San Diego Mayor Declares Victory
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The election count for mayor of the nation's seventh-largest city ended Friday with incumbent Dick Murphy leading by 2,205 votes, but a court challenge could keep alive the write-in candidacy of a maverick city councilwoman and surf-shop owner.
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Fifty-eight days after the election, Christine O. Gregoire was declared the governor-elect of Washington on Thursday, the official winner by an infinitesimal margin after two recounts in a historically close race.
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Sheila Dixon, the first black woman to serve as mayor of Baltimore, all but guaranteed herself an extended stay in office with a resounding victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary.
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The City Council certified the results of a hotly contested mayoral election on Wednesday, and Mayor Dick Murphy was sworn in for a second term.
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CLEVELAND -- LaDainian Tomlinson rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns, Antonio Gates tied a record with his 12th TD of the season, and San Diego captured the AFC West title yesterday, sliding through the snow for a 21-0 win over the Cleveland Browns. One season after they were a league-worst 4-12, the Chargers (11-3) won their eighth straight and ...
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A top Iranian cleric hails a "victory" over the US after the UN said it would not punish Iran with sanctions.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New York Senator Hillary Clinton was named the winner of the Democratic presidential primary in New Mexico, as vote counting was completed nine days after the Feb. 5 election.
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Serbia's pro-reform Democratic Party candidate won the powerful post of Belgrade mayor in the runoff vote on Sunday, beating an ultra-nationalist rival, according to a preliminary result by independent ...
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Former Rep. Ron Dellums appeared to win the mayor&#039;s race late Friday after a final ballot count showed he got the majority of votes needed to avoid a November runoff.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a rising star in national Democratic politics and one of the nation's top Hispanic elected officials.
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The Puerto Rico elections commission on Tuesday certified that Anibel Acevedo Vila won the governor race, a victory for a politician who supports the island's status as U.S. territory.
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The City is &quot;strong and getting stronger each and every day,&quot; Mayor Gavin Newsom proclaimed during his first State of the City address since taking office in January.
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With chants of "L.T! L.T!" pouring from the stands, LaDainian Tomlinson delivered a record and a division title for San Diego.
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Caracas, August 22, 2004âElectoral Council Board member Jorge Rodriguez announced yesterday that, âThe audit reached very positive results, which allows us to close this chapter of the electoral cycle,â without having detected substantial
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Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term Tuesday, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father's record as the city's longest-serving mayor
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Democratic acquiescence is a victory for President Bush, who said last week that the proposal was unacceptable to him.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas declared that  he had won a Palestinian presidential election on Sunday and  dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the iconic leader he is  replacing.