Ohio State received top billing in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, followed by Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama. The top three head into the final four weeks of the regular …

A Houston official and a former City Council member are headed to a runoff for the vacant U.S. House seat in a heavily Democratic district. Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and former council …

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s victory in California’s election fight over U.S. House control will help raise his national profile as a Democrat willing to confront President Donald Trump. It comes shortly …

Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson as voters in the liberal city question whether he’s done enough in his first term to …

The San Antonio Spurs are closer to getting a downtown arena after Bexar County voters approved a plan to allocate up to $311 million in venue taxes. On Tuesday, just over 52% of voters supported the …

California voters are deciding whether to change their state’s congressional district boundaries to favor Democrats. This decision Tuesday could impact next year’s midterms and beyond. …

Millions of voters are casting ballots Tuesday in U.S. state and local elections. The biggest contests are in Virginia and New Jersey, the only states electing governors this year. Read what to watch …

Zohran Mamdani has stormed onto the national political scene by winning New York City's mayoral election. Mamdani was unknown to most New Yorkers when he announced his run for mayor roughly a year …

Voters are casting ballots in U.S. state and local elections with an injection of presidential-level politics, including a pair of competitive races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, the …

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey faces a challenge in Tuesday’s election from a democratic socialist. It's race that highlights different visions of how to govern in a liberal city that faces …

Voters in Maine and Texas are deciding whether to enact new Republican-backed measures that supporters say would help safeguard elections, but which opponents believe are intended to make voting more …

New Jersey voters are electing their next governor in a race that will reveal whether Democrats still have a grip on a state that has been reliably blue in recent years but has shown signs of …

City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Sheffield defeated popular megachurch pastor the Rev. Solomon Kinloch in Tuesday’s …

Officials say a UPS plane crashed on takeoff from the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, igniting a huge fire on ground. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed at about 5:15 p.m. …

A UPS cargo plane crashed at a Louisville, Kentucky, airport where the company operates its largest package delivery hub. UPS calls the giant center Worldport. The facility at Muhammad Ali …

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is facing Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the Virginia race for governor. The outcome guarantees that Virginia will have a woman as governor for the first time and …

The Kansas House's top Republican has given up for now on forcing a special session of the Legislature to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts to give the GOP an additional seat. The effort …

Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting …

A UPS plane crashed on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport, igniting huge fire on ground.