elections

S.C. Voters Strip Mayor of Power for Firing Popular Gay Police Chief

Adam Weinstein · 06/25/14 10:37AM

Amid last night's Beltway bluster over which conservative Republican would win a Deep South Senate seat, the media missed some pretty interesting local election results—like the South Carolina town that rallied to back a gay police chief and punish the mayor who fired her two months ago.

The GOP Will Try to Entice You With This Shitshow of an Ad

Adam Weinstein · 06/16/14 04:55PM

Is it trying to get you to associate the Republican Party with SportsCenter? Hoping you'll fall for a lovable anti-Clinton mascot costume? Trying to court nut producers for donations? Who knows? The point is: Reince Priebus wanted it, and it's in HD, so watch the damn turd.

Adam Weinstein · 05/20/14 11:59AM

According to a new poll, here are a list of qualities that would convince Americans not to vote for a candidate, from least to most offensive: used marijuana; is gay or lesbian; in their 70s; had an extramarital affair; has never held office; is an atheist.

Sarah Hedgecock · 05/15/14 02:35PM

Indian workers prepare sweets anticipating election victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party at its New Delhi headquarters on Thursday. Official results are expected on Friday, but exit polls by at least six TV stations show the BJP is likely to win enough seats to form a coalition government. Image via Manish Swarup/AP.

Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 01:11PM

Asked Sunday if he thinks he's ready to be president, Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) replies: "I do." Asked Sunday if he believes in human-caused climate change, Rubio replies: "I do not."

Sarah Hedgecock · 04/30/14 12:05PM

India's Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi displays the victory symbol to supporters after casting his vote in Ahmadabad, India, on Wednesday. Image via Ajit Solanki/AP.

Rick Scott Is the Dumbest Politician in the History of All Politicians

Adam Weinstein · 04/30/14 11:25AM

Say you're an embattled conservative governor in Florida. Say you want to go out and glad-hand with voters who hate Obamacare as much as you do. What's the stupidest place to do that? How about a senior center in South Florida, where Barack Obama won in 2012 by half a million votes?

Tea Party Senate Candidate Caught on Video Taking Church Donations

Adam Weinstein · 04/29/14 10:30AM

Mark Harris could win North Carolina's GOP Senate primary next Tuesday. If so, he may easily become the state's next U.S. senator. And he could do it all with sketchy "love offerings" from parishioners caught on tape passing the hat at the church where he's a pastor.

Hazel Cills · 04/05/14 07:55AM

A large turnout for the Afghan presidential election has led officials to extend the voting period on Saturday by an hour. The turnout comes despite Taliban threats against all participants involved in the election and militants carrying out fatal attacks on polling centers in recent days.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/25/13 10:30PM

Elections in Honduras have just gone dark: the electoral count came to an abrupt stop about sixty percent of the way through, the candidates have disappeared from public view, and election officials have been totally silent. Elections observers, who the AP says initially called the election "clean," now have no comment.

Lacey Donohue · 10/01/13 09:52PM

With 99% of precincts reporting, Tish James has been declared the winner of the Public Advocate runoff election in New York City. James—who has no Republican opponent—is expected to be the first African American woman to hold a citywide post.