But it was more than that. In its unexpected scale and sweep, it resembled earlier elections, such as the 1974 Watergate ...

Since Citizens United, the composition of the top 40 donors in the midterms has shifted dramatically: more money, more ...

The federal government keeps abusing its authority to undermine the midterms, but a string of defeats reaffirms that its ...

Corruption is resonating with voters and dominating campaign rhetoric. The question is whether candidates will turn promises ...

Megadonors and deep-pocketed national groups are pouring money into key gubernatorial races across the country, with a large ...

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Earlier this year, the Brennan Center ran a study that asked six of the most popular artificial intelligence tools to produce ...

Campaign finance ballot measures are up for a vote in key states as public frustration with the role of money in politics ...

Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is ...

Editor’s note: A more recent snapshot of state-level voting laws — both expansive and restrictive — can be found here. Across the country, the effort to restrict the vote continues, with a wave of ...

On Election Day in 1960, four unanswerable questions awaited Clarence Gaskins, a Black voter in Georgia looking to cast his ballot for president. Upon arrival at his designated polling place, he was ...

The 2024 election was much safer than feared. But threats of violence were also far greater than many realize. The Brennan Center has confirmed that at least 227 bomb threats targeted polling ...