Americans celebrate Barack Obama’s victory and marveled that they lived to see the day that a black man was elected president.

Ballots were still being counted in Rhode Island on Wednesday.

Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin and Patrick Kennedy win re-election.

Barney Frank fends off two challengers to win re-election to the House.

U.S. Sen. John Kerry easily wins re-election just four years after he fell short in his bid for the presidency.

Voters approve a referendum allowing Rhode Island to borrow millions to preserve farmland.

Rhode Island voters have approved borrowing $87 million to fix highways and bridges, buy new buses and extend a commuter rail line.

Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly embraced Barack Obama on Tuesday and returned three federal lawmakers to Washington.

What’s in a name? Politics, if you ask proud new father Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton, Tenn. Some people distribute bumper stickers, some post campaign signs and others donate cash to support their favorite candidates.

John McCain and Barack Obama meet for their final debate.

Southern New Englanders rate the debate.

The state Supreme Court orders the Board of Elections to recount ballots in two races.

A high profile debate between the vice presidential candidates in St. Louis sees Sarah Palin and Joe Biden argue over energy and other topics.

Sarah Palin and Joe Biden will square off Thursday night in the only planned vice presidential debate.