The Democratic Party faces existential questions after Donald Trump's resounding victory. One of the first: Who will lead it?

WASHINGTON — One week after Election Day, control of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not ...

State Sen. Patty Kuderer of Bellevue, a Democrat, is poised to be Washington’s next insurance commissioner, in charge of ...

Ticket-splitting used to be common and the swing-state down-ballot results show split tickets still can determine the outcome ...

Pick one word to describe Republicans and Donald Trump, the focus group moderator asked, and one word to describe Democrats ...

President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona and its 11 electoral votes, CBS News projects, giving him a sweep of all seven ...

State leaders could emerge as the Democrats’ new power centers at a time when the party’s fortunes in Washington have ...

French received 51.2% of the votes, while Marshall garnered 48.7%, according to the Spokane County Elections Office. French’s ...

Control of the House is still unclear, but President-elect Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party, which has already won a majority in the Senate, are expected to bring significant policy shifts to ...

More than 1,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates ran for elected office this year, vying for seats in Congress, state legislatures and various local races across nearly every state.