Tag: Elections

Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the media at his headquarters after the second round of presidential elections in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2019.

From TV presidency to the real thing: Ukraine elects a comedian as its next head of state

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2019 7:01 pm

Voters line up to enter a polling station in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 20, 2019. Egyptians are voting on constitutional amendments that would allow Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030.

Egyptians vote on changes that would extend el-Sissi’s rule

Associated Press · April 20, 2019 10:13 pm

Voters prepare their ballots to cast at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March 31, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Russian interference in elections is only getting worse

Erin Dunne · April 19, 2019 6:00 pm

In this Saturday, May 29, 2010, Nathan Mintz, a candidate for the 53rd Californaia Assembly district, running unopposed on the Republican ticket but more a proponent of the Tea Party movement, that claims both major parties have lost touch with voters' wishes, walks a neighborhood with campaign volunteer Jake Chapsky in Torrance, Calif.

Why Republicans are terrible at outreach

Gina Alicia Barr · April 19, 2019 2:38 pm

Election officials start counting ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in Kiev, Ukraine.

Ukraine’s long road to democracy

Peter Roskam · April 19, 2019 4:00 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media during a campaign stop with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray at the Beyond Image Barber Salon.

Leaked: Joe Biden shoots secret campaign ad in Florida

Zach Halaschak · April 16, 2019 7:19 pm

Randy Feenstra and Steve King

Steve King’s primary challenger outraises him during first quarter of 2019

Zach Halaschak · April 16, 2019 4:10 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures while speaking.

Beltway Confidential

Loser Erdoğan throws a tantrum after losing Istanbul

Tom Rogan · April 15, 2019 8:35 pm

Sara Fitzgerald, left, and Michael Martin, both with the group One Virginia, protest gerrymandering in front of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Washington where the court will hear arguments on a gerrymandering case.

Pending Supreme Court ruling in Virginia gerrymandering case could delay primaries

Melissa Quinn · April 15, 2019 3:22 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beltway Confidential

Letter from the editor: April 16, 2019

Hugo Gurdon · April 12, 2019 4:00 am

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after polls for Israel's general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

Democrats say Netanyahu victory ‘dims the prospect’ of peace in Mideast

Joel Gehrke · April 10, 2019 9:22 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., center, and Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, right, and other freshman Congressmen deliver a letter calling to an end to the government shutdown to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

New poll provides the map to beating AOC in a primary

David Freddoso · April 10, 2019 6:27 pm