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The campaign between Nicolás Maduro and Henrique Capriles has been an ardous hate fest. No matter who wins, the country will be left bitterly divided and full of resentment.

Election Day brings lots of losing candidates. Here's the story of America's greatest election loser — a Chicagoan.

 Egyptian voters are bracing for a presidential runoff pitting the former head of the air force, Ahmeh Shafik, against Muslim Brotherhood candidate Ahmed Morsi.

Europe saw a political shake up this weekend when voters went to the polls in France, Serbia and Greece. Greek voters gave a majority to the center-right New Democracy party.  But with only about 19 percent of the vote, they did not win enough seats to take control of parliament.

Wisconsin’s attonery general plans to appeal a temporary injunction of that state’s controversial voter ID law which went into effect this year.“My office will continue its efforts to defend the law, and I am confident that the Voter ID law ultimately will be upheld,” said Wisconsin Attorney General

With Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez’s health in decline and the emergence of a popular opposition candidate for fall elections, uncertainty surrounds Chavez’s continued political power.

Vladimir Putin won another victory in yesterday’s presidential elections in Russia.  Putin, who has been either president or prime minister for the past 12 years, was expected to win.  Putin's victory comes with widespread allegations of fraud – by international observers and his opponents