Former Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee was long considered the front-runner in the race. But Loren Taylor, a former city council ...

The decision to wait until November means a narrowly divided Congress will be down a Democratic representative for most of ...

Former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor shared his plans to bring change to the "struggling" Bay Area city in an ...

Loren Taylor maintained his slim lead Wednesday over former congresswoman Barbara Lee in the special election to select Oakland's next mayor, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters' ...

Tuesday is Election Day in Oakland, when voters will choose a mayor to serve out the rest of recalled Mayor Sheng Thao’s term, a new City Council member and decide whether to raise sales taxes to help ...

Officials, community advocates, and voters have cited low turnout and high costs among the reasons for skipping the special election. The post Boston city councilors call to bypass special election to ...

Democrats on Tuesday scored a win in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, while Republicans held on to two seats in deep-red ...

Democrats had accused Abbott of delaying calling a special election for the seat after Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Texas, died ...

Oakland voters went to the polls Tuesday to select a new mayor, new councilmember and weigh in on a measure that would increase the local sales tax. Polls in the special election was open from 7 a.m.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the special election to fill the seat vacated following the death of Rep. Sylvester Turner will be held on Nov. 4.

Texas' 18th Congressional District has been without a representative since the March 5 death of U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner. A ...

The bill’s impact would depend on when the vacancy occurs, with the committee-appointed replacement lawmaker either standing later in a special election or just running for a full term the next ...