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Erica Deuso posing for a photo outdoors
Elections
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania

Downingtown elects Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor

Democrat Erica Deuso defeated Republican Richard Bryant in the borough of Downingtown’s mayoral election.

1 month ago

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Joe Khan smiles
Elections
Pennsylvania

Joe Khan becomes first Democrat to be elected Bucks County district attorney since the 1800s

Khan, a former Bucks County solicitor, bested Republican incumbent Jennifer Schorn, who was appointed district attorney in January 2024.

1 month ago

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Danny Ceisler looks on
Elections
Pennsylvania

Democrat Danny Ceisler ousts Fred Harran in Bucks County sheriff’s race

Ceisler defeated incumbent Sheriff Fred Harran, promising to end an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement the Republican signed this year.

1 month ago

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Democratic Delaware County Council candidates Richard Womack (left) and Joanne Phillips
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Democrats retain unanimous control of Delaware County Council

Democrats Richard Womack and Joanne Phillips prevailed over Republicans Brian Burke and Liz Piazza.

1 month ago

Larry Krasner speaking after winning the primary election
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wins reelection

The Democratic incumbent defeated Republican challenger Patrick Dugan.

1 month ago

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New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill speaks at her rally during a campaign event, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in Newark, N.J.
Elections
New Jersey

Democrat Mikie Sherrill prevails over Republican Jack Ciattarelli and wins the race for governor of New Jersey

The race, which was the most expensive in the history of New Jersey, was widely seen as a gauge of the Trump administration.

1 month ago

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks alongside Vice President JD Vance
National
New Jersey
Transportation
Travel

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warns of ‘mass chaos’ in skies if shutdown continues

The FAA slows down or even stops flights temporarily anytime it is short on controllers or if there is an equipment problem.

1 month ago

A voter shows off their election sticker in Philadelphia
Elections
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

These Philadelphians say too much is happening to take an election ‘off’

Olde Kensington voters came out for state Supreme Court retention votes, and to stay vigilant and connected locally.

1 month ago

Election workers prepare ballots for scanning at the City of Philadelphia Election Warehouse in North Philadelphia.
Elections
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Election 2025: Still have your Pa. or N.J. mail ballot? You can hand it in today

Approximately 21% of Pennsylvania mail voters had yet to return their ballots as of Tuesday morning.

1 month ago

Election Day 2025 - from the Pa. Supreme Court retention race, over the Philly DA's race, to the NJ gubernatorial race and more.
Studio 2
Elections
Government
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Election Day 2025: Key races in New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Studio 2 unpacks the biggest races on the ballot. In the Garden State, voters are choosing between Republican Ciattarelli and Democrat Sherrill. Philly is picking the next DA.

Air Date: November 4, 2025 12:00 pm

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Voters come and go at the Corporal Jimmy O'Connor Memorial Recreation Center in North Philadelphia.
Elections
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Missing voter rolls and unfounded bomb threats: Voters in Chester County and New Jersey run into issues at the polls

One suburban voter described the experience as “disenfranchising.”

1 month ago

New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill arrives to a campaign stop at a train station in Westfield, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.
Elections
New Jersey

Trump’s policies and inflation drive governor’s race in New Jersey, where GOP has been making gains

The outcome could gauge how the electorate is responding to Trump’s policies and whether some groups of core Democratic voters still have faith in the party’s leadership.

1 month ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices David Wecht, Christine Donohue and Kevin Dougherty in their judicial robes
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania could keep its Democratic high court majority or get partisan deadlock on the bench

In an era of increasingly polarized judicial elections, Republicans mounted a late-emerging campaign to defeat the justices.

1 month ago

Vice President Dick Cheney addresses a campaign rally for Gus Bilirakis, a Republican who is running for the Tampa Bay area congressional seat his father is vacating in Tampa, Fla. July 21, 2006.
History
National

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history, dies at 84

Cheney led the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as VP under his son, George W. Bush.

1 month ago

A ''Vote Here'' sign indicates a polling place at Rowan College in Mount Laurel, N.J., Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania 2025 election results

See full results, including races for Philadelphia district attorney as well as judicial contests on Pa.'s Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme courts.

1 month ago

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