Moderate Democrats are on a tear. Democrats are overperforming at the state level, with centrist candidates flipping one seat and coming close in another in special elections in deep red parts of Iowa ...

Progressives are vowing to run primary challenges against Democrats who do not do enough to stand up to President Trump and the GOP, an effort that is intensifying after Senate Minority Leader ...

Schimel will go head-to-head with liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. He has sought President Donald Trump's endorsement.

Ajmeri Hoque, a local defense attorney, is running unopposed for Franklin County Municipal Court. She would be the first Muslim judge in Ohio.

Activists stage a protest. A handful get arrested. They fundraise off the news coverage. ActBlue receives a cut of the proceeds, and the cycle repeats.

House Majority Forward's new billboards will attack Republicans over Medicaid and claim they want to give tax cuts to billionaires like Elon Musk.

Trump’s Department of Justice trying to replace judge who moved to block deportation flights: Live updates - President’s allies round on district court justice overseeing case of alleged Venezuelan ga ...

House lawmakers plan a pivotal vote on the proposal this week. Kemp has threatened to call a special session if it doesn't pass.

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Republicans and Democrats in the Connecticut legislature are divided over what to do with the state law that regulates how local and state police are allowed to interact with federal ICE ...