
President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000.

Democratic operatives in Nevada are pumping voters here to the polls like nickels into a slot machine, and yet their efforts may not be enough for Senate candidate Shelley Berkley.

Michigan Democrats and Republican Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter are on the same page on at least one issue: why Mr. McCotter is being forced to run his re-election bid as a write-in candidate.
A plan that would legalize marijuana for recreational use will be on Colorado ballots this fall.

In Ohio, organized labor won an enormous and expected victory Tuesday with the resounding defeat of the state's new law limiting collective bargaining.

The pivotal Senate race in Colorado is locked in a dead heat as Republican Ken Buck struggles to keep the message on taxes and spending, while Democrat Michael Bennet pounds his opponent on social issues.

The 2010 California ballot isn't just a list of traditional ballot initiatives and propositions - at times it's a toe-to-toe slugfest between the state Legislature and anyone standing in its way.