elections

The Republican primary in New York's 21st Congressional District is shaping up to reflect the tension within the party — political outsider Anthony Constantino is facing establishment State Assemblyman Robert Smullen.

Robert Smullen and Anthony Constantino have been trading barbs in a vicious Republican primary campaign in New York's 21st Congressional District.

To secure the Democratic line in the New York 21st Congressional District race on the November ballot, Blake Gendebien needs to defeat Lake Placid businessman Stuart Amoriell in the June 23 primary.

Lake Placid entrepreneur Stuart Amoriell says his Congressional campaign is about pushing for a “just and compassionate immigration policy,” but he has also made affordability a key focus.

U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, from New York City, and Pat Ryan, from the Hudson Valley, traveled outside their districts for a town hall at Glens Falls’ Charles R. Wood Theater. The move came as Democrats seek to flip the North County seat currently held by outgoing Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Democrat Becca Balint held a cordial town hall meeting in Montpelier Tuesday evening — the same day Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was attacked at a similar event.

Tuesday’s elections featured plenty of incumbent mayors sticking around in western Massachusetts – though just barely in Northampton. And in Easthampton, with no incumbent on the ballot, voters picked the city’s 4th mayor in 30 years.

It's Election Day, and in Albany voters are making their way to polling sites to decide on their next mayor. WAMC visited one voting site Tuesday to ask residents what issues are influencing their choices.

At a time when Democrats and Republicans are failing to find ways to cooperate at the local, regional and national levels of government, a rural community is experiencing a surge of bi-partisanship.

Vermont’s Secretary of State has issued a scathing criticism of an executive order on elections by President Donald Trump.