“Slow” and “snail’s pace” were among the words central peninsula election workers used to describe voter traffic at their respective precincts during Tuesday’s municipal election. One worker in Soldotna studied a Sudoku puzzle while another tended to a colorful crochet project — both looking to pass the time in between voters. Against the backdrop of […]
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Election day was an incumbent’s game for Homer’s political hopefuls, the first round of unofficial election results show. Overall, incumbents led in races on city councils, but margins were slim in many contested races for seats on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly and on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education. In Seward, […]
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The victory of Robert Fico, a former prime minister who took a pro-Russian campaign stance, in Slovakia’s parliamentary elections is a further sign of eroding support for Ukraine in the West as the war drags on and the front line remains largely static. Slovakia is a small country with historical Russian sympathies, and the nature […]
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Huge crowds marched through Poland’s capital, Warsaw, on Sunday, converging around a giant flag commemorating a 1945 uprising against Nazi Germany, as opponents of the governing party sought to rally voters for a critical general election that they see as the last chance to save the country’s hard-won democratic freedoms. The Warsaw city government, which […]
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Two exit polls released early Sunday after Slovakia’s parliamentary election showed a tight finish between a liberal party that wants to maintain robust support for Ukraine in its war with Russia and a Russia-friendly populist party, in a vote that many in Europe saw as a bellwether of support for the war. But neither of […]
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Voters around the Kenai Peninsula will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in races for city council, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, the local school board and several other local seats. In Kenai, four candidates are vying for two open seats on the city council. Incumbents Henry Knackstedt and Teea Winger are running to […]
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Two of the three candidates for Seward City Council gathered Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Seward Community Library to talk about their bid for public office and issues facing city voters as part of a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion, KDLL 91.9 FM and KBBI 890 AM public radio. The forum, hosted in […]
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With a colorless and reputedly prickly small-city mayor being challenged by a far-right candidate known for his charisma and business success, many Germans feared that the hard-line Alternative for Germany party was about to win its first City Hall. But when the ballots were counted Sunday evening, voters in the city of Nordhausen had decisively […]
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The last time New Zealanders voted in a general election, they were choosing between two women who were self-professed feminists. Three years later, in a sign of how sharply the pendulum has swung, they will pick between two men named Chris. Ahead of next month’s polls, and 130 years after New Zealand became the first […]
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Candidates for Homer City Council gathered Monday in the Homer Public Library to talk about their bid for public office and issues facing city voters as part of a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion, KDLL 91.9 FM and KBBI 890 AM public radio. The forum, hosted in partnership with the Central Peninsula League […]
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It is a right to vote, or not. Our local community elections happen every October; this year it’s Oct. 3. You can also vote in person two weeks prior at the borough building and most city clerk offices. There won’t be ringing bells two weeks prior or the day before, announcing election day, but maybe […]
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Former President Donald J. Trump said he hoped Mark Meadows — his final White House chief of staff and a co-defendant in a sweeping racketeering indictment in Georgia stemming from efforts to thwart the 2020 election — was still “loyal” to him. Mr. Trump made his comment during a lengthy interview with Kristen Welker, the […]
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Candidates for seats on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly gathered Monday in the Soldotna Public Library to talk about their bid for public office and issues facing borough voters as part of a candidate forum moderated by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM public radio. The forum, hosted in partnership with the Central Peninsula […]
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Virginia, whose off-year elections are usually closely watched as an indicator of the national mood, has been mostly out of the spotlight this year, overshadowed by the Republican presidential primary and the looming general election clash. But with every seat in the Legislature up in eight weeks, the stakes are unusually high, with Republicans in […]
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Mexico’s governing party chose Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, as its candidate in next year’s presidential election on Wednesday, creating a watershed moment in the world’s largest Spanish-speaking country, with voters expected to choose for the first time between two leading candidates who are women. “Today democracy won. Today the people of […]
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Candidates for Soldotna public office gathered in the Soldotna Public Library on Monday evening to share their thoughts on riverfront redevelopment, arts and culture development and the future of the city as part of a candidate forum moderated by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM public radio. The forum, hosted in partnership with the […]
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