Election News

How do you disenfranchise one of every eight black men?

By theGrio

12:18 PM on 03/17/2010

State laws that ban convicted felons from voting are having the unintentional (or is it intentional?) effect of disenfranchising one in eight African-American men...

Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan to run for Congress in Mississippi

By theGrio

3:07 PM on 02/09/2010

Her candidacy puts the House GOP campaign committee in a bit of a jam...

Mayor-elect in Newton, Mass. set for historic inauguration

By theGrio

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- The city of Newton inaugurated the first African-American to be elected mayor in a popular vote in Massachusetts.

RNC Members: Steele's a prima donna but we aren't ready to abandon ship

By theGrio

1:30 PM on 01/13/2010

From TalkingPointsMemo.com When Republicans gather for a key strategy meeting later this month in Hawaii, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will be the great big elephant in the room. But RNC members who have cringed as Steele has publicly admonished them for questioning his new book and paid speeches...

Ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich praises GOP Chair Steele

By theGrio

10:50 AM on 01/08/2010

ATLANTA (AP) - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is praising Michael Steele in his first year as chairman of the Republican National Committee...

Gov. Paterson succeeds as unlikely critic of Obama

By Javier E. David

8:38 AM on 12/29/2009

OPINION - David Paterson, New York's first African-American governor has found his voice as an unlikely critic of the nation's first African-American president...

Centenarian who inspired Obama is remembered fondly

By theGrio

5:51 AM on 12/29/2009

ATLANTA (AP) -- Ann Nixon Cooper was remembered as a charismatic woman who, after toiling through the civil rights era, lived to see herself hailed in an election night speech...

Reed to be sworn in as Atlanta's mayor

By theGrio

10:20 AM on 12/10/2009

ATLANTA (AP) -- Former Georgia state Sen. Kasim Reed will be sworn in as Atlanta's next mayor after a Wednesday recount confirmed his slim margin of victory over opponent Mary Norwood...

Atlanta to have recount for mayoral runoff election

By theGrio

2:16 PM on 12/08/2009

Ballots cast in a tight Atlanta runoff race for mayor will be recounted at the request of the runner-up, who lost by just over 700 votes. Election officials for Fulton County say they will tally the votes again on Wednesday from the nonpartisan runoff last week to replace outgoing two-term Mayor Shirley Franklin.

Runner-up in Atlanta mayoral elections to seek recount

By theGrio

9:42 AM on 12/07/2009

ATLANTA (AP) - A city councilwoman who sought to become Atlanta's first white mayor in a generation is expected to formally request a recount soon of last week's mayoral runoff....

Atlanta set for mayoral runoff election

By theGrio

10:13 AM on 11/30/2009

ATLANTA (AP) - The Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that's expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters return to the polls Tuesday.

Liberals prefer a lighter skinned Obama, study says

By Bonnie Davis

4:30 PM on 11/23/2009

When given a choice of voting for a lighter-skinned version of Barack Obama versus a darker-skinned version, most voters who consider themselves Democrats voted for the lighter version.

Election shows blacks remain engaged in political process

By Lola Adesioye

12:30 PM on 11/05/2009

OPINION - Going by the exit polls in this week's local elections, when it comes to the African-American vote, Democrats may have less to worry about than has been suggested.

How Republicans reclaimed the middle in 2009 elections

By Sophia A. Nelson

12:34 PM on 11/04/2009

OPINION - Governors-elect Bob McDonnell (VA) and Chris Christie (NJ) proved last night that the moderate/centrist wing of the GOP is not dead.

Historian Eric Foner discusses Obama's place in history

By theGrio

9:21 AM on 11/04/2009

OPINION - The face of racism today is not Bull Connor with his dogs in Birmingham. It's a guy at Wells Fargo Bank, in a suit, who for the last several years has been shuffling black would-be homeowners off on sub-prime mortgages...

For race, what a difference a year makes - and doesn't

By Michael E. Ross

9:05 AM on 11/04/2009

OPINION - In Grant Park one year ago, a multigenerational, multiracial crowd celebrated the change they could believe in: a nation finally living out the true meaning of equality and opportunity...

Race isn't the big issue in Atlanta's mayoral showdown

By Ronda Racha Penrice

8:45 AM on 11/04/2009

OPINION - Atlanta didn't end its high drama last night. Instead, election night proved to be one, juicy cliffhanger...

A year later, Obama finds it's more difficult to lead than campaign

By Javier E. David

9:05 AM on 11/02/2009

OPINION - The excitement of President Obama's heady campaign has now given way to the practical and difficult challenges of governance. It remains to be seen whether the president is completely up to the challenge.

'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...