Nepal's failure to elect a prime minister Wednesday exposed deep divides in the political landscape and made clear that the road ahead for the country’s peace process could still be bumpy. Read More
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the richest men in America, says his views are too polarizing for him to become president of the United States. Read More
Republican Meg Whitman on Monday took the lead over Democrat Jerry Brown for the first time in a general election poll, four months before voters go to the polls to chose the next California governor. Read More
The handful of Tea Party-backed candidates who've had successful primary wins now face an ideological dilemma -- and potential backlash -- as they retool for a general election campaign. Read More
Architects of President Obama's 2008 victory are braced for potentially sizable Democratic losses in November's midterm elections. But they say voters' unease about a GOP takeover will help their party maintain congressional majorities. Read More
An official says a grenade has exploded near the offices of the European Union election observer mission in Burundi hours before residents in the East African nation began voting for president. Read More
Voters in three states head to the polls Tuesday, and in one of those states history might be made. Read More
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Wednesday he does not intend to dissolve the lower house for a snap election. Read More
So far, 2010 has been an eventful, and sometimes perilous year for independent-minded politicians — and would-be party kingmakers. This dual lesson keeps being relearned in primary after primary, all over the country, and in both parties. Read More
In the first election in a euro-zone country since the European economic crisis, Dutch voters punished the incumbent party in parliamentary elections on Wednesday while seeming to split between opposite poles of the political spectrum. Read More
An anti-incumbent mood in the United States threatens to claim another victim on Tuesday as voters in 11 states pick Democratic and Republican candidates to face off in November congressional elections. Read More
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