By Kenneth J. Cooper
This June Denver, with a population that is 10 percent black, elected its second African American mayor – one more than its more populous brethren, New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, have produced.

By George E. Curry Of the tsunami of mistakes made by the media in interpreting the midterm election results, the one that rises to the top is the assertion that Democrats lost more than 60 House seats in part because the African-American portion of the electorate declined from 13 percent in 2008 to 10 percent [...]

By George E. Curry
After sweeping every ward four years ago en route to becoming the youngest person ever elected mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty was decisively ousted on Tuesday, largely by African-American voters who perceived him as arrogant and unconcerned about issues of greatest concern to them.

By Kenneth J. Cooper
Already, Deval Patrick is making history by being the first African American to seek reelection as a governor, in Massachusetts. His chances of setting another milestone as the first to win a second term as a state’s chief executive in November look pretty good.

By George E. Curry
True to expectations, Artur Davis’ quest to become the first black governor of Alabama made history.

But, contrary to expectations, