Elections

A Vermont town has rejected renovating a former schoolhouse built in 1879.

Voters in Weathersfield decided against financing the restoration of the brick portion of the village school and demolishing the more recently built wings, constructed in 1954 and 1969.

The Eagle Times reports the school has remained vacant since 2008 when the district voted t

o consolidate its kindergarten to eighth-grade students into one upgraded building in Ascutney.

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A long-time observer of Vermont politics says the 2012 election results show the state's Republican party is in disarray, and that a big infusion of super PAC money had no effect.

Garrison Nelson, a professor of political science at the University of Vermont, says the Vermont GOP has made a series of strategic blunders in the past tw

Two years ago, Republicans swept Democrats into a small minority in New Hampshire's state Senate and House, but the results of Tuesday's election have flipped that around.

House Democratic Leader Terie Norelli said Wednesday preliminary counts show Democrats won 217 House seats to 177 by Republicans with six races still to be decided. She said even if Republicans win all six, Democrats will be in the majority again. That is at least a 115-seat gain since Democrats only control 102 seats now out of 400.

Known for its first-in-the-nation presidential primary, New Hampshire now also will be the first state with an all-female congressional delegation.

Democrats Carol Shea-Porter and Ann McLane Kuster defeated Republican incumbents Tuesday to claim the state's two House seats. They'll join Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics, says New Hampshire's achievement is no surprise, given its history.