The primary election to fill the vacant seat left by the passing of Rep. Raul Grijalva is Tuesday, July 15. Grijalva died in March following a cancer battle. There are nearly a dozen candidates running for the position.

Seven candidates were running in a special election for Ward 8 of the Washington, D.C. City Council on July 15 but only four received significant media coverage and will be on the ballot: Salim Adofo , Mike Austin , Sheila Bunn and Trayon White.

Five Democrats and two Republicans are already vying in the race for the seat left open by Chris Pappas's decision to run for U.S. Senate.

Candidates will officially begin qualifying today for the upcoming fall election in New Orleans, with the process running through Friday.

Officials are calling voter turnout “miserably low” in the Democratic runoff for the Georgia Public Service Commission

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former Councilmember Trayon White, who was expelled from office in February following his 2024 arrest in a federal corruption probe. Among the candidates to replace White on the council is White himself.

Lesli Harris, New Orleans Councilmember for District B, Chelsey Richard Napoleon, Civil District Court Clerk and Dwight McKenna, Orleans Parish Coroner and New Orleans all ran unopposed.

With State Senator Royce Duplessis qualifying on Thursday, the race for New Orleans mayor now includes eight candidates.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves set special elections on Nov. 4 to replace outgoing Democratic senators John Horhn, David Jordan and House Rep. Orlando Paden.

Early voting has begun for the U.S. Congressional District 7 Special Primary Election. This election is being held to fill the seat left vacant after Congressman