On Sunday, coming up on his last full week in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stood at the lectern of the New Hope ...

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When the U.S. Department of Justice uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses and racial discrimination by Trenton’s police department in 2024, the findings came as no surprise to City Council Vice ...

Supporters of Eileen Higgins, a candidate for Miami mayor, outside Miami City Hall in November 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have ...

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had to win over a far larger electorate than her predecessors; more Angelenos took part in choosing their mayor in 2022 than in the two prior mayoral elections combined.

Seattle is poised to continue its experiment in public campaign financing. Voters on Tuesday renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 ...

Editor’s note: Since this article’s original publication, incumbent Ann Davison and challenger Erika Evans advanced from the Aug. 5 primary to the general election. Evans then prevailed on Nov. 4.