Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer retained her position as a California senator in a sweeping victory on Tuesday, capturing 57 percent of the vote to beat out her Republican opponent Bill Jones, who garnered 39 percent. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Voters in the San Francisco Bay area applied their non-conformist sensibilities Tuesday to votes on a crop of social experiments, from decriminalizing prostitution to condemning the war in Iraq to allowing non-citizens to choose school board members. Read more...

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It appears President Bush will win the Electoral College and will likely even carry the popular vote. But regardless of the final outcome, this election has proven how dangerously divided the United States is ““ and how little that bothers the president when it comes to governing. Read more...

The Associated Press WASHINGTON “”mdash; President Bush won four more years in the White House on Wednesday, pocketing a quiet concession from Democrat John Kerry that closed out a loud and long campaign fought over the war on terror and the economy. Read more...

I’ve always wondered what is it about election night that gets people so hyped up? Sure, I know the candidate who takes home the coveted title of the president of our nation is a bid deal, but when this night rolls around every four years, spending it in front of the television set seems a little dull. Read more...

Last Thursday, U.S. election officials trained the next generation of poll workers for today’s presidential election. More than 100 people, both old and young, but most of whom were in their teens, filled the cafeteria of a middle school in East Los Angeles in order to learn how to issue and collect ballots. Read more...