Elections
Ed Gomes elected as country’s first Working Families state legislator
March 9, 2015"As the first elected on the Working Families Party, I support the Women's Economic Agenda and the Everybody Benefits Coalition."
Read moreSenate GOP votes to kill NLRB union elections rule, Obama promises veto
March 6, 2015By a 53-46 party-line vote, the GOP-run Senate voted to kill the NLRB's planned union elections rule update.
Read moreCorporations using LA election to exert control over schools
March 6, 2015The teachers' union, plus parents and community leaders, faced off against a powerful, well-financed challenge.
Read moreSt. Louis Democratic primary round-up: Incumbents win, one upset
March 5, 2015In St. Louis, this election is viewed as the de facto general election (to be held Apr. 7). As some residents put it, it's "the only election that matters."
Read moreChicago “Mayor 1%” Rahm Emanuel forced into runoff
February 26, 2015Money can buy Rahm Emanuel a lot of things but it couldn't buy him love, at least not from the voters here in the Feb. 24 primary race for mayor.
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