elections

Pro-EU figures step up push for party to back second referendum.
There is a late, late move to give MPs an extra option in Tuesday's showdown.
"I've worked out that you could plan and hold a referendum in 22 weeks."
PM says for first time she would never allow legislation needed for a ‘People’s Vote’
Dennis Hof, 72, a brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican candidate, just won his race for the Nevada state legislature, despite having died in October. Hof defeated Democratic candidate and educator Lesia Romanov in the race, earning about 68 percent of the vote.
The US midterms saw record numbers of women running for positions in Congress, with historic wins across the country including the youngest woman elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The US midterm elections have left the Republicans with control of the Senate and the Democrats with a majority in the House of Representatives, so both can claim a victory. But President Donald Trump could face difficulties with his policies.
November 2018 sees the United States voting in the first major election since Donald Trump was elected president. Trump is not on the ballot, and yet the stakes are incredibly high. The Republicans are at risk of losing their total control of Congress. The Democrats, meanwhile, are divided over the best way to leverage opposition to the president in order to regain a modicum of power. Here’s everything you need to know.