This is how local democracy begins to crumble.

Karoline Leavitt, a 25-year-old former Trump staffer running in New Hampshire, is part of a wave of competitive House candidates in presumed Democratic territory.

The state should be a shoe-in for incumbent Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan, but her far-right opponent, Don Bolduc, is keeping the race close.

Moraes has kept a close eye on Jair Bolsonaro and helped ensure a peaceful transfer of power. But many analysts worry he's overstepped.

Arizona was the epicenter of Trump’s “Stop the Steal.” Now Kari Lake is its lead proselytizer for the 2022 midterms.

Jair Bolsonaro has already made it clear he will not accept defeat.

House Democrats on Wednesday passed their reform of the Electoral Count Act. The Senate has a different reform bill in mind. Only one can win.

Fortuna and virtù are keys to success.

John Eastman has some wild-eyed ideas about “independent state legislature theory,” and he’s hoping the high court’s majority will be willing to play along next term.

The right-wing legal movement’s latest dangerous idea is “independent state legislature theory,” and the high court’s conservative bloc just might dream it into existence.

Donald Trump’s endorsees have struggled to get a majority in GOP primaries so far this year.

The Facebook CEO donated hundreds of millions of dollars to bolster election infrastructure. Now Republicans around the country are pushing bills to starve election officials of desperately needed cash.

A proposal to reform House elections and give more power to the people is gaining traction with activists. Now they just have to convince the electorate to fight for it.

Fixing the obscure law that governs the way Electoral College votes are counted won’t save democracy, but it could keep things from getting much worse.

Kshama Sawant brought an uncommon passion to a successful stint on the City Council. It may now be her undoing.

The risk to free and fair elections has never been greater, and the GOP’s threats aren’t being met with sufficient opposition.

Looking back on elections from the past three decades, it turns out political reporters aren’t clairvoyant.

Rose McGowan should have done a little more homework on some of the things Larry Elder has said about women.

Adam Papagan’s campaign for California governor is a joke. But so’s the idea that you can truly compete if you aren’t rich.

Everything you think you know about how our democracy functions is about to change.