Donald Trump is within touching distance of the White House. He is ahead in early battleground voting, and with 266 electoral college votes of the 270 needed to win, it might only be a matter of hours before he makes it to the 270 needed to secure a victory.

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Election Night winners include Democrats Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, Abigail Spanberger for governor of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill for governor of New Jersey.

Here’s how we bring you the latest vote totals and estimates of the outcome on political races around the country. Nick Corasaniti Times election reporter It’s important to stick to trusted sources and to understand the process and the facts.

By Joseph Ax May 21 (Reuters) - Bowing to pressure from within its ranks, the Democratic National Committee released on Thursday its long‑withheld “autopsy” of Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race — only to quickly disavow it.

A physics-inspired model calibrated on 40 years of US congressional data pinpoints a spending threshold of roughly 1.8 million USD at which campaigns stop influencing who wins and start fueling polarization instead. American presidential elections have ...

AND NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY THERE. AND WE GOT VERY CLOSE NUMBERS, OR WE DID HAVE VERY CLOSE NUMBERS. I GUESS IT’S CHANGED CONSIDERABLY BETWEEN BERRY MOULTON. STEVE MARSHALL LOOKS LIKE BARRY MOORE HAS PULLED OUT WITH 41% OF THE VOTE.

Georgia voters head to the polls in the May 19 primary to choose the Republican nominee who will challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the 2026 U.S. Senate race. It's one of the most closely watched contests and could help determine control of the U.

The Associated Press today announced that it will provide its U.S. election results to OpenAI, reinforcing AP’s vote count as the undisputed standard of