The Black Ballot

California's newest U.S. Senator has declined to seek a full term next year, which means there is still only one Black woman running for U.S. Senate in the Golden State next year.

Independent presidential candidate Cornel West defended accepting a campaign donation from Republican billionaire Harlan Crow, who lavished Clarence Thomas with gifts compared to bribes.

A new poll found Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent candidacy helps Biden against Trump. Pollsters previously said Cornel West's candidacy helped Trump.

Rep. Pete Aguilar nominated Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House by ripping Jim Jordan, Republicans' nominee for the powerful position.

Cornel West has an uphill battle to be on presidential ballots in all states as an independent candidate following his surprise departure from the Green Party. Here's everything he must do.

There's a movement to make Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the Republican-led House.

Black history was made when Laphonza Butler become the third Black woman U.S. Senator.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is looking forward "to having two incredible Black women serve consecutively."

EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler is set to be the nation's third-ever Black woman U.S. Senator after California Gov. Gavin Newsome selected her to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat.

Tim Scott said during the second GOP presidential debate that slavery wasn't as "hard to survive" for Black families as LBJ's "Great Society" welfare program.

Republicans are apparently more concerned with Tim Scott's marital status than the issues.

Eric Johnson, the second-ever Black mayor of Dallas, is switching to Republican months after winning reelection by running as a Democrat.