Minnesota fills vacancies in the Legislature by special election, ensuring no district goes through a legislative session without a representative in St. Paul. But fewer voters come to the polls for special...

L By Matea Gold The Los Angeles Times OS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan announced Monday that he will not seek to be a write-in candidate for governor of California. Although he was...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Norm Coleman unveiled his plan Monday to address what he said "should be the most important issue in this race" - the state's economy. "I speak on this issue from the perspective...

W By Ken Fireman Newsday ASHINGTON - In a final effort to influence an election that will powerfully shape the next two years of his presidency and his 2004 re-election prospects, President Bush will spend...

The two leading candidates in this year's heated U.S. Senate race clashed in their first televised debate Friday, trading barbs on campaign advertising, Social Security and the recent congressional resolution...

>But this kind of fraud is not prevalent in Minnesota because of preventative measures and state legislation, said Minnesotan political representatives. "I think that we're leap years ahead of other...

W By Janet Hook and Nick Anderson The Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - A somber House on Thursday voted decisively to authorize the use of military force against Iraq, giving President Bush a bipartisan mandate...

Politicians take advantage of listeners' assumptions about what words mean and distort the truth without actually lying, University of Pennsylvania communication professor Kathleen Jamieson said at the...

W By Janet Hook The Los Angeles Times ASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday joined the Senate in the sobering debate over authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, but a marked sense of uncertainty...

Gov. Jesse Ventura said Monday his June trade mission to China was his proudest accomplishment as governor. "I look forward to the long relationship that will continue between Minnesota and China," he...