Thousands of protesters have gathered in Ivory Coast’s capital Abidjan to demand the reinstatement on the electoral list of main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, who was ...

State Rep. Melissa Hortman, the House’s Democratic leader and former speaker, was shot to death early Saturday.

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In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why. Recounts are not automatic in Wisconsin, but a trailing candidate may request one if the winning vote ...

Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Election night in the United States is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, except that only one piece ...

One question will be asked over and over on election night: Who won? The Associated Press will answer that question for nearly 5,000 contested races across the United States and up and down the ...

Interestingly enough, most outlets will wait for AP to call the election before they run their own stories. But why is that? Here is a quick explanation of why the AP calls races for most media ...

The AP has compiled vote results and declared winners in elections for more than 170 years, filling what could otherwise be a critical information void of up to a month between Election Day and ...

You are tracking thousands of competitive races again this year, as the AP has done so many times before, and you all have what I think is a terrific expression for what you do on election night ...

In the lead up to Nov. 5th, David Scott, the AP vice president who oversees our elections operation, explains how AP calls races every election cycle and the detailed process we follow to declare ...

Some, like The Washington Post, use the AP for the vast majority of races, but for select races also use data from other nonpartisan organizations, such as Edison Research, and their own election ...