Election 2024

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Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton will headline the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night.

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AP VoteCast: How Americans voted in 2020, and what it could mean for 2024

As Election Day draws nearer, Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to maintain the racially diverse coalition of voters who were driven four years ago by fierce opposition to Donald Trump and anxiety over a surging, deadly pandemic.

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Yes, voter fraud happens. But it’s rare and election offices have safeguards to catch it

Florida will vote on marijuana, abortion in an election that will test GOP’s dominance

A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here’s how we got here

Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growth

Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day

Here’s what to watch on Election Day in the US

Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says

A look at the weather expected in battleground states on Election Day

In dash across Michigan, Harris contrasts optimism with Trump’s rhetoric without uttering his name

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters after delivering remarks at a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Harris won’t say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reforms

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Battleground states: U.S. Senate

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Jenna Norton ,who works as a researcher at the NIH, poses for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Bethesda, Md., Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. which contains the state Supreme Court chamber, is shown before sunrise on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. which contains the state Supreme Court chamber, is shown before sunrise on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

A court ruling could tip the majority to Republicans in the Minnesota House

Minnesota House Republicans could start the 2025 legislative session in the majority after a judge ruled that a Democratic candidate didn’t meet the residency requirements for his suburban district.

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Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race

A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race

One of the last undecided 2024 races is going to court

The election for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court is one of the last unresolved 2024 races in the country. One voter whose ballot has been challenged calls it “tantrum politics.” (AP video/Allen Breed)

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Kamala Harris to oversee certifying her 2024 election loss to Donald Trump

Next steps for Trump’s White House return involve Harris helping certify her election loss

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FILE - Morning light strikes the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)

Republicans gain temporary control of Minnesota House after Democrat decides not to appeal ruling

Republicans will start off the year with at least a temporary majority in the Minnesota House. Democrat Curtis Johnson announced Friday he would not appeal a judge’s decision that he failed to establish residency in the district he was elected to represent.

Members of Wisconsin's Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

Wisconsin Republicans will cast electoral votes for Trump in line with federal, not state, law

Wisconsin Republicans will meet on Tuesday as required under federal law to cast the state’s Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump, not a day earlier as state law calls for.

North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs speaks to reporters after the State Board of Elections dismissed protests filed by her Republican opponent in last month's court election and by three GOP legislative candidates on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

North Carolina’s elections board has dismissed protests filed by several Republican candidates trailing narrowly in their races last month who have questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.

FILE - Candidates for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District, Jeff Hurd and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., shake hands as Hurd's daughter, Gabriella Hurd, looks on, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Towaoc, Colo. (AP Photo/Jerry McBride)

Republican Jeff Hurd wins Colorado US House seat in Lauren Boebert’s old district

Republican Jeff Hurd has won the U.S. House seat in Colorado that Rep. Lauren Boebert left. Hurd’s victory fulfills the congresswoman’s hope that her mid-election departure from the race would make it easier for a different Republican to retain the seat after she nearly lost it in 2022.

FILE - President Donald Trump talks with then California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December to help safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency.

FILE - Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy is seen Feb. 18, 2021, in Bellaire, Mich. (John L. Russell/The Detroit News via AP, File)

Michigan official at the center of 2020 election controversy loses write-in campaign

A high-profile election official in Michigan has lost a write-in campaign to keep her job. Sheryl Guy has been the clerk in Antrim County, the cradle for unfounded election conspiracy theories back in 2020.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., talks about her victory over Republican challenger Eric Hovde Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledges to work with Trump and calls for less division

Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump when possible in her victory speech, but also vowed to fight him to protect the national health care law and abortion rights.

FILE - State Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Eugene, speaks during a legislative forum at the Capitol in Salem, Ore., Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Freshman Democrat Val Hoyle wins reelection to US House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District

Democrat Val Hoyle has won reelection to the U.S. House in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

Donald Trump won the presidency after holding tight to his core base of voters and slightly expanding his coalition to include several groups that have traditionally been a part of the Democratic base.

FILE — A group of protesters burn pictures of then-U.S. President Donald Trump, top, and then-President-elect Joe Biden in a gathering in front of Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

For many Iranians, Trump’s return intensifies worries about war. Yet some see reasons for hope

Iranians are divided on what Donald Trump’s next presidency will bring: Some foresee an all-out war between Tehran and Washington, particularly as other conflicts rage in the region.

FILE - President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Trump’s second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders

Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says that Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values.

President Joe Biden after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden gets blamed by Harris allies for the vice president’s resounding loss to Trump

Joe Biden’s name wasn’t on the ballot, but history will likely remember Vice President Kamala Harris’ resounding defeat as his loss, too.

US--Election 2024-SD-U.S. House-1, CORRECTIVE

In a story published Nov. 5, 2024, about Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson winning reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Dakota, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Johnson served on the South Dakota Public Service Commission.

Supporters look on as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP PHOTOS: Harris supporters show range of emotions as she gives concession speech

Many held up cellphones and appeared to be recording history as Harris told them she had lost her race against Trump. When Harris took the stage at her alma mater, she saw a sea of America flags and serious faces.

Voters line up outside the Gallatin County Courthouse on Election Day in Bozeman, Mont., on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino)

Free pizza and a DJ help defrost Montana voters lined up until 4 a.m. in the snow to vote

Waiting to vote tested the willpower of hundreds of people in an hourslong line that stretched outside a county courthouse in a Montana town. Polls closed at 8 p.m. in Bozeman, Montana, but the last ballot wasn’t cast until 4 a.m.

Colorado postal carrier and a friend accused of forging stolen mail ballots to test voting security

A postal worker and her friend have been arrested in connection with the forging of stolen mail ballots in Colorado in an alleged attempt to test the security of the state’s voting system.

FILE - In this Saturday, June 29, 2019, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

China is bracing for fresh tensions with Trump over trade, tech and Taiwan

Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump waves after speaking at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda

The majority in the U.S. House hangs in balance. It was teetering Wednesday between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda.

Voters cast their ballots at the Your Vote Center in the Andalucia Shopping Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Gino Gutierrez/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Democrats retain hold on New Mexico despite shifting support for Republicans

Democrats may have retained their hold on New Mexico with wins in every congressional race and the presidential contest, but shrinking margins of victory show voter support is shifting toward Republicans across much of the state.

Democrats gain another statewide position in North Carolina with Rachel Hunt victory

The group of North Carolina elected executive branch positions known as the Council of State will have equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans come January.

A voter exits the polling station on Election Day at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex's Caribbean Marketplace in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP)

FACT FOCUS: A multimillion vote gap between 2020 and 2024 fuels false election narratives

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States, social media users began pushing two conflicting narratives of election fraud.

Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers discusses the medical marijuana company's product and packaging safety standards at an event in support of Amendment 3, a ballot initiative which would legalize the recreational use of pot in Florida for adults 21 years old and older, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, at a Trulieve medical cannabis dispensary in Hallendale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trio of ballot failures leads marijuana backers to refocus their efforts for recreational weed

The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance. After expanding from zero states to 24 states over the past dozen years, there will be no new states added this year to the list of those allowing recreational marijuana.

Sheron Campbell wears a Kamala Harris shirt while voting on Election Day in Oakland, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

AP VoteCast takeaways: Gender voting gap was unremarkable compared with recent history

If women alone had voted, Donald Trump would have lost the presidential election decisively. Men were more likely than women to support President-elect Trump, but in the end, the gender voting gap was unremarkable by historical standards.

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