Elections

President Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”

A voter in Milford, New Hampshire, missed out on approving the town’s $19 million operating budget, electing a cemetery trustee and buying a new dump truck. In Durham, an 18-year-old high school student did not get a say in who should serve on the school board or whether $125,000 should go toward replacing artificial turf on athletic fields. Neither was…

Smartmatic settled a related defamation lawsuit in April against One America News for an undisclosed sum.

A new challenger to Michelle Wu announced his candidacy for Boston mayor Monday, with another reportedly interested in joining the race, according to reports.

Connecticut Republican leaders have requested a federal investigation into the integrity of the state’s electoral system, citing alleged election crimes in Bridgeport. Five people were arrested last week following an investigation into the handling of absentee ballots during the 2023 mayoral election cycle in Bridgeport. Inspectors from the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney arrested Wanda Geter-Pataky, 68, Alfredo Castillo,...

The Trump administration’s downsizing and disbanding of federal agencies has hit efforts that improve election security and monitor foreign influence.

Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. No such drama is expected when Congress convenes to count the Electoral College vote this Jan. 6 — Monday.

Over the next two years, 38 governor’s elections will be on the ballot, including in presidential battlegrounds and states with term-limited incumbents.

Political analyst Sue O’Connell looks at the data from this year’s elections around the world, as well as President Joe Biden’s wave of pardons and President-elect Donald Trump’s posturing in Canada.

A man suspected of burglarizing a Trump campaign office in Virginia was arrested in California over the weekend, authorities said.

Republicans will now have a narrow majority in the House next year, with Democrat Adam Gray flipping California’s 13th District.

The GOP is set to have 53 seats in the 100-member Senate following Dem. Ruben Gallego’s victory over Rep. Kari Lake in Arizona.

The process to certify the 2024 presidential election will take months.

Massachusetts Republicans will add one more member to their tiny minority caucus in the state Senate, and the House will retain its exact same partisan makeup if a potential recount confirms the apparent winner in one outstanding race. Two Democrat challengers claimed victory in open House districts currently held by retiring Republicans, and two other GOP candidates won in districts…

Since he became the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump has spoken multiple times about running again in 2028 despite the U.S. constitution’s explicit ban on running for office a third term.

Here is a brief history of non-consecutive presidential terms, a precedent set by Grover Cleveland in 1892.

Here is the latest voting demographic breakdown from exit polls conducted by NBC News, in conjunction with other news organizations across the country.

The tradition involves two reasons why concessions matter: the importance of handing off a functioning executive branch to the new commander-in-chief and the necessary prevention of any political violence.

As polls close across the country, here’s a look at the latest electoral vote maps and presidential election results for 2024

The suffragist died in 1906, more than a decade before the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote nationwide, was ratified.