iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

New York Primary

GOP Conservatives Deal Gay Rights a Setback in New York Primary

Dan Collins | Posted 11.17.2012 | New York
Dan Collins

The primary elections for state legislature turned into a referendum, of sorts, on same-sex marriage. I'm sorry to say that gay rights had a bad day.

Rangel Holds On To Democratic Nomination

Reuters | Posted 06.27.2012 | Politics

* Veteran House member has represented Harlem since 1971 * Rangel was censured in 2010 for ethics violations (Recasts with Rangel's...

Rangel Fends Off Challengers To Win NY Primary

Reuters | Posted 08.26.2012 | New York

* Rangel has represented New York's Harlem since 1971 * Rangel was censured in 2010 for ethics violations * Utah's Senat...

WATCH: Does Anyone Know About Today's Primaries?

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 06.26.2012 | New York

There's an election today. Didn't you know? You probably didn't. Nobody faults you for that. You for some reason know that Mitt Romney's wife dress...

New York's Stealth Primary Puts Congress in Spotlight

Dan Collins | Posted 08.25.2012 | New York
Dan Collins

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?)

Romney Builds On Massive Delegate Lead

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney added to his big lead in the race for convention delegates Tuesday with a five-state sweep of...

Romney Wins Big On Primary Night

AP | DAVID ESPO and KASIE HUNT | Posted 06.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney laid claim to the fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumph...

Mitt Romney To Push 'Fairness' In Primary Night Speech

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 04.25.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential nomination race is effectively over, and Mitt Romney is using the occasion of five state primaries to offici...

Romney Looking Beyond Primary Day

Posted 04.24.2012 | Politics

By KASIE HUNT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney is all but certain to sweep Tuesday's five presidential primaries, marking a ne...

Trivial Issues Fly In 2012

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 04.23.2012 | Politics

-- These are the dog days of the presidential race, so to speak. The candidates are virtually decided, the political conventions still way off and t...

John Celock

States Play Musical Chairs With Calendar

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

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...

Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
NYCity News Service

"The majority of my friends who are voting for Obama can't give me any substantive reason as to why they are voting for him," she said.

CHAOS! New Voting Machines Cause 'Royal Screw-Up' In NY Primary

AP | SARA KUGLER FRAZIER | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — In New York, the last state to comply with a federal law calling for simpler voting, the switch to a fill-in-the-dot ballot fed into ...

Vote of Consciousness

Honey Seltzer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Honey Seltzer

Seven years in this building had prepared me for the task in front of me. I picked up the pen and performed the adult civic duty it was my right, privilege and responsibility to perform.

Can GOP Sink Any Lower Than Carl Paladino? Nah.

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Dan Collins

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.

New Voting Machines: Report from the Trenches

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
David A. Singer

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.

Key Primaries In New York, Delaware, New Hampshire

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Virtually unknown a month ago, Christine O'Donnell rode a surge of support from tea party activists to victory in Delaware's Republ...

Your All-Purpose Guide to New York's Primary Election

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Dan Collins

Next Tuesday, we vote. Here's a look at the contenders and pretenders in both parties.

Primary Turnout So Low, May Have Set A Modern Record

New York Times | SAM ROBERTS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Though official records are incomplete, it appears that the turnout in Tuesday's Democratic primary was the lowest in modern New York City history. D...

Guide For The Last Minute (Primary) Voter

Gotham Gazette | Gotham Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Who's running for what in the Sept. 15 primary? Our comprehensive guide to the election, with information on contests, candidates, how to vote -- and ...

New York's Digitized Dems Can Take Over City Council Sept. 15

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Diane Francis

Obama supporters -- about one million registered Democrats -- can vote in next Tuesday's local primary election, and only a tiny fraction of this number could swing the results.

Rangel To Obama: Butt Out Of New York Senate Race

New York Daily News | By Michael Saul | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Rep. Charles Rangel defended colleague Carolyn Maloney's right to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and lashed out anew at President Obama for butting i...

NOM Vows To Defeat Pro-Gay GOPers In NY Primary

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

With same-sex marriage still hanging in the balance in a paralyzed New York State Senate, the anti-marriage National Organization for Marriage is prom...

Starbucks In His Eyes For Obama

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
NYCity News Service

Surrounded by campaign materials and holed up with his laptop and overactive cell phone in a corner of the Starbucks, Gregg Ross carefully coordinated volunteers for Barack Obama Tuesday morning.

Clinton and Obama Supporters Scramble for Last Minute NY Support

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
NYCity News Service

click image for audio slideshow On Saturday afternoon, Barack Obama supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge shouting the sena...