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Elections

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Education

Souderton residents say school board’s Thanksgiving Eve appointment is a ‘lame-duck power grab’

Community members criticized the board’s move to fill a vacancy days before newly-elected members are sworn in.

8 months ago

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Joi Washington, Mayor-elect of Media, Pennsylvania, at WHYY's studios in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Media Borough has a new mayor for the first time in 3 decades. Meet Joi Washington

What does Joi Washington — a transit-oriented, video game-playing millennial — have in store for "Everybody’s Hometown" in Delaware County?

8 months ago

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Congressional candidate Pablo McConnie-Saad in a blue shirt
Politics & Policy

Former Biden climate advisor enters crowded field for Philadelphia’s 3rd Congressional District

Pablo McConnie-Saad says he’s running on affordability, which he connects to climate. He has a tough-on-Trump stance, saying there needs to be a general strike.

8 months ago

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File: Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, of New Jersey, addresses a gathering Nov. 14, 2025, in Manchester, N.H
Politics & Policy

Cory Booker, other potential presidential candidates are less coy about 2028 plans: ‘Of course I’m thinking about it’

Political strategists say it's an approach that makes sense given the wide-open 2028 field and sheer number of candidates competing for attention.

8 months ago

Democrat Mikie Sherrill smiles before the final debate in the New Jersey governor's race, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey sets April 2026 special election as Sherrill resigns House seat ahead of inauguration

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set the primary for Feb. 5 and the special general election for April 16.

8 months ago

Philly youth voter participation
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

‘They had no say’: Why Philly youth voters are showing up in historic numbers

The youngest voters are voting more – and engaging beyond elections. Nonprofits that work with them say at least some of their motivation is frustration.

8 months ago

An election worker offers stickers to voters at the Moorestown Township Fire Station.
Politics & Policy

An investigation is underway into Chester County’s poll book snafu. Here’s what we know so far — and what happens next

A West Chester–based law firm will investigate how 70,000 third-party voters in Chester County were omitted from poll books on Election Day.

8 months ago

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New Jersey governor-elect Mikie Sherrill attends a photo opportunity in the governor's office in Trenton, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.
Politics & Policy

Voters in Virginia and New Jersey send a message: It’s Trump’s economy now

The voting pattern in two traditionally Republican counties in each state is evidence of how strongly Democrats campaigned on pocketbook issues.

8 months ago

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani
Politics & Policy

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss

Among those also pardoned were Sidney Powell, an attorney who promoted baseless conspiracy theories about a stolen election.

8 months ago

Voters arrive at Stuart Elementary School, a polling place in Willingboro, New Jersey.
Politics & Policy

Election 2025: New Jersey voter turnout was the highest in more than two decades

WHYY News’ analysis of unofficial numbers shows about 50% of registered voters cast a ballot in the closely watched contest.

8 months ago

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People wait in line outside the Bucks County government building to apply for an on-demand mail ballot on the last day to request one in Doylestown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Education
WESA

Democrats sweep school board elections at Pine-Richland and across Pennsylvania

Democrats retook all seats on the Central Bucks School District’s board, which gained national attention for high-profile book bans and policies targeting LGBT students.

8 months ago

FILE - Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale
Politics & Policy
WESA

‘Democratic energy’, and anger at Trump, powered wins up and down Pa. ballot, observers say

In the final days of the campaign, President Donald Trump and Barack Obama weighed in on the Pennsylvania race, which drew national attention and spending.

8 months ago

New Jersey governor-elect Mikie Sherrill attends a photo opportunity in the governor's office in Trenton, N.J., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.
Politics & Policy

N.J. Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill announces transition team, lists utility costs, homebuyers credit, kids’ safety as top priorities

Sherrill named Dale Caldwell as the head of her transition team, and said Kellie Doucette will serve as executive director.

8 months ago

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Jack Ciattarelli saluting to the crowd at his election night party
Politics & Policy

President Trump became Jack Ciattarelli’s ultimate liability in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, political experts say

Polling suggested a tight election but did not consider how President Donald Trump would galvanize voters to the polls.

8 months ago

An election sign on a lawn
Politics & Policy

Philly suburbs record highest off-year voter turnout since 2011

Voters in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties showed up in droves, despite there being no big-ticket federal race.

8 months ago

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