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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...

Gunmen Kill Mexican Mayoral Candidate, Her Daughter

'No position is worth dying for,' says an official in Veracruz

(Newser) - A mayoral candidate from Mexico's ruling Morena party was fatally shot in Veracruz state on Sunday, becoming the second local candidate killed in the region ahead of the June 1 elections. Yesenia Lara Gutiérrez was leading a campaign caravan in Texistepec, southwest of the oil port Coatzacoalcos,...

Iowa's Only Dem in State Office Aims for Bigger Seat

State auditor Rob Sand is running for governor

(Newser) - Iowa has exactly one Democrat currently serving in statewide office—and he's now seeking the highest state office there is, reports the Des Moines Register . State auditor Rob Sand announced his candidacy for governor on Monday, joining a race that was upended last month when GOP Gov. Kim...

He's First Aussie PM to Win 2nd Consecutive Term in 20 Years

Labor's Anthony Albanese elected to lead Australia again, beating Liberal Party's Peter Dutton

(Newser) - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. Opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in Saturday's election, saying, "We didn't do well enough during this campaign, that much is obvious tonight, and I accept full...

Trump Plans 100th Day Rally in Michigan

Rally follows tariff debates and meeting with state's governor

(Newser) - President Trump will hold a rally in Macomb County, Michigan, next Tuesday to celebrate his first 100 days in office, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Wednesday. This will be Trump's first big rally since his inauguration and his first visit to Michigan since winning the battleground...

Early Voting Is Way, Way Up in Canada

7.3M have already cast their ballots, a 25% increase from early voting in 2021

(Newser) - A massive number of Canadians have already voted, with five days remaining before election day. Elections Canada, the organization in charge of federal elections in the country, says 7.3 million people voted over the long weekend, an increase of 25% over the number of people who participated in early...

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