When first running for office as a Democrat in 2022, state Rep. Hillary Cassel said she disagreed with Gov. Ron DeSantis on “almost all issues.” Just last year, Democratic state Rep. Susan Valdes said she couldn’t understand why Latinos would vote for a “dictator” like Donald Trump.

Republicans took the gavel in the Michigan House of Representatives, Detroit Democrat state Rep. Karen Whitsett said she won't caucus with her party, in part, because she doesn't want to fuel any concerns that she may leak confidential conversations with her Democratic colleagues to GOP House Speaker Matt Hall whom she called a friend.

A significant number of Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance a GOP-led bill to require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes – a key step that puts the legislation on the verge of passage.

President-elect Donald Trump hailed Florida state Rep. Hillary Cassel's announcement that she's switching from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party.

The Iowa Democratic Party is facing a greater disadvantage this legislative session as voters across the state largely favored Republican candidates. With the session set to

The North Carolina Supreme Court blocked state officials from certifying the Democratic candidate as the winner of a razor-thin race for the state’s high court.

Why the North Carolina Supreme Court allowing the case to proceed two months after the election is so extraordinary.

A second Florida Democratic lawmaker has switched parties this month, further swelling the legislative Republican supermajority. Rep. Hillary Cassel of Dania Beach, first elected to the state House in 2022, made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.

Karen Whitsett spoke warmly of working with Donald Trump to advance an agenda touching issues such as infant mortality, justice reform, and public safety.

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), among the party’s highest-profile critics of President-elect Trump, responded to getting kicked out of the Georgia Republican Party on Thursday by asking what took so long.

Georgia GOP leaders voted to expell Geoff Duncan from the state party and threatened to charge him with trespassing if he ever attends another party event.

Most of the candidates running for governor in New Jersey this year have gone about their political lives in a very careful, ordered way. They’ve slowly