2026 Primaries and Caucuses U.S. Senate Dem. | GOP March 3 U.S. House March 3 An open U.S. Senate seat highlights North Carolina's statewide primary, with former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley each in strong position in their respective contests. There are also a number of contested U.S.
Polls were open on Sunday morning in Japan for parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved parliament in January ahead of the snap elections, a gamble that she hopes will provide her and her struggling party with a stronger mandate.
Portugal votes on Sunday in a second-round presidential election to pick a successor to conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa for the largely ceremonial figurehead position. Polls will open at 8 a.m.
Voters are heading to polling stations across Thailand on Sunday to elect a new parliament. The vote is a three-way race between the reformist People's Party, the conservative Bhumjaithai Party of incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Pheu Thai, the party backed by the still-influential Shinawatra family.
Thailand heads to the polls on February 8 amid a prolonged period of political instability. Since the last election some three years ago, the winning party has been dissolved and two prime ministers have been removed from office.
It's unlikely centuries of precedent would be overturned to nationalize US elections process, despite calls from Donald Trump, experts say. The US president made repeated comments this week that the Republican Party — which holds slender majorities in both houses of the US Congress — should "do something" about how elections are run in the US.
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Presidential candidate Laura Fernández addresses supporters after polls closed in San José, Costa Rica, Sunday.
Chile's presidential candidate Jeannette Jara of the Unidad por Chile coalition at her closing rally and Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party speaking during his closing campaign rally.
A voter carries his son as he walks into the Oak Creek Town Hall to drop off his ballot on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Colo.
A voter casts an in-person early ballot for the 2024 general election at the Northwest Activities Center on October 29, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.
Dinis N'Tchama, military spokesperson, speaks on Wednesday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. TGB Guinea-Bissau/AP hide caption toggle caption TGB Guinea-Bissau/AP BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state television Wednesday saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace, three days after national elections.