WASHINGTON ― Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) announced Monday his cancer has returned and he will step back from his role as the ...

Top Oversight Democrat Gerry Connolly announced that he is stepping down from his perch on the powerful investigatory ...

Nephew Tommy participated in the 3rd annual Black Men’s Wellness Day at the University of Houston, where hundreds of African-American men received free screenings, got paired with a primary ...

Longtime Illinois Democrats Dick Durbin and Jan Schakowsky are retiring, paving the way for younger lawmakers to step in and ...

Amanda K. Edwards says the stakes are high as she campaigns to represent Texas District-18, with a special election set for November 4th following the deaths of the last two leaders.

Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee on Thursday won the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) in the ...

As the No. 2 caucus leader and top Democrat on a powerful committee, Durbin is solidifying a generational shift by opting not ...

The power to schedule special elections is a gift to governors intent on doing political mischief.

Whitmire rallied support from progressive and conservative voters in his battle to sit at the city's helm, handily defeating the late congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee. Houston's mayor is nonpartisan; ...

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that Nov. 4 will be the date of the special election for the ...