Two safe Congressional districts in Ohio produce interesting results in their primary elections, with quite different lessons for the losers.
Category: Elections
What’s happening in Italy?
Italy's broad-based government has shifted the balance of power within the country's right, in a way that may have much broader consequences.
Trump vs Trumpy in Texas
Donald Trump's preferred candidate loses a by-election in Texas, but that doesn't necessarily tell us anything about his influence in the Republican Party.
Samoa wraps up at last
Blogging resumes with a good news story, as Samoa's new government is finally allowed to take office.
Balkan landslide and Balkan cliffhanger
Contrasting election results from Sunday, with a big win for the pro-Europeans in Moldova and a tight contest for first place in Bulgaria.
Election previews: Bulgaria and Moldova
Early parliamentary elections are being held in both Bulgaria and Moldova in an effort to resolve political deadlocks.
New York goes preferential
Democrats choose their candidate for mayor of New York in America's biggest experiment yet with preferential voting.
Finally some good news for UK Labour
Another British by-election produces a narrow Labour victory, with the odious George Galloway playing a spoiler role.
On a knife-edge in Sweden
Every vote will count in the Swedish parliament, after the centre-left government fell last week on a vote of confidence.
France keeps out the extremists
France's regional and departmental elections show a combination of disaffection among voters and continued allegiance to the mainstream.
The World is Not Enough 