Vote results

Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.

FRANKFORT — As Democratic candidates rolled to victory Tuesday in many other states, those in Kentucky did little more than tread water.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will return to Washington as the titular head of a party that has lost the presidency and seen its congressional ranks diminished.

Fighting against a national Democratic tide, U.S. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell survived what he called an "exhausting" re-election race and emerged as the nation's most powerful Republican.

No state House incumbents lost a race for re-election Tuesday, but Democrats posted a net gain of one seat.

No state House incumbents lost a race for re-election Tuesday, but Democrats posted a net gain of one seat.

Republicans defended their turf in key state Senate races to maintain a comfortable majority and greatly reduce the Democrats' chances of reclaiming the chamber any time soon.

Madison County residents will have to wait until at least 11:30 p.m. for election results from the county.

Little will change in Kentucky's congressional delegation next year, with five U.S. House incumbents re-elected Tuesday and Republicans holding onto the sixth seat, vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Cecilia.

DANVILLE — Voters rejected a measure that would have forced a change in the way Danville city government does business.

District Judge Julie Muth Goodman narrowly edged out seven other contenders Tuesday to keep the Fayette County judgeship she was appointed to in August.

Although Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans in Kentucky, most of the state's voters sided with Republican John McCain instead of Democrat Barack Obama for president.

The former mayor of a Texas town won a nail-biter election to represent Lexington's 5th Urban County Council District.

Fayette County voting officials moved the Meadowthorpe Precinct early Tuesday morning after electrical problems developed.

It didn't pay to be first. The line of early-bird voters at the Lexington Fire Department's headquarters on Third Street snaked around the building in the dark and down in front of a Marathon gas station, where some people stopped for coffee Tuesday morning before waiting to cast their vote.

The state's largest and most complicated voting problem Tuesday took place in Northern Kentucky's Kenton County, where a glitch in electronic voting machines affected straight-ticket votes.

The Senate's 54-45 vote to reject the measure by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., opens the door for President Barack Obama to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, to trial in federal court, rather than the military commissions Graham helped create.

An outspoken critic of the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Honduras late Thursday dropped his opposition to two State Department nominees, saying that the administration has reversed course. South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint said on the Senate floor that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had told him the U.S. would recognize Honduras' Nov. 29 election "regardless of whether former President Manuel Zelaya is returned to office."

Gene Otto left his Olympia, Wash., bakery for a day, flew across the country to the nation's capital and told four members of Congress why it's important that they overhaul America's health care system.

WASHINGTON -- John Garamendi is wasting no time in making his move from Sacramento to Washington.

Passing a health care overhaul bill might be one of the hardest things Congress has ever attempted, but waiting until next year might jeopardize the top priority for President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress.

On Tuesday night, Lt. Gov. John Garamendi won a special election in California's 10th District. On Wednesday, he took a Southwest Airlines flight to Washington. On Thursday, he was sworn in by Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the newest member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ballot counts Wednesday showed Washington's same-sex partnership law passing with twice the margin of victory it had on election night, and one key leader in the movement declared victory. Yet the measure's foes weren't conceding defeat.

President Barack Obama is set to sign a bill extending jobless benefits 20 weeks and prolonging the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit.

President Barack Obama is set to sign a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.

President Barack Obama is pushing back a trip to Capitol Hill aimed at discussing the proposed health care overhaul with lawmakers.

Weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was criticized over her poor voting record, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina tried to fend off a similar line of questioning by owning up to her spotty past.

After an emotional debate over how to keep Americans safe, the Senate Thursday narrowly defeated an effort to prevent civilian trials in U.S. courts for the accused planners of the 9/11 attacks.

Gene Otto left his Olympia, Wash., bakery for a day, flew across the country to the nation's capital and told four members of Congress why it's important that they overhaul America's health care system.

Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box.