Newport has its first woman mayor.

We now know the code names that the Secret Service has given to the Obama and Biden families.

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.

For Rhode Island Democrats, the Congressional officeholders won their races with little problem.

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.

Some ballots in Smithfield will be counted by hand because they included the name of a candidate who already dropped out.

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

Supporters and opponents of three ballot questions are making their final pitch with less than a day before the election with rallies, phone calls, e-mails and ads.

Tuesday’s election day is almost here.

Providence Mayor David Cicilline says city officials have taken several steps to ensure that voters identify their polling locations and cast ballots without a snag.