Star-Advertiser coverage of the 2020 elections.
Trump’s supporters are planning to rally Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud. “There are people intent on coming to our city armed,” D.C. Acting Police Chief Robert Contee said Monday. Read more
Foreign leaders are looking forward, but many worry that the Trump effect will last for years, damaging trust in American predictability and reliability. Read more
Tuesday’s runoff elections will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. Read more
The judge didn’t rule on the merits of Gohmert’s argument, which would have radically reshaped a vice president’s role. Read more
Kahele represents the neighbor islands and rural Oahu, and will serve alongside Rep. Ed Case. Read more
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in that chamber, said Trump’s conduct “merits nothing less than a criminal investigation.” Read more
Retired U.S. Attorney and Circuit Court Judge Steve Alm was sworn in as Honolulu prosecuting attorney on Saturday, along with dozens of deputy prosecutors who were already working in the city’s Department of the Prosecuting Attorney. Read more
The page was turned to a new chapter at Honolulu Hale on Saturday when veteran businessman Rick Blangiardi was sworn in as mayor and five Honolulu City Council members took their seats for the first time. Read more
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Judges across the country, and a Supreme Court with a conservative majority, have rejected nearly 60 attempts by Trump and his allies to challenge the results. Read more
Dozens of deputy prosecutors were at the Blaisdell and also took the oath of office. Read more
The oath of office was administered by retired Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson. Read more
For the first time in the city’s history, a majority of the Council is comprised of women. Read more
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged Republicans not to try to overturn the election. Read more
The president has continued to make the false claim that Georgia’s election system was rigged against him in the Nov. 3 general election. Read more
In the final days of campaigns that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, the Republican incumbents are appealing to the most conservative part of the electorate. Read more
President Donald Trump has, without evidence, claimed there was widespread fraud in the election. Read more
A state representative and two political newcomers are vying to fill the remaining two years of former state Sen. Kai Kahele’s term after he was elected to Congress. Read more
The two races will determine which party controls the Senate — and likely how ambitious President-elect Joe Biden can be with his agenda. Read more
A judge in Phoenix today rejected an effort by legislative Republicans to force the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to comply with a sweeping subpoena demanding access to voting machines, copies of all mail ballots and other materials from the election that saw President-elect Joe Biden win Arizona’s 11 electoral votes. Read more
