Elections are the cornerstone of a functioning democracy, and the 2026 election cycle is already underway with several closely watched races across the country. In less than two weeks, voters in ...

Follow WTOP’s team coverage of the D.C. primary and Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. D.C.’s June primary election may be the District’s most consequential in decades.

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Nine candidates for governor debate at an Augusta event hosted by the Maine Primary Care Association on March 18. Credit: Benjamin Kail / BDN Our political journalists are based in the Maine State ...

Wearing a superhero costume, actor and filmmaker DezBaa’ emerged from the voting booth Friday afternoon after casting a ballot in the crowded Santa Fe mayor’s race. She’d done her homework. She’d ...

The nonprofit group Ranked Choice Voting for Longmont, co-founded by University of Colorado Boulder student Dillon Rankin and former Longmont City Council at-large candidate John Lembke, held its ...

Noah Simmons remained on the air during a tornado warning in Fort Smith when a lamp in the studio caught fire. He kept his ...

The Minneapolis and St. Paul 2025 municipal elections are here. Here’s how to vote, check your registration and see a sample ballot. Both cities employ ranked-choice voting, sometimes known as instant ...

While most voters are familiar with the single-choice voting method used in statewide races, there is still some confusion about ranked choice voting. Five cities — Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, ...