spurned rich candidates for California governor, U.S. Senate
The rich, to paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, are different. In California, they lose a lot of very expensive, very high-profile political races.Over the past 50-plus…
Where Trump is popular, Democrats look to a new crop of candidates to help win back the House
FAIRVIEW, N.C. — Jamie Ager has spent much of the past year rebuilding his farm in the foothills of western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene tore through…
Trump says four candidates in running for Fed chair, rules out Bessent | Business and Economy News
US president says the Treasury secretary wishes to stay in his current role.United States President Donald Trump has ruled out Secretary of the Treasury Scott…
Opposition candidates lead polls for Bolivia’s presidential election
With fewer than 45 days until Bolivia’s presidential election, politician and businessman Samuel Doria Medina (C) , leader of Unidad Nacional, a center-left social democratic…
Candidates for governor face off in first bipartisan clash
SACRAMENTO — In a largely courteous gathering of half a dozen of California’s top gubernatorial candidates, four Democrats and two Republicans agreed that despite the state boasting…
With Harris on the sideline, Democratic candidates for California governor woo party loyalists
California’s most loyal Democrats got a good look this weekend at the wide field of gubernatorial candidates jockeying to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom at the…
South Korea’s presidential candidates hold first heated debate | Elections News
Candidates Lee, the frontrunner, and his opponent Kim clash in the first of three televised debates.South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates, Lee Jae-myung and Kim…
California gubernatorial candidates address Israel-Palestinian conflict
SACRAMENTO — Democratic divides over the ongoing bloody conflict in the Middle East were on display this week as gubernatorial candidates made their pitches to politically active…
Candidates make final appeal to voters ahead of Canada’s election | Elections
NewsFeedAhead of Canada’s election, candidates have made final appeals to voters, with opposition leader Pierre Poilievre warning against more Liberal party spending and taxes, while…
Candidates for governor sprint across California as election day approaches
Reporting from San Francisco and Fresno — Candidates for California governor barnstormed the state on Tuesday, launching their final outreach to voters in the run-up to the…
Some Jan. 6 convicts pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office
JACKSON, Mich. — Ryan Kelley thought he had a good shot at becoming Michigan’s governor in 2022. That is, until he was charged with and eventually convicted…
Filipino American political candidates made history in recent election
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, with an assist from Julia Wick, giving you…
Manning J. Post; Democratic Fund-Raiser Advised Party’s Candidates for 40 Years
Manning J. “Manny” Post, a key California Democratic Party fund-raiser and controller who advised two generations of candidates and headed the Little Hoover Commission, has…
Here we go again: Candidates pledge to search for ‘waste, fraud and abuse’
Meg Whitman will “root out fraud” and “cut wasteful spending.” Carly Fiorina wants to eliminate “the billions of dollars of waste and bloat that sits…
Beyond the slogan, ‘Medicare for all’ vexes Democratic presidential candidates
As Democratic candidates leap into the presidential fray, many have latched onto a catchy political rallying cry: “Medicare for all.”But don’t assume they’re all talking…
US Threats Mean Canada Must Strengthen Military, Candidates Say
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessCanada must quickly ramp up its defense spending to reach the NATO target while also weaning itself off US-made equipment, argued contenders…
Media Advisory: OFL joins Thunder Bay ONDP candidates for a labour and community canvass to build the Ontario We Need
Article contentTHUNDER BAY, Ontario, Feb. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) President Laura Walton will be in Thunder Bay this weekend…
After angering both candidates, here’s what could happen to FBI Director James Comey post-election
Reporting from Washington — In the span of just 10 days, FBI Director James B. Comey managed to irk his current boss, upset two potential future…