Primary Elections

Wasn't the purpose of political primaries to take the process out of the hands of big city bosses and to allow the citizenry of each state to choose their nominees?

The final 61 to 39 percent vote margin was more than expected -- especially in a blue-trending state when the national trend is towards accepting gay marriage. So what happened in North Carolina?

Dwindling state revenues and new federal election laws are among the reasons states have been changing the dates of primary elections in 2012. As more...

A series of disputes is likely to send voters in two states to the polls more than once for 2012 party primaries. An impasse among Ohio legislator...

New Hampshire Republicans are spending big (more than $9.5 million per the AP) to retain the seat of U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg. Former State Attorney Gene...

Tonight's Delaware GOP Senate primary will be a race to watch closely. A new poll shows that the contest between Us. Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del) and T...

Polling stations are open in seven states and the District of Columbia Tuesday, as voters head to cast ballots in the last big wave of primary electio...

It doesn't take a doctor to look around and see that our body politic is not healthy. We've been gorging on too much corporate cash, and special inte...

Never mess with a woman from the Big Apple. Residents of Long Island learned this firsthand in 2005, when Kathleen Rice stunned the political world a...

While most analysis of immigration politics has focused on Arizona lately, both parties should take note of the results of last Tuesday’s gubern...

If people cast their ballots only for local measures, that would send a whopping-loud message to the folks in state and national races that you've tuned them out, but that you still believe in the political process.

Public Policy Polling (D) 8/21-22/10; 304 likely Republican Primary voters, 5.6% margin of error 324 likely Democratic primary voters, 5.4% margin of ...

Mason-Dixon for the Miami Herald, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Florida Gannett Newspapers and the Florida NBC televi...

Ipsos for the Miami Herald, St. Petersburg Times, BayNews9, and Central Florida News 13 8/6-10/10; 602 registered voters, 4% margin of error 275 regis...

Feldman Group (D) for Kendrick Meek 8/9-11/10; 800 likely Democratic primary voters, 3.5% margin of error Mode: Live telephone interviews (Kendrick M...

Mason-Dixon for Leadership Florida and the Florida Press Association 8/9-11/10; 400 likely Republican Primary voters, 5% margin of error 625 likely ge...

Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein went on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning to discuss last night's midterm election primary results, which ...

WASHINGTON — Appointed Sen. Michael Bennet won the Democratic nomination to a full term in Colorado Tuesday night, overcoming a fierce primary c...

Polling critics are fast to point out when polls get it wrong, so let us point out an instance of the polls getting it right. In Tuesday night's Georg...

(AP/Huffington Post) -- Mark the first round down, shakily, for Republican incumbents and party establishment favorites. Tea party-backed challengers...

As several states with active "tea party" groups prepare to hold important primary elections this month, the movement is struggling to overcome accusa...

The story of last evening's primary elections was the success of female candidates. All five of these women are parents and I bet all five have important stories to tell and examples to set about work life balance.

Much of the "horse race" coverage of the yesterday's primaries has failed to focus on three key lessons that have important implications for the direction of American politics and the elections this fall.