He tried to make the call the night of the election, but he could not get through. He gave it a shot the next day. No luck. On Day 3, he more or less gave up. In politics, it is the conversation nobody wants to have: the brief, gracious, stilted acknowledgment of defeat. And so far, Carl P. Paladino [...]

By now, we know who won and lost 99% of the races in New York yesterday. However, behind the scenes during each election year there is another race – for power, privilege and bragging rights by Jewish politicians and community leaders who do their best to move votes in their respective communities for their favored [...]

After his party suffered big losses on Tuesday night, President Obama told reporters that “it feels bad.” “The toughest thing over the last couple of days is seeing real terrific public servants not having the opportunity to serve anymore, at least in the short term,” he said at a press conference, praising allies’ “faith” and “conviction” [...]

YWN photographers Hillel Engel & Shimon Gifter spent last evening at the Democratic celebration party in the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan. Videos include Andrew Cuomo Victory Speech, U.S. Senator Schumer, U.S. Senator Gillibrand, NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, and others. Another video is a special “behind the scenes” feature – including Don Donovan expressing his hopes that he would [...]

Three Iowa Supreme Court justices lost their seats Tuesday in a historic upset fueled by their 2009 decision that allowed same-gender couples to marry. Vote totals from 96 percent of Iowa’s 1,774 precincts showed Chief Justice Marsha Ternus and Justices David Baker and Michael Streit with less than the simple majority needed to stay on the [...]

President Obama, shown in a phone call last night to House speaker-in-waiting John Boehner, holds a press conference today at 1 p.m. ET to discuss how his administration plans to work with the new Republican majority, as voter discontent sweeps away the Democrats’ monopoly on power — and sends an emphatic message to the White [...]

Republican Rick Scott spent more of his own money than any politician in Florida history, but needed a wave of conservative activism to push him across the finish line early Wednesday morning in the closest governor’s race in 16 years. Democrat Alex Sink conceded defeat about 10:30 Wednesday in a surprise announcement in Tampa. She had [...]

Some of the calls for a White House shake-up are now coming from inside the building. Frustrated current and former West Wing staffers, speaking on condition of anonymity, told POLITICO they hoped Tuesday night’s humbling losses would convince President Barack Obama to pursue a much more sweeping fix than just the “natural” post-election churn of personnel [...]

The winds of political change are howling in Albany – but not when it comes to Assembly Speaker-for-life Sheldon Silver. He faced no opposition in his lower Manhattan district on Tuesday, and looks to keep his job as boss of half the Legislature in similarly effortless fashion. January will mark his 17th year as one of the [...]

Albany, NY – Control of the state Senate remains up for grabs as election results continued pouring in on Wednesday. It could be unclear for days which party will hold the majority in the chamber as absentee ballots are counted and lawsuits are filed. Democrats claimed they have retained their majority, while Republicans insisted they have regained [...]