Conservatives launch plans to elect new leader
The Conservatives are to start a three-month leadership contest to replace Rishi Sunak this week, due to end with the announcement of a new Tory…
Iranians elect reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian as president | Elections
NewsFeedIran’s interior ministry has declared reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian winner of the country’s presidential election. He defeated conservative Saeed Jalili by nearly three million votes…
Southern Baptists reject ban on women pastors, elect new president
June 12 (UPI) -- The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday voted against a proposed church constitutional amendment to restrict women serving in pastoral capacities. On…
Polls open in 20 EU countries to elect new European Parliament | Elections News
The election will shape how the European bloc confronts challenges including a hostile Russia, increased industrial rivalry with China and the United States, climate change…
Mexico set to elect first female president in historic vote | Elections News
The vote has been heralded as a major step in Mexico, with the winner becoming the first woman leader in a country often criticised for…
Close race as Iceland votes to elect new president | Elections News
Vote looks set to be a close competition between three women: former PM Katrin Jakobsdottir; businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir; and Arctic scholar Halla Hrund Logadottir. Voters…
Will California finally elect a woman governor in 2026?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties. Merchants, lawyers, former mayors. A…
What to expect as Iran votes to elect parliament, religious leaders | Elections News
Tehran, Iran – Iranians will head to voting stations on Friday for parliamentary elections and to vote for the political and religious leaders who will…
The first female VP is from California. Could she help elect the state’s first woman governor?
SACRAMENTO — It’s too soon to know whether California’s next governor will be a woman, with the race still two years away. But Vice President Kamala…
Granderson: Texans don’t hate migrants. Why elect a cruel governor?
EAGLE PASS, Texas — San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg didn’t hold back when criticizing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s handling of the migrant crisis at the border.…
Opinion: Why Democrats shouldn’t help the House GOP elect a speaker
It’s not worth debating the daily drivel from former Speaker Kevin McCarthy that his sacking three weeks ago, and Republicans’ failure to unite behind a…
Will US Republicans finally elect a House speaker nominee? | Government News
Republicans in the United States House of Representatives are expected to choose their nominee for speaker after a three-week leadership vacuum that has paralysed the…
Voters to elect either first female president or youngest president in Ecuador
The polls are open in Ecuador's history-making presidential election that will see either the country's first female president elected or its youngest president ever. Source…
Ecuador votes to elect new president | Elections News
Ecuadoreans are voting to choose their next president, weighing pledges to improve the economy and control a spiralling security situation from a businessman who is…
The House GOP Can’t Elect a Speaker — and Donald Trump Doesn’t Really Care
Scalise maintained that his physical health left him strong enough to serve. But his political health did not. He dropped out of the race Thursday…
Mexico will elect a female president, but Mexican women will still lose | Women’s Rights
It is official: Mexico will elect its first female president next year. One of the two top contenders in the June vote is 61-year-old Claudia…
Mexico poised to elect first woman president after primary results
1 of 2 | Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum celebrates her appointment as the 2024 presidential candidate for the ruling Morena party during a…
Lebanon’s parliament fails to elect president for 12th time | Politics News
Quorum was broken after the bloc led by Hezbollah withdrew after the first round vote. Lebanon’s parliament has – for the 12th time – failed…
Will the Lebanese parliament manage to elect a president today? | Elections News
EXPLAINERSleiman Frangieh and Jihad Azour competing for presidency, as the Lebanese Parliament convenes for the twelfth time in an attempt to elect a new leader.…
Polling booths close across NSW as vote counting to elect new government begins
Polls have closed across New South Wales as counting begins in a tight race to elect the party that will govern for the next four…