Welcome to 2026, a busy election cycle that’ll determine control of Congress, thousands of prosecutors and sheriffs, and the ...

Ohio election official Bethe Goldenfield first learned of Senate Bill 293 in mid-October, when she was busy managing the fall local elections happening in her county Sponsored by Republicans, in a ...

Sarah Htoutou has always been close with her brother, Jesse Tooker. As children, she remembers him comforting her whenever she had bad dreams, or inviting her to tag along to hang out with his friends ...

Spurred by President Trump, Texas Republicans triggered a redistricting escalation this summer, and the effects on the midterms look increasingly unpredictable. Five more states have adopted new ...

This story is a collaboration between Bolts and InvestigateWest, a nonprofit dedicated to investigative journalism in the Pacific Northwest. Thomas Van Hoose had been here before. Nearing the end of ...

When the U.S. Department of Justice uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses and racial discrimination by Trenton’s police department in 2024, the findings came as no surprise to City Council Vice ...

Editor’s note: The article was updated on Dec. 31 to reflect the results of three special elections held in late December, none of which resulted in a partisan flip. Now, with this year’s contests ...