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

Battleground states: President

Battleground states: U.S. Senate

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In this March 9, 2009 file photo, The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters for the State Department, is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump appointment of junior official to oversee State Department personnel meets resistance

FILE -Central Valley Assembly members, Democrat Adam Gray, of Merced, center, and Republican Heath Flora of Ripon, right, confer during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE -Central Valley Assembly members, Democrat Adam Gray, of Merced, center, and Republican Heath Flora of Ripon, right, confer during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Unlikely battleground California plays key role -- again -- in setting US House’s political balance

Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November’s election: California would play a central role in determining which party controls the U.S. House. Indeed it did.

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Republican Austin Theriault ends recount, conceding to Democratic US Rep. Jared Golden

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana’s general election

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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Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem, from left, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green review and sign the official results of the November election while meeting as the Board of State Canvassers, at Ashcroft's office in Jefferson City, Missouri, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Sports betting wins narrow approval in Missouri after high-dollar campaign

Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting initiative passed with 50.05% support in the November election.

FILE - Pennsylvania Senate candidate Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., takes part in a debate at the WPVI-TV studio, Oct. 15, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Updated bulleted list - Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound. But there are also lingering doubts about whether it might be leaving the ranks of swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s.

FILE -Central Valley Assembly members, Democrat Adam Gray, of Merced, center, and Republican Heath Flora of Ripon, right, confer during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Democrat Adam Gray captures California’s 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte

Democrat Adam Gray has won election to a U.S. House seat representing California’s Central Valley, defeating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final House contest to be determined this year.

Republican Rylee Linting greets a voter as she campaigns hoping to unseat Democratic State Rep. Jaime Churches, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in Gibraltar, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Democrats lose trifecta in Michigan, hobbling Gov. Whitmer’s agenda

Michigan Democrats will lose their historic trifecta after Republicans gained a majority in the state House of Representatives.

North Carolina state Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, speaks while North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, listens at a news conference reviewing Tuesday's general election results at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina’s next governor could have a more potent veto with even a small Democratic gain

North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein’s veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper’s stamp has been recently, should the margin in a legislative district election hold.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump serves french fries as an employee looks on during a visit to McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

AP VoteCast: Voters who focused on the economy broke hard for Trump

President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class.

FILE - The West Virginia Capitol with its dome framed by turning sugar maples leaves is seen, Nov. 3, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. (Tom Hindman/The Daily Mail via AP, File)

GOP tightens its strong grip on the West Virginia Legislature, where women also lost seats

Republicans have tightened their hold on the West Virginia Legislature, notching election wins that will relegate Democrats to an even smaller fraction of the chamber’s 134 seats and giving themselves one of the country’s largest legislative supermajorities.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump attends the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump reverted to familiar playbook, sowing doubts about the voting until results showed him winning

President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies spent months seeding doubt in the integrity of American voting systems and priming supporters to expect a 2024 election riddled with massive and inevitable fraud.

Voters monitor results during an election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)

Ohio Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes wins reelection as Rep. Kaptur’s race remains too early to call

U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes has won reelection to a second term representing a northeast Ohio district targeted by Republicans, but fellow Democrat Marcy Kaptur’s race remains too early to call.

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)

AP PHOTOS: Donald Trump’s historic comeback campaign in pictures

Donald Trump’s decisive presidential victory this week caps a turbulent four years out of office for the Republican leader.

FILE - The Kentucky Capitol is seen, Jan. 14, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Republicans easily keep legislative supermajorities in Kentucky

Republicans will maintained their supermajorities in Kentucky’s Legislature when the new session begins in January. Suburban GOP incumbents won Tuesday’s election in neighborhoods that Democrats had targeted in hopes of capitalizing on Gov.

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

With Trump’s win, some women wonder: Will the US ever see a female president?

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president.

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win

Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump before he takes office in light of longstanding Justice Department protocol that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted.

South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Drew McKissick answers questions during a news conference about the 2024 election results at state party headquarters in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Republicans rack up another good election night in South Carolina

Just like the 12 other elections this century, it was a good night for Republicans in South Carolina. The GOP continues to gain seats almost 25 years after taking control of nearly the entire government.

FILE - Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, at East Carolina University, Oct. 13, 2024, in Greenville, N.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, File)

GOP candidate concedes race to Democratic US Rep Don Davis in NC’s 1st Congressional District

The Republican challenger has conceded after a close contest for North Carolina’s only toss-up congressional district. Laurie Buckhout issued a statement Wednesday morning congratulating incumbent first-term Democratic U.S. Rep.

FILE - The Wisconsin Capitol is seen, Oct. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

New maps help Wisconsin Democrats make legislative gains and set up a push for majorities in 2026

New legislative district boundaries didn’t pay off quite as well as Wisconsin Democrats hoped for in Tuesday’s elections. But they did help the party set up a push for the majority in 2026.

Wind turbines are silhouetted against the setting sun at the Spearville Wind Farm, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, near Spearville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change

The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate could undo many of the national climate policies that are most reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to climate solutions experts.When they list measures that are making t

Dr. Chelsea Daniels, who works in family medicine for Planned Parenthood, reacts after the defeat of Amendment 4, which would have enshrined abortion rights in the state, at a Yes On 4 campaign watch party on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Abortion rights amendment’s passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri

Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn’t resolve the issue. In Missouri, advocates are already asking a court to throw out abortion bans and other laws.

FILE - This photo provided by the State of Maine/Secretary of State shows the winning design of a flag contest, announced by Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, released by the state of Maine, Aug. 5, 2024. (State of Maine/Secretary of State via AP, File)

Mainers reject proposal to resurrect the state’s original flag

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Mainers were smitten by the state’s original flag during the 2020 bicentennial.

State Rep. Ryan Mackenzie speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

3 Pennsylvania congressional races still uncalled as Republicans fight to keep slim House majority

Three Pennsylvania races for the U.S. House remain uncalled by The Associated Press. That’s as vote counting continued Wednesday and Republicans fight to keep their slim majority in the U.S. House.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

4 ways Donald Trump’s election was historic

Donald Trump’s election victory was history-making in several respects even as his defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris prevented other firsts. She would have been the nation’s first Black and South Asian woman to be president.

FILE - Campaign signs are seen outside an early voting polling site at the Southeast Library in Nashville, Tenn., on Oct. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Republican supermajority unchanged in Tennessee Statehouse but Democrats don’t give up ground

Tennessee’s Republican legislative supermajority will remain unchanged after Democrats failed to flip seats in a handful of competitive races. But the minority party didn’t give up ground, either.

Stewart wins election as Alabama chief justice

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart has made history after becoming the first Republican woman elected as chief justice. Stewart on Tuesday defeated Montgomery Circuit Judge Greg Griffin, a Democrat from Montgomery, in the low-key election.

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