Court clerk to run for Chicago mayor
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Mayor Richard Daley hasn't said if he will seek re-election, but if he does, he has an opponent: the Cook County Circuit Court clerk.
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Rudy Giuliani isn't the only New York City mayor eying the presidency. Friends say Michael Bloomberg could run too
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With the Chicago Police Department mired in accusations of misconduct, the cityâs aldermen on Thursday asked a federal judge for the names of officers who were the subjects of the most complaints.
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Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles said Monday he will run for a new term, challenging the nation&#039;s oldest governor for a chance to return to office.
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Failed presidential candidate Alan Keyes said on Sunday he would wage a campaign against favored Democrat Barack Obama in the race for a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat from Illinois.
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Law and Order star to test the waters for a presidential bid in the coming weeks.
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By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY  Journal Staff Writer  This is another in a series of profiles of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Providence City Council in the Sept. 12 primary.
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Aides to New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have laid the groundwork for a potential independent run for president.
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A headhunter for the judge who will preside over Richard A. Grasso's trial sent a copy of the judge's resume to the stock exchange promoting him as a possible board candidate.
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Boris Johnson is expected to run against Ken Livingstone for London mayor, it is reported.
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BOSANSKI SAMAC, Bosnia  - A Bosnian Serb who was  convicted of war crimes and who preached reconciliation between  Serbs, Croats and Muslims after leaving jail is running for  mayor of his war-scarred town in this weekend's election.
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The former mayorâs association with New York may be a hurdle to becoming the Republican presidential nominee.
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A surfer and maverick city councilwoman appeared to cling to a narrow lead Wednesday in her write-in bid to unseat the mayor of the nation&#39;s seventh-largest city.
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The former senator plans to officially kick off his presidential bid Thursday.
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back.
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Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, has emerged as a contender to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general
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The Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. &#151; where Abraham Lincoln held office before running for president &#151; is the setting for the latest milestone in Sen. Barack Obama's remarkable rise to prominence. The first-term U.S. senator planned to formally announce his candidacy for president Saturday in the city where he began his political career just 10 years ago.