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Cuomo Appears to Be Closing Fast on Mamdani

Former governor has cut lead in half to 10 points a week before NYC mayoral election

(Newser) - The seemingly insurmountable lead that Zohran Mamdani held in the New York City mayor's race doesn't seem quite so insurmountable anymore. A week before the election, a Suffolk University poll shows that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has cut Mamdani's lead in half and now trails by 10...

Ireland Turns Left in Electing Next President

Young people, musicians, artists help Catherine Connolly to a landslide victory

(Newser) - Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent, has swept Ireland's presidential election, defeating Heather Humphreys of the center-right Fine Gael party. Humphreys conceded Saturday when Connolly was pulling 64% of the vote with two-thirds of ballots counted, the Guardian reports. Although Ireland's presidency is primarily symbolic, Connolly's victory is...

Harris Says She's a Maybe on Deciding to Run Again
Harris Suggests She Just Might
Oct 25, 2025 1:30 PM CDT

Harris Suggests She Just Might

Former Democratic nominee says another presidential run could happen

(Newser) - Assessing her failed presidential campaign, Kamala Harris acknowledged a few regrets in a new interview promoting her book. But the former vice president and Democratic nominee told the BBC that she's not ready to write herself off as a future White House occupant. Asked directly if she might seek...

Jeffries Backs Mamdani, With Reservations

Democratic leader cites party unity and mayoral candidate's policy shifts for last-minute endorsement

(Newser) - House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries has given a late but significant endorsement to Zohran Mamdani in the race for New York City mayor, signaling a turn in party unity as the election draws near. Jeffries, a Brooklyn politician who's been a vocal critic of the Democratic Socialists of America—...

Katie Porter Is in Damage Control Mode

'I could have handled things better,' she says of behavior in viral videos

(Newser) - California gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter is in damage control mode after videos surfaced showing her sparring with a journalist and berating a staffer—clips that have cast a shadow over the Democrat's campaign to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a Tuesday interview on Nexstar's Inside California ...

For the First Time in Syria, 'the Ballot Box Truly Rules'

Votes are being counted, but nation will next need an election law

(Newser) - Syria held its first parliamentary elections on Sunday, nearly a year after a rebel-led offensive unseated longtime autocratic leader Bashar Assad. The People's Assembly will be tasked with passing a new elections law and constitution as the country moves through its post-Assad political transition after more than a decade...

State AG Hopeful's Own Words Made Him 'Sick to My Stomach'

Dem Jay Jones apologizes as messages emerge on '2 bullets to the head' for ex-GOP Virginia lawmaker

(Newser) - Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, faced strong criticism Friday night after text messages from 2022 emerged in which he suggested then-state House Speaker Todd Gilbert deserved "two bullets to the head." The texts, first reported by the National Review and confirmed by the...

Judge: Missing Candidate Has to Stay on Ballot

Long Island Democrat Petros Krommidas disappeared during a swim in April

(Newser) - Nearly five months after Democratic candidate Petros Krommidas vanished during a nighttime ocean swim off Long Island, his name remains on the ballot in a Nassau County legislative race, despite his presumed death. Krommidas, a 29-year-old triathlete and political newcomer, disappeared in April. Extensive searches yielded no results, and...

Russian Interference Fails to Sway Moldova

Pro-Western party wins parliamentary majority

(Newser) - Moldova's pro-Western governing party has won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in an election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West. With nearly all polling station reports counted on Monday, electoral data showed the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS,...

Right-Wing Rioters Clash With Police, Attack Rivals' Office

General election is scheduled for next month

(Newser) - A right-wing demonstration in the Netherlands erupted into violence and chaos Saturday as rioters clashed with police and vandalized a political party's office, weeks before the country holds a general election. Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse rioters who threw objects at officers and torched...

A Big Democratic Name Just Backed Zohran Mamdani

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses progressive NYC mayoral candidate

(Newser) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has thrown her support behind Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, marking a significant shift in party dynamics ahead of November's election. Hochul's endorsement—outlined in a guest essay in the New York Times opinion section—signals a...

Norway's Labor Party Holds Off Right Wing

Populist Progress Party comes in second with its best showing so far

(Newser) - Norway's Labor Party of Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre claimed victory in Monday's general election, with most votes now counted and a narrow but clear win by the center-left block over the right-wing parties evident. Rapturous cheering erupted in Oslo on Monday night as Labor supporters gathered...

Newsom: Trump Isn't Into 'Free and Fair' Elections

California governor warns Dems are plagued by 'weakness,' urges them to 'wake up' and fight back

(Newser) - Gavin Newsom has a message for Democrats and the US electorate in general: "Wake up." The California governor's warning came Wednesday at a Politico summit, where he said "the rule of law is being replaced by the rule of Don" and called for Americans to "...

Fox Hosts Encouraged Lawyers to Overturn Election: Filings

Lou Dobbs told Sidney Powell, 'It's up to us—we few!'

(Newser) - Newly unsealed court documents portray Fox News hosts as privately rooting for Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and urging on his lawyers—even as the network was airing false claims about voting machines. The filings in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against Fox reveal that...

Trump Administration Pulls 37 More Security Clearances

List includes analysts of Russia and election security

(Newser) - In his latest act of retribution, President Trump has revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials. The list released Tuesday includes people with backgrounds in Russia analysis and foreign interference in US elections, the New York Times reports. They include Shelby Pierson, a former...

In Bolivia, Elections Sink a Long-Held 'Pink Tide'

Years of left-wing dominance ends, presidential elections head to runoff with centrist Paz's win

(Newser) - Bolivia's presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections on Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled voters' trepidation about a major lurch to the right. A dark-horse centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing frontrunners,...

Cuomo Jokes Losing May Mean a 'Move to Florida'

NYC mayoral candidate delivers 'a wow line' at event

(Newser) - In what one attendee called "a wow line," Andrew Cuomo joked at a closed Hamptons event on Saturday that losing the New York City mayoral race to democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani might prompt him to change his address. "It's all or nothing," he told business...

CNN Pollster Warns Dems Need 'Reality Check' on Midterms

GOP is on a better pace at this point in polling cycle than for 2006, 2018 midterms, per Harry Enten

(Newser) - The 2026 midterms are now peeking over the horizon, and rumblings have already begun on who will gain (or keep) control of the House and Senate. Democrats in particular may need a "reality check," according to CNN polling expert Harry Enten, who's raising the red flag on...

David Hogg's Controversial Time at DNC Is Over

He resigns as vice chair over his plans to try to oust Democratic incumbents

(Newser) - David Hogg, the 25-year-old activist who stirred controversy within the Democratic National Committee over his plans to challenge party incumbents , has announced his resignation as vice chair after weeks of internal strife and a forced re-election vote. Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting, had been planning...

Far-Right Party Ascends in Portugal's Election

Anti-immigration Chega will lead the parlilamentary opposition

(Newser) - Portugal's anti-immigration Chega party notched another political gain for Europe's far right on Wednesday after it was assigned the second-most seats in parliament—meaning it will become the head of the parliamentary opposition to the new government. That shatters the pattern of Portugal's center-right and center-left mainstream...

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