Federal judges will weigh a request to require Alabama to submit its next congressional map for preclearance. The request is being made in a long-running lawsuit over Alabama's congressional ...

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including redistricting and campaign ...

A new lawsuit challenges Wisconsin's congressional district maps, claiming they are unconstitutional due to anti-competitive gerrymandering.

Democrat Josh Cowen, an education policy professor at Michigan State, launched a campaign for the U.S. House, aiming to take ...

The Michigan State University professor is running for the Democratic nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett next year.

In Nebraska, Dan Osborn, an independent candidate who held Sen. Deb Fischer (R) to a single-digit win last year, announced he’d challenge Sen. Pete Ricketts (R).— Though Ricketts should be more ...

Jocelyn Benson’s Department of State credits its educational campaigns and election reforms. But there’s likely more to the ...

Detroit elects seven of its nine City Council members from districts. Twenty individuals are seeking those seven seats in the ...