Election 2024

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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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Students help put away supplies at the end of a reading and writing lesson at the Head Start program run by Easterseals, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to cut teacher-training money, for now

This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

Federal appeals judges try to untangle litigation over pending North Carolina court election

A federal appeals panel has heard arguments involving a still-unresolved November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. Three judges on the 4th U.S.

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North Carolina Supreme Court passing for now on ruling if ballots in close race are valid

Pennsylvania row officers are sworn in, marking the first time Republicans hold all 3 offices

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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This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs. (Roger Winstead/North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

More legal briefs sought in unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election

A federal appeals court has agreed to hear more arguments involving a close election in November for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 27 and briefing deadlines.

This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)

North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats

North Carolina’s Supreme Court has blocked the certification of a November election result for one of the seats on its court so it can review legal arguments by a trailing candidate.

Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control

North Carolina General Assembly elections have been finalized and confirm that Republicans have lost their veto-proof control of the legislature after nearly two years.

College student Jimena Sanchez, right, who studies children's development works as a part-time cashier earning minimum wage at a family store, in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California voters reject measure that would have raised minimum wage to nation-high $18 per hour

California voters have rejected a measure on the November ballot that would have raised the minimum wage for most workers to $18 an hour. The rate would have been on par with Hawaii and the highest statewide minimum wage in the country.

Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed concedes the election to challenger Daniel Lurie during a news conference at City Hall on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in San Francisco. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

San Francisco Mayor London Breed loses reelection to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has lost her reelection race to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie. The Associated Press called the race Tuesday. Breed already conceded the race to Lurie, and pledged a smooth transition for the incoming mayor.

A recount will happen in the extremely close race for a North Carolina court seat

The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin sent the request before a midday Tuesday deadline.

Robert Hopkins of Lehigh County Voter Registration, works with ballot tabulators in a state-mandated recount of the U.S. Senate race at the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)

A battle over mail ballots in Pennsylvania is latest example of messy disputes over election rules

The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.

Out-of-state ballots that the U.S. Postal Service delivered to the Cascade County elections office in Great Falls, Mont., are seen on Nov. 7, 2024 (Joee Taylor/NonStop Local)

Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

The Associated Press has found numerous instances of completed mail ballots from around the country being sent to election offices in the wrong state.

Democrat keeps slight lead for North Carolina Supreme Court as counties finish count

The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at the Kingston Armory in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pennsylvania’s high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race

Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court is weighing in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick.

Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has conceded defeat in the race narrowly won by Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, saying he will not pursue a recount.

Democratic North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Josh Stein applauds supporters during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Grant Halverson)

North Carolina Democrats find electoral success further down the ballot and hope to build on it

Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election. But their party succeeded with significant state down-ballot victories that builds them hope for the next cycle.

Voters wait in a long line at a polling place at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom

The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest. Conventional political wisdom was that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote.

FILE - President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)

The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves

Some have called it the “super year” for elections. And whether on the left or the right, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters.

Minnesota election judge charged with 2 felonies for allegedly letting 11 unregistered people vote

A man who served as a head election judge in a Minnesota township has been charged with two felony counts for allegedly letting 11 people vote even though they weren’t registered.

Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Kamala Harris raised $1 billion-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors

Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party’s prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss to Donald Trump, but the vice president is still pushing donors for more money after the election.

Mara Russo, a bartender at Murph's Tavern in Totowa, N.J., speaks about why she supported President-elect Donald Trump in 2024. Totowa, in suburban New York's Passaic County, went for a Republican for president for the first time since 1992. (AP photo/Mike Catalini)

From New Jersey to Hawaii, Trump made inroads in surprising places in his path to the White House

Donald Trump made inroads in surprising places this election year in his path to the White House. From the suburbs of New Jersey to Rep.

House Republican leaders, from left, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, arrive to tout Republican wins and meet with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Congress returns to work this week to begin what is known as a lame-duck session — that period between Election Day and the end of the two-year congressional term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House elections produced a stalemate. Can Republicans figure out how to work with a thin majority?

After one of the most chaotic and least productive U.S. House sessions in modern history, voters made a surprising choice in elections — they overwhelmingly stuck with the status quo. Republicans will hold onto a thin majority in the House.

FILE - Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, fields a question from the media Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2024, during a press conference at his campaign office in Lewiston, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP, File)

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins through Maine’s ranked choice voting

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden has won reelection to Congress. Friday’s outcome marks the third time Golden has won thanks to the lesser choices of some voters under Maine’s ranked choice system.

Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., waves to the crowd as he leaves the stage his wife Sydney Gallego after speaking during a watch party on election night Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Ruben Gallego did better than most Democrats. He says his party needs to stoke working class roots

Incoming Democratic Senator-elect Ruben Gallego of Arizona says building authentic connections with working-class voters can help Democrats find their way back to power in Washington. Gallego did better than other Democrats in this month’s election.

North Carolina court race is extremely close as counties complete election tallies

With about 90 of the state’s 100 counties finished counting, Associate Justice Allison Riggs, a registered Democrat, and Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin were essentially even among the over 5.5 million votes cast in their race. On election night, Griffin, a Court of Appeals judge, led by rou

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs rallies a crowd of about 75 volunteers ahead of their canvass in a competitive north Phoenix state legislative district on Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sejal Govindarao)

Heftier GOP majorities in Arizona Legislature could imperil Democratic governor’s agenda

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs had hoped fellow Democrats would make enough gains during this month’s election to flip one or both chambers of a state Legislature that Republicans narrowly controlled, easing the path for her policy agenda ahead of a 2026 reelection campaign.

Young Trump supporters gather outside Ridley High School before Elon Musk leads a America PAC Town Hall in Delaware County, Pa., at Ridley High School on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Trump won more young voters, but many don’t agree with him on issues: AP VoteCast

Young voters swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but according to AP VoteCast, they’re not the staunchly conservative base that he’s relied on in the past. That could create challenges.

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