ELECTIONS

Voters in the 24th District were deciding who will succeed Delegate Ronnie Campbell.

Reed won the vote over councilman Jeff Helgeson by one vote.

Here are some examples of strange ways elections were decided.

HJ 459 will be heard following the convening of the 2023 legislative session.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

On Tuesday, voters across the country will head to the polls. The results could shift the balance of power in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

Lynchburg City Councilman Randy Nelson announced his resignation from council effective at noon on Monday, Nov. 7.

Two of the seven candidates are currently on City Council.

Much of the focus has shifted to the Senate, specifically a few select races that will decide control.

The infectious disease is spreading fast in a country ill-equipped to stop it.

Republicans Nick Hagen, Maynard Keller, and Dalton Baugess are three of the nine candidates running for Roanoke City Council.

Questions asked to the candidates ranged in topics from economic development to crime in the area.

Here’s an overview of where things stand in the Senate and House of Representatives with the election more than a month away.

On Sept. 23, 1952, Richard Nixon delivered in front of a national TV audience what became known as the “Checkers Speech,” a 30-minute address to the nation.

Never before had a Hispanic woman been elected to Congress, but that changed thanks to Ros-Lehtinen.

Most of the election process is the same as it has been in previous years, but there are a few new things the state is introducing this year.

On Sept. 30, 1822, a man by the name of Joseph Hernandez was elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The NAACP was joined by the youth council to help get voters registered and raise money for their organization.

Maxwell was found guilty last December of conspiring with her ex-boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein, to groom, recruit and sexually abuse minors as part of an infamous trafficking ring.

Historically, according to the experts, midterm election results typically favor the party that is not in the White House at the time of the election.

Here are your local primary results for our area.

The 6th District for the US House is holding a primary to determine the Republican nominee.

What do those terms mean and how have they become an issue for how elections are covered? An expert weighs in.

Voting: It’s one of the most American things we do every two years -- and along with it comes the peaceful transfer of power, democracy in action, and the voices of the people heard in the solemn right of civic duty.

Groups across the state of Virginia work all year long to get students registered to vote in high school and college -- the idea being, if these students start young, they’ll vote their entire lives.

Exercising your right to vote can be confusing or intimidating, regardless if you’re a first-time voter or a veteran. KPRC 2 News and KSAT, our San Antonio sister-station, worked to create a comprehensive resource to make sure every eligible Texan can vote and is counted.

When it comes to voting these days, it’s a bit of a hot topic.

Political analysts are providing insight if the leaked draft opinion of Roe v. Wade will have an impact on elections.

Libya’s prime minister has taken a defiant stand against efforts to appoint a new interim government

A deeply symbolic victory for Venezuela’s opposition hasn’t resolved a deep divide over its strategy

Sunday's presidential election reflects an intense political fight in a country U.S. prosecutors call a "narco-state."

For those who enjoyed a break from political ads for a little while, get used to them ramping up again after the holiday season, if not sooner.

Mustafa al-Kadhimi said he was unhurt in the attack on his house, said to be by an armed drone.

Del. Jason Miyares is projected to become Virginia’s next attorney general.

Winsome Sears is projected to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor, according to NBC.

Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin is projected to be Virginia's next governor.

Richards said one factor could be Liberty University, as LU pushed students to vote in the 2016 presidential election, and the Hill City went red for Donald Trump.

Princess Blanding isn’t mincing words. She is done with the status quo.

Republican candidate for governor, Glen Youngkin, is holding an early voting rally in Roanoke.

Dominion Energy's CEO said the company's political action committee didn't properly vet an anti-Glenn Youngkin PAC before giving it large donations, and Dominion wants its money back.

The election is just a couple of weeks away but a new voting method is on the table for people who are visually impaired.

Republican Wren Williams and Democrat Bridgette Craighead are vying to for the seat in the House of Delegates.

Republican candidate Delegate Jason Miyares was in Lynchburg Thursday, leading a news conference with Judy Smith, a victim of violent crime.

The clock is ticking for Virginia’s Redistricting Commission, as it works to redraw election district maps. The citizen-led committee held a virtual hearing Thursday for the west-central region.

Two new faces are running for the House of Delegates In the New River Valley in this November’s election.

Virginia’s election is less than a month away.

The state's first bipartisan, citizen-led redistricting commission has an Oct. 10 deadline to submit its recommendations to the General Assembly.

One local race is House District 22, which includes sections of Bedford, Campbell and Franklin Counties, as well as parts of Lynchburg.

Like clockwork, it is time to vote again in Virginia. Before heading to the polls, here’s what you need to know to cast your ballot.

On November 2 Virginians will head to the polls to choose between former Governor Terry McAuliffe and businessman Glenn Youngkin for the next Governor.

