Oregon's primary election is now less than three weeks away.There are some big races on the ballot, from congressional seats to school and zoo funding.This week
El Salvador's electoral authority on Wednesday said it would begin to hand count ballots for the country's presidential and legislative assembly elections after reporting there were system failures in transmitting the votes. President Nayib Bukele's victory, with 83% of the majority of the vote counted, is not in doubt, but the spotlight is on the country's 60 congressional seats. On Sunday after declaring himself the victor, he said his New Ideas party had won 58 out of 60 seats in Congress, despite just 5% of ballots for the seats being counted.
Nationally, AdImpact projects a new record of $10.2 billion in spending for the 2024 election, significantly higher than the $2.6 billion spent in 2016.