Democrats picked up a governor's seat Tuesday as voters in Missouri elected Attorney General Jay Nixon in an open race. In Indiana, voters re-elected Gov. Mitch Daniels Tuesday as the Republican easily turned back a Democratic challenger hoping to benefit...

A look at races in Illinois' 19 House districts: 1st Congressional District: U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, Democrat Antoine Members, Republican 2nd Congressional District: U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Democrat Anthony W. Williams, Republican 3rd Congressional...

House Democrats solidified their control of the northeast and made gains in the South on Tuesday by defeating Republicans from Connecticut to Arizona as they pushed for historic gains in their majority. "It's the night we have been waiting for," said...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Barack Obama built a formidable a lead in his bid to become the first black president Tuesday night, pushing ahead of John McCain in a nation clamoring for change. Fellow Democrats took four Senate seats from Republicans, and reached...

President Bush has called Barack Obama to congratulate him on winning the presidency. The two-term Republican president told the Illinois senator upon his historic win: "What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters." Barack Obama was...

Barack Obama asked John McCain for his help in leading the country in a telephone call Tuesday night, moments after the Democratic senator was declared the country's first black president. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama thanked McCain for his...

In the digitized world of YouTube, Facebook and other Web sites, the voting booth no longer is the most private of places: People are documenting their votes like never before. Throughout Election Day, voters were uploading videos and photos of themselves...

New York is a deep blue state, and was almost assured to go the way of Barack Obama on Election Day. Still, as Diddy cast his ballot for the Democratic presidential candidate Tuesday, he couldn't help but feel that he had made a difference. "I felt like...

CHICAGO (AP) _ Officials say they removed three election judges from Chicago polling places. One was abusive, one was drunk and one was removed for impersonating an election judge. Chicago Election Board chairman Langdon Neal says that third person was...

Here is a brief introduction as to how the election process works. The primaries: The primaries included three different types of candidates: presidential, congressional and representative. The Illinois primary was held on Super Tuesday, Feb. 5. Political...

It's a state that John McCain badly needed to win, but Pennsylvania has gone to Barack Obama. The state's 21 electoral votes go to the Democrat. The loss of Pennsylvania narrows the possible paths to victory for McCain. Obama now leads with 99 electoral...

Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election. Madelyn Payne Dunham was 86. Obama announced the news from the campaign...