Marine Le Pen's National Rally had hoped to win a regional powerbase ahead of next year's election.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, La République en Marche, garnered only 10.9 % of the vote in Sunday's regional elections, which saw bigger wins for mainstream left-and-right wing parties, according to an exit poll by Elabe. Why it matters: Sunday's regional elections are seen as a barometer for next year's national elections, which are only 10 months away, Politico reports.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeThe g

Nepal’s president dissolved Parliament and announced fresh elections on Saturday after the prime minister, who was heading a minority government and was unlikely to secure a vote of confidence in the chamber, recommended the move. A notice issued by President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s office set the elections for Nov. 12 and 19. Nepal has been grappling with a political crisis at the same time it's struggling with a coronavirus surge and record numbers of daily infections and deaths, amid acute shortages of hospital beds, medication and oxygen.

Local and national contests - many delayed by Covid - are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales.

The names are finalized for your Virginia governor candidates this year. It’s a crowded field, both on the Republican and Democratic sides, but each party is picking their candidate a little differently. For the GOP, these seven candidates are vying for the spot:Amanda Chase - 11th District SenatorKirk Cox - Former Virginia House SpeakerSergio De La Pena - Army ColonelPeter Doran - BusinessmanOctavia Johnson - Former Roanoke SheriffPete Snyder - Small town business ownerGlenn Youngkin - Business ownerThe winner of the seat will be picked by nominating a convention, which happens on May 8. Over on the Democratic side, these are your five candidates vying for that seat:Jennifer Carroll Foy - VMI grad and former 2nd District Virginia RepresentativeLee Carter - 50th District RepresentativeJustin Fairfax - Current Lieutenant GovernorTerry McAuliffe - Former Virginia GovernorJennifer McClellan - 9th Virginia District SenatorYou’ll be able to vote for these Democratic candidates on June 8.

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia’s General Assembly has passed several bills this session related to voting rights, and Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed three of them into law. The three voting-related bills Northam signed on Friday are:Roanoke County Registrar Anna Cloeter said the laws and other bills in progress reflect the embrace of absentee and early voting after the COVID-19 pandemic. Cloeter said more than half of Roanoke County voters cast their ballots early or by mail during the 2020 election. “It’s hard to tell when people are really going to feel comfortable going out and voting on Election Day,” Cloeter said.

This year’s crowded contest for governor is an uncertain one as Virginia nears its selection for party nominations.

Ralph Northam called on faith leaders to follow COVID-19 guidelines and lead by example. More than 2,000 faith leaders and religious activists are calling on members of Congress to honor the result of November’s election. In a joint statement released Monday, they encourage lawmakers to avoid “a delayed and drawn out objection” Wednesday when President-elect Joe Biden’s win is to be certified. Signatories include many prominent religious liberals as well as a handful of evangelicals who have criticized President Donald Trump despite his overwhelming popularity among white evangelical voters. Meanwhile, some on the religious right continue to amplify Trump’s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.

Cobb County officials reduce early voting locations ahead of Georgia Senate runoff elections Elections officials in Cobb County, Georgia, is reducing the number of early voting locations for the January Senate runoff elections. President-elect Joe Biden won Cobb County, in suburban Atlanta, 56% to 42%. Chairman of the Cobb County Republican Party Jason Shepherd joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss the decision and the upcoming elections.

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia’s Board of Elections has delayed certifying the state’s election results until later this week to provide more time to a voter registrar’s office that had a COVID-19 outbreak. State officials announced the delay Monday to wait for certification from the voter registrar’s office in Richmond, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The Board of Elections was slated to certify the results Nov. 16. Chris Piper, the commissioner of the state’s Department of Elections, told the board that Virginia “had an incredibly successful election” with no major issues reported on Election Day. The Associated Press declared President-elect Joe Biden the winner of Virginia in the presidential election on Election Day after results from early returns and an AP survey of the electorate showed the former vice president had beaten President Donald Trump in the state.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The City Commissioner of Election for Philadelphia is giving an update as the state remains too close to call. As of 12:30 p.m., Biden does have a narrow lead in the state with 3,302,977 votes while President Donald Trump has 3,293,231 votes. Biden has 253 Electoral College Votes and Trump has 214. If Biden were to win the state, he would secure more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

$145M from midterm elections came from anonymous donors The 2014 midterm elections were the most expensive in history. And, as Nancy Cordes reports, an estimated $145 million in campaign funding came from anonymous sources.

Midterm elections: Tough struggle for incumbent Landrieu in La. If elections were held today, Republicans would pick up six seats in the Senate giving them the majority. But control of the Senate might hang in the balance until December, when the entire political world could descend on Louisiana. Nancy Cordes reports.

Midterm elections Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections Director, discusses how the races are shaping up two weeks before the midterm elections.