Democrats win in court over ballots
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As Republican Dino Rossi held onto his narrow lead in the race for governor yesterday, Democrats won a small court victory for their candidate, Attorney General Christine Gregoire.
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IT&#39;S NOW A TWO-FRONT WAR: Democrats announce a second recount of the 2.9 million ballots cast for governor, and head to state Supreme Court to seek a broader ballot count.
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Democrats captured a traditionally Republican State Senate seat on Long Island, winning the costliest battle for a state legislative seat in New York history.
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The Democrats triumphantly reclaimed control of the Vermont House on Wednesday, four years after they were swept from power in a backlash against the state's first-in-the-nation law creating civil unions for gay couples.
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A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped hearings on Republican challenges of thousands of voter registrations, ruling in favor of Democrats who alleged the challenges were an attempt to keep legitimate votes from being counted.
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The New Hampshire Democratic Party, which had sought compensation in an Election Day 2002 phone-jamming scheme, settled its lawsuit against the GOP for an undisclosed amount, state Republicans said Friday.
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A federal appeals court on Monday overturned a judge who had thrown out a lawsuit seeking a paper trail for that state&#39;s new touchscreen voting machines.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- It may seem like a distant memory now, but Democrats not so long ago dominated the battle between the parties to get their voters to the polls.
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Washington State's Supreme Court on  Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all  disqualified ballots in last month's gubernatorial election for  a hand recount that is already under way.
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The state Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously rejected the Democratic Party's request that previously rejected absentee and provisional ballots be included in the hand recount of Washington state's contested governor's race.
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Democrats on Wednesday charged that  the national Republican party was linked to a group accused of  trying to stop Democrats from registering to vote in at least  two Western battleground states, Nevada and Oregon.
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Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory.
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A judge allowed a court challenge to Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire's excruciatingly close election to go forward Friday, but said even if Republicans win, he cannot order a new vote.
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Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday's contests was still too close to call. With nearly 1,600 delegates from Tuesday contests awarded, Sen. Barack Obama led by two delegates Friday night, with 91 delegates still to be awarded. Obama won 796 delegates in Tuesday's contests, to 794 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to an analysis of voting results by The Associated Press.
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Republicans battled Democrats last night for renewed control of the the US Senate and House of Representatives. Republicans captured Democratic seats in Georgia and South Carolina last
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The Democratic National Committeeâs decision to punish the state for moving up its presidential primary has provoked local party members.
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton won the California Democratic primary on Tuesday, beating rival Barack Obama in the biggest contest of the day and boosting her claim to the party's U.S. presidential nomination, media projected.