Tag: Elections
Gazans hope for vote after years of Hamas rule, isolation
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinian poll workers fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, where they found voters eager to register ahead...
Buttigieg campaign manager seeking to lead Indiana Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS — The manager of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign is entering the race to become the Indiana Democratic Party’s...
Uganda eases social media curbs, but Facebook still off
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan authorities on Wednesday lifted restrictions on social networks imposed ahead of a presidential election last month, but Facebook remains blocked...
GOP’s Tenney, who won House seat by 109 votes, is sworn in
Republican Claudia Tenney of New York was sworn in Thursday as a member of Congress, reclaiming a seat she lost two years ago and...
Ex-spokesman kills self outside Texas congresswoman’s home
IRVING, Texas — A former campaign spokesman for freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne, of Texas, shot and killed himself outside of the Irving Republican’s...
Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' call for elections has thrown his political future into peril, forcing him to negotiate competing demands...
Divided Ecuador heads to presidential runoff ballot in April
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador is headed to a runoff presidential election in April with its deep political divisions evident after the first round of...
AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well
WASHINGTON — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one...
Ex-presidential contender leaves Turkish opposition party
ANKARA, Turkey — A politician who once ran as a presidential challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan resigned Monday from Turkey’s main opposition...
Syrian who fled to Germany 5 years ago runs for parliament
BERLIN — Five years ago, Tareq Alaows crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy rubber dinghy and trekked north through the Balkans toward Germany, fleeing...