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WASHINGTON (TNS) — Many Democrats prayed for a strong repudiation of President Donald Trump and his firebrand style of politics in 2020. Even in a blu...

Losing a presidential election isn’t easy for any candidate to absorb. ”There are times when all I want to do is scream into a pillow,” Hillary Clinto...

OLEAN — The winner of the Ward 1 alderman race came down to just 28 votes out of more than 1,100 cast. The Cattaraugus County Board of Elections repor...

Ordinarily, it’s not possible for a party to win the presidency and have a bad election night, but the Democrats managed it. Pending the outcome of tw...

WASHINGTON — Before election day turned into election week, Democrats hoped for a landslide — a blue wave that would not only make Joe Biden president...

ALBANY (AP) — Although no statewide offices were on the ballot in the general election, numerous candidates for legislative seats this year framed the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican senator said Friday he saw no evidence to support President Donald Trump's baseless claim that Democrats are trying...

Donald Trump may wind up leaving the White House next January. But the 45th president and the political movement he launched are not going away politi...

WASHINGTON — Democrats went into Election Day hoping to reclaim the White House and majorities in both chambers of Congress in a victory that would de...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Democrats’ path to Senate dominance and a chance to name New York Sen. Charles Schumer the majority leader face dwindling odds as c...

WASHINGTON — The election scrambled seats in the House and Senate but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big...

ALBANY —Republicansheld narrow leads in 11 of the 16 stateSenateraces expected to be competitive this cycle, casting a shadow onDemocrats'hopes of tak...

WASHINGTON—Democrats'hopes of sweeping to aSenatemajority faded as marquee contests stretched into overtime early Wednesday and some of the most vulne...

WASHINGTON — The battle for control of the Senate tightened Tuesday after Democrats picked up a seat in Colorado, but suffered a setback in Alabama, a...

WASHINGTON — Polls closed across the country Tuesday night as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concluded an epic campaign th...

WASHINGTON — If Joe Biden wins the presidency this week, he could owe part of his victory to a small but surprising constituency: disaffected Republic...

ALBANY (TNS) — With all eyes on Washington, it’s easy to overlook the fact that Election Day may mean big changes in the state capital. A handful of c...

Democrats and Republicans alike missed the point on Wednesday, when members of the Senate Commerce Committee had their last chance before the election...