Political Candidates

Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan endorsed Kevin James in the mayor's race, a major coup for the dark horse Republican candidate who is seeking to capture conservative votes....

This post has been corrected. See below for details. Supporters of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti are launching an independent campaign to raise and spend money on his behalf in an effort to even the playing field with his......

Talking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...

The political action committee run by the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce said it is backing mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel in the race to replace Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa....

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super political action committee has ramped up its attacks on 2nd Congressional District Democratic candidate Debbie Halvorson’s gun control views by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars more on a new TV...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at times emotional and fierce, insisted on Wednesday that the department is moving swiftly and aggressively to strengthen security at U.S. missions worldwide after the deadly Sept. 11 raid...

 PIERRE — Today marks one year since the death of Bill Janklow from inoperable brain cancer. His four terms and 16 years in the office made him South Dakota’s longest-serving governor.  Eventually two portraits of Janklow — one for his...

L.A. City Councilman Eric Garcetti’s call for a “People’s Pledge”—to limit spending by outside groups in the L.A. mayor’s race—hails from Massachusetts, where a similar pact got mixed reviews from the Boston...

After a tense tussle about union spending in the contest, the major candidates in the Los Angeles mayoral race met in a congenial South Los Angeles forum in which they largely agreed and avoided attacking one another directly....

The first hint of a lively L.A. mayoral race surfaced at a forum staged recently by the Service Employees International Union, which represents 10,000 city employees....

In the increasingly quickened pace of the L.A. mayoral race, City Controller Wendy Greuel has earned the endorsement of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, who called her a “proven leader” who can focus on creating jobs and improving the economy....

The "super PAC" formed to support the L.A. mayoral bid of Republican candidate Kevin James brought in just $200,000 last year, according to disclosure forms filed with city officials on Thursday. But it ushered into the orbit of city politics one of the...