LAKE PLACID — Election Day is two weeks off, but this weekend marks the start of voting for local, state and federal races in Essex County, and there are several crucial deadlines coming on Saturday, Oct. 26. Saturday, Oct. 26 is the first of eight days of early voting, the last day to ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — The one contested race in Essex County this year is for Essex County judge. The candidates are Lake Placid attorney and Democrat Bryan Liam Kennelly and Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague, a Republican. Kennelly was the new democratic pick after the previous ...

There are two candidates on local ballots in the race for the NY-21 congressional seat — incumbent Republican Elise Stefanik and challenging Democrat Paula Collins. The two are at odds over many major political issues, and campaigning in different ways, with Collins traveling the district ...

SARANAC LAKE — Election season is gearing up as voters prepare to head to the polls on Nov. 5, and there are several voter registration and absentee ballot deadlines coming before early voting starts in around a month. This being a presidential election year, election commissioners are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing an affable longtime politician who Democrats hope can keep newfound party unity alive in a campaign barreling toward Election Day. Harris said in a post on social media ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election. The decision comes after escalating ...