Farmington, N.H., native Henry Wilson was elected to public office for the first time in 1840 when he won his bid to ...

EASTON — Macayla Cook, a West Deptford, New Jersey native recently hired as a reporter at The Star Democrat, is looking forward to telling stories on the Eastern Shore. You must be logged in to react.

Hunter (Woodruff County), circa 1910: The barrel structures contained a tobacco crop Robert “Bev” Terrill produced and sold to the American Tobacco Co. From the 1840s into the early 1900s, tobacco was ...

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An incumbent Democrat in North Carolina’s state legislature will seek reelection without support from the state’s Democratic governor. Gov. Josh Stein is endorsing Rodney Sadler in his campaign ...

WASHINGTON—Democrats enter the 2026 midterm campaigns hoping history is on their side, but confronting a Senate map that is not. Republicans regained control of the chamber in the 2024 elections and ...

Democrat Renee Hardman won a special election for state Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, preventing Republicans from regaining a supermajority in the chamber. Hardman, the ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a year-end special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber.

There's no denying the Democratic Party had a very good year at the ballot box. Fueled by their laser focus on affordability amid persistent inflation, Democrats scored decisive victories in last ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Democrat Renee Hardman defeated Republican Lucas Loftin by overwhelming margins to win an Iowa Senate seat, ...

Florida Democrats initially opposed a Republican-led push for congressional redistricting but now see a potential opportunity to win seats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has targeted ...

Democrat Gary Clemons, a South Louisville union leader and U.S. Army veteran, won Kentucky’s vacant Senate District 37 seat on Tuesday in a roughly 47.5‑point landslide, taking 72.6 percent of the ...