Updated: 12:10 PM Municipal elections in Gary are on hold because of incorrectly printed ballots, recount issues and other problems.

Updated: 5:09 PM Republican State Sen. Mark Obenshain says he plans to run for reelection.

Posted: 4:12 PM A decision made in Richmond, to go through with redistricting, will cost the state and ultimately Valley residents.

Updated: 6:38 PM Republican Dickie Bell has announced he is running to retain his 20th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Updated: 12:48 PM The Peruvian presidential election this weekend could produce traffic gridlock in the northern Virginia city of Falls Church.

Updated: 1:10 PM With all 140 legislative seats and control of a closely divided Senate on the line, a pro-business group gives incumbent Republicans better marks for pro-business votes this year than Democrats.

Updated: 12:04 PM The Republican and Democratic nominees for West Virginia governor both favor more single-seat House of Delegates districts.

Posted: 3:59 PM A judge who last week ruled that the law banning corporations from contributing to federal political candidates is unconstitutional may be reconsidering his decision.

Posted: 10:57 AM It's been six months since Republicans alarmed Democrats with their midterm election wave.

Updated: 2:11 PM Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she is "still kind of contemplating" a presidential bid.

Posted: 11:53 AM Six months into his new job on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has been busy pursuing his brand of consensus building.

Posted: 11:51 AM Dominant Democrats in Virginia's Senate were looking to put away their Republican rivals in redrawing Senate district lines. But some Republicans aren't going away quietly.

Posted: 11:48 AM In the first presidential election since the tea party's emergence, Republican candidates are drifting rightward on a range of issues, even though more centrist stands might play well in the 2012 general election.

Posted: 11:42 AM The number of registered Democrats has fallen in key states carried by President Barack Obama in 2008 in what could be an early warning sign for his reelection campaign.

Updated: 11:40 AM Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin rumbled into the parking lot of the Pentagon on the back of a motorcycle as she started an East Coast bus tour.

Posted: 10:22 AM A judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional.

Posted: 4:43 PM Nearly a third of West Virginia's House of Delegates has been assigned to draft that chamber's redistricting plan.

Posted: 3:21 PM A member of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors announced Wednesday night that he will not seek reelection.

Posted: 4:31 PM Some legislative Democrats say Republicans who hope they would acquiesce next month to a congressional remapping plan are going to be disappointed.

Posted: 12:31 PM Still 17 months from a U.S. Senate election, Republican George Allen is campaigning at a pace more typical of a campaign's final weeks.

Updated: 5:56 PM Marion County residents will get a chance to weigh in on legislative redistricting this weekend.

Updated: 11:49 AM The nation's largest labor federation is weighing whether to pull political support from congressional Democrats who aren't doing enough to back labor unions.

Posted: 12:57 PM Calls for 100 single-seat districts in West Virginia's House of Delegates turned into a recurring theme at a Charleston public hearing on the state's ongoing redistricting process.

Posted: 11:59 AM West Virginia freshman U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin believes ending tax cuts and reducing military spending can help ease the federal deficit.

Updated: 6:10 PM In a pivotal election season for control of the Virginia Senate, Democrats get predictably low marks from a socially conservative lobbying organization.