Staff Writer Karen Brooks and motivational speaker Eli Davidson take your questions on how to get over your candidate not finishing on top....
Discuss Obama's historic win and highlights from Tuesday's elections with senior political writer Wayne Slater....
It has taken awhile, but Ellis County has finished tallying its votes. Check here for results. Rockwall County appears to have counted only early votes as of the early morning....
From Staff Writer Elizabet Langton: U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall, has a substantial early lead over two opponents in his bid for a 15th term. Hall is facing the same Democratic challenger he defeated in 2006 - Glenn Melancon, a...
The reports are in from around the country, and so far, so good. The American electoral system seems to be handling the big crowds and long lines just fine, according to voting monitors. A team of writers from CQ Politics...
Anyone who stops in a Starbucks on Tuesday and says he or she voted will get a free cup of coffee -- the plain Jane variety, not the frappuccino-mocha-macchiato-truffle-gingersnap-latte kind, but still. It's all on the honor system. (A co-worker,...
Garry Trudeau, creator of the Doonesbury comic strip, has sent a series of comic strips for next week's newspapers that assumes Barack Obama is the victor in the presidential election. Trudeau said he might have provided papers with a John...
Over on our Technology Blog, Victor Godinez talks about the Twitter Vote Report, an application that allows voters to report any problems at polling places on Election Day....
In its 161-year history, the Chicago Tribune has never endorsed a Democrat for president. Until now....
John McCain hit Barack Obama hard on taxes last night, employing the help of a certain now-famous-for-at-least-a-few-days Ohio plumber. McCain's constant theme is Obama will raise your taxes; Obama says I will only if your household makes over $250,000. Want...
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