Democratic Sen. Bob Casey has conceded to Republican Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate election after a close race triggered an automatic recount. Final race results are expected to ...

The Ohio Republican Party effectively supported the rebel faction when its central committee voted to censure the so-called “blue 22” House Republicans who had joined Democrats to elevate ...

The donkey and elephant symbols play a significant role in U.S. elections and have represented the two major political parties since the 19th century. In recent times, these symbols continue to be ...

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will lead the Republican Governors Association for the next year, the group announced Wednesday, just weeks after the party secured governorships in eight out ...

Republican members of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday unanimously chose Paul Ryan to keep his job as Speaker, following the party's victory at the polls last week, the House GOP ...

In 1874, the first cartoon depicting the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party was printed in Harper's Weekly. In 1916, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected and Republican ...

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell discusses Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees after Trump’s choices for Attorney General and Defense Secretary are accused of sexual assault. Lawrence says that we ...

or, "Why is that donkey dressed like Uncle Sam?" The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be?

On Nov. 6, 1951, Democratic candidates were elected as mayor and district attorney, ending the reign of the GOP political machine.

President-elect Donald Trump stopped by the Hyatt to meet with the House Republican Caucus ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. At the meeting with House Republicans ...