What about the other sixty races of NYC 2013? There's a tremendous amount of power up for grabs in races not for Mayor and we mustn't forget about them.
ALBANY -- New York's consistently low voter turnout and the Election Day problems superstorm Sandy caused have sparked a drive by Democrats to make Ne...
By Julie Shapiro, Jill Colvin NEW YORK CITY — Voters reelected President Barack Obama to the White House Tuesday after a hotly contested campaign...
New York, are you ready to vote? Here's what you need to know about voting in your state on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The closing tim...
WASHINGTON -- Some New York voters who requested absentee ballots may receive them late because the New York City Board of Elections faces a backlog o...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York state's congressional elections are testing the staying power of Republicans who rode a tea party wave to a House majority tw...
Two Republican state senators who provided pivotal votes to legalize same-sex marriage last year fought opponents to a standstill on Thursday in prima...
It’s Election Day in New York next Thursday! But instead of a titanic battle between ideologies–your Mitt Romneys vs. Barack Obamas, if you will...
* Veteran House member has represented Harlem since 1971 * Rangel was censured in 2010 for ethics violations (Recasts with Rangel's...
Tuesday is primary day for New York. Surprised? This is the second of three state primary dates. Mitt Romney won the presidential primary in April. (What? You didn't hear about that either?)
Every vote is equal. The "afflicted" can catch up to the "comfortable." We just need to reform our 20th century, tired ideas -- and the leaders who perpetuate them.
The Election Commissioners' Association is looking to move the date of New York State's primary contests from September to June. The ECA recently w...
The city's Board of Elections routinely reminds New Yorkers that the election night vote count is unofficial and preliminary. Still, the difference i...
Failed New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino brought a strange companion to his concession speech Tuesday night -- its name was Louisville Sl...
New York Republicans have nominated a man to sit at the top of their ticket who has a history of sending obscene and racist e-mails to his "friends." At least one of these e-mails used the n-word.
I just returned from voting in the primary election -- for the first time using the new, federally mandated, three-step paper ballot optical scanner vote counting device.
In the September primary, civic-minded New Yorkers will be greeted with new ballots and voting machines. The familiar quaint curtains and squeaky leve...
We discuss: Hillary Clinton in Pakistan -- did she say the wrong things? Consumer spending -- did we save the banks at the expense of the people? And the 2009 elections -- what are the implications?
The president's Achilles heel is his need to present an image always above the fray. Our brilliant Obama loves his self image too much.
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More people went to the ballpark over the weekend to watch the Yankees play the Red Sox than are likely to elect New York's next chief money man on Tu...
The real estate market is reeling but that has not stopped the industry from doling out $2.5 million to candidate for citywide office this year and mo...
During the past few months, these papers have provided ongoing coverage of the various candidates vying for office this fall, as well as overviews of ...
