Local Election News
PENN YAN — The Yates County Legislature appointed Rob Schwarting the Republican commissioner of the county Board of Elections during a special meeting Monday.
WATERLOO — For the first time, a new state law will allow Seneca County voters to cast their ballot nine days before the general election date of Nov. 5 this fall.
ROMULUS — It’s often said that politics can make strange bedfellows.
GENEVA — Congressman Tom Reed, R-23 of Corning, has announced he is endorsing Mark Salvatore Pitifer for Geneva mayor.
WATERLOO — Waterloo Democrats met in caucus Monday and selected candidates for the general election in November.
ROMULUS — Corning Republican Tom Reed is prepping to defend his 23rd Congressional District seat against the yet-to-be-determined Democratic candidate, but he might have to get through a prima…
SENECA FALLS — More than 100 Democrats met in caucus July 16 to help select a full slate of candidates for the fall town elections.
SYRACUSE — Republican Congressman John Katko kicked off his re-election campaign for the 24th House seat last week by announcing that he had raised a record amount in a non-election year quarter.
WATERLOO — The town’s 1,327 enrolled Democrats are eligible to participate in a July 22 party caucus. The goal of the 7 p.m. session: to select candidates for the November general election.
WATERLOO — John Nabinger, winner of a hard-fought June 25 Republican Party primary election for Seneca County district attorney, raised $27,987.20 and spent $14,585.30 on his campaign.
CANANDAIGUA — Geneva City Court judge candidate Bill Hart, who won the Democratic primary on June 25, has now gained the Republican line as well, defeating opponent and longtime friend Lisa To…
CANANDAIGUA — Let the campaigning begin.
WATERLOO — Christopher Folk will need a dominant showing when absentee ballots are counted if he is to overturn his deficit in the Republican Party primary for Seneca County district attorney.
Democrat Bill Hart and Republican John Nabinger were the unofficial winners in Tuesday’s primary election.
WATERLOO — The Seneca County race gaining the most attention in Tuesday’s statewide primary election is district attorney hopefuls John Nabinger and Christopher Folk vying for the Republican l…
GENEVA — One could safely conclude that the primary race Tuesday between Lisa Toole and Bill Hart for Geneva City Court is no ordinary election.
FAYETTE — After months of discussion, the Town Board voted 3-2 Thursday to defeat a motion that would have allowed town voters to decide if the highway superintendent position should become an…
National Election News
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press c…
KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) — The question was about climate change. The answer soon turned to the Bible.
MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A city council candidate in Michigan said Friday she has no plans to end her campaign after shocking a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white…
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Tate Reeves was a 29-year-old banker and political novice when he won his first statewide office in Mississippi in 2003. After two terms as treasurer and the n…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rank-and-file Democrats appear to be shifting to the middle on health care, worried about what's politically achievable on their party's top 2020 issue.
The dialysis industry spent about $2.5 million in California on lobbying and campaign contributions in the first half of this year in its ongoing battle to thwart regulation, according to a Ca…
PROLE, Iowa (AP) — Campaigning under the stifling August sun, Joe Biden assailed President Donald Trump's trade war with China, accusing him of squandering a strong economy and putting America…
SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has promised to win the California presidential primary in March, but home-state Sen. Kamala Harris is defending her turf — putting the two on a co…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has ended his climate change-focused 2020 presidential bid, announced Thursday that he'll seek a third term as governor.
ROME (AP) — Matteo Salvini slipped the rosary out of his pocket right before Premier Giuseppe Conte began his speech to Parliament. He took it out and kissed it again midway through the addres…
DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right t…
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a story on Aug. 20 about Afghanistan, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a report about the ongoing conflict to the U.S. government's Special Inspector Ge…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and his 2020 presidential bid (all times local):
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces he's ending 2020 Democratic presidential bid, saying it's become clear he won't win.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's branding of American Jews who vote for Democrats as "disloyal" to their religion and Israel prompted alarms of anti-Semitism. But his ultimate aim ap…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrats vowed last year to make Republican Sen. Susan Collins pay for her vote confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Republicans declared they would have he…
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PHOENIX (AP) — If former major league pitcher Curt Schilling runs for Congress in Arizona, he said it might be for Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O'Halleran's seat.
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