The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Policy will accept student applications through May 8 for its newly launched 2016 Convention Ambassadors program, an initiative providing members with ...

Party conventions used to nominate presidential candidates. Now that's all done in advance. Next week's Republican Party convention plans to break with tradition. Instead of waiting until Wednesday, ...

Political conventions are occurring during the next two weeks throughout the Greater New Milford area to determine state senate and representative nominations. 30th District Senate seat (includes New ...

The Democratic Party that convenes in Boston this week now bears the same name as the one that convened in Chicago 72 years ago, but not much else is the same. Quite apart from the innumerable ways in ...

Modern political conventions are like a Super Bowl minus the game. They are the bling on the body politic: shiny, pretty and a touch goofy. They exist to be seen, more than to do. They are like a Miss ...

It's been a while since the Democratic and Republican conventions captured voters' attention by actually deciding who the presidential nominees would be. But this year the parties are fighting to ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – National political conventions are a rare opportunity for politicians to greet a national audience and make a big impression. Sometimes those moments are career-makers.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is introduced during the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Republican ...

Detroit — Some of the potential 2026 races to elect the leaders of Michigan's government came into clearer view over the weekend as thousands of Republicans and Democrats gathered in Detroit for their ...

Remind me: Why are we doing this? That was the question bouncing around in my head after I spent my first 24 hours in Tampa on increasingly soggy ground. The twin horrors of Tropical Storm Isaac and ...

As the American political-convention season chugs along, what has been the response in China, a country that reliably emerges as a whipping boy for both political parties during U.S. electoral ...