General Election

Before last November’s election, Rochester Deputy Mayor Patricia Malgieri announced that she was leaving office to work in the Private Sector.  The City Council appointed Tom Richards as replacement deputy mayor.  Richards, was the…

The session, as required by the state Constitution, adjourns after 60 calendar days — at noon on Saturday, March 19. The Governor has 20 days after adjournment to sign bills passed during the last three days of the session. That deadline is …

State Senate President Mike Haridopolos has made it official: He's running for U.S. Senate. It's not much of a surprise, but he's already launched a website Mike2012.org, and he has a political committee called Friends of Mike H (tho…

In 2009, Hutchison began what became an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor. The effort ended when she failed to wrest her party's nomination from Incumbent Governor Rick Perry, who went on to win the General Election last year. Republicans are h…

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) told reporters in Reno Wednesday that he's readying for what he expects will be a tough Reelection battle in 2012, acknowledging that he faces a "very, very difficult" road ahead. According to the Associated Press, Ensi…

Barack Obama would win Iowa again if he had to stand for Reelection today, although Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney would both give him a more competitive contest than John McCain did in 2008. Obama is reasonably popular in the state with 50% of vo…

Sixty-one percent of Texans don't want to see Gov. Rick Perry (R) make a run for president in 2012.  A new poll commissioned by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a handful of other Texas Newspapers found that while Perry's Approval Rating st…

Elsewhere here at Examiner.com this morning is a report on an Election Reform panel discussion held by new Secretary of the State Denise Merrill on Friday January 7th. The conference was informative, and educational for a Secretary with respo…