McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run for another term in Kentucky and to retire when his current term ends. He informed The Associated Press of his decision before he was set to address colleagues in a speech on the Senate floor.

The lawyer for a Mobile woman indicted under a new election fraud statute said he believes it might be the first time the law has been invoked.

Alabama’s first term secretary of state is forgoing a re-election bid, instead announcing that he’s throwing his hat into the ring for a different constitutional office

Alabama's congressional map is the subject of a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state has to keep a new court-ordered district that led to the election of a second Black representative.

On Saturday, Democratic county chairmen from across the state gathered in Birmingham to form the state’s first Alabama Democratic County Chair Association. The group said it plans to build off the work that county committees and county chairs are already performing and hopefully use it to build the party from the ground up.

Allen’s tenure as Secretary of State drew national attention when, immediately after taking office, he withdrew Alabama from the Electronic Registration Information Center.

This is not about growing government. This is about ensuring our local election offices, especially in rural counties, have what they need to protect our elections from cyber threats and other risks.

On Tuesday, the Opelika City Council unanimously approved the rules, voting locations and date for the 2025 municipal elections that will see all five council positions and the mayor's seat on the ballot.

Residents in the City of Tuscaloosa will elect a mayor in the upcoming municipal election, along with members of the City Council and the city Board of Education. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. March 4 in Tuscaloosa. Any runoffs required will be April 1. Inauguration will be May 19.