Most Latin American presidential systems have runoff elections if the first place candidate fails to meet a legal threshold. However, Mexico is not one of them, important when considering that three of the last four presidential elections resulted in winners with less than half of the vote. The 2000 election ended the PRI’s 74 years […] Read more
Seventeen states whose elections were won by President Donald Trump told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s bid to file a lawsuit that could effectively reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s projected Electoral College victory. The filing backing Paxton by those states came a day after he asked the Supreme Court for permission […] Read more
The three incumbents running to keep their seats on Newport News City Council won re-election Tuesday. Of the three races, the one in the Central District was closest, with Councilwoman Pat Woodbury defeating Cleon Long by 75 votes, according to complete, unofficial election results posted by the Virginia Department of Elections. The department reported: […] Read more
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, was convicted Friday of lying to Congress and witness tampering as part of an effort to hide his contacts with WikiLeaks during the 2016 presidential election. Stone, a self-described political trickster, was convicted of all seven criminal counts that he faced at his trial […] Read more
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is joining the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, expanding an already jammed field less than three months before nominating contests start. Patrick announced his candidacy Thursday morning in a video posted to YouTube. “So in a spirit of profound gratitude for all the country has given to me, and with a […] Read more
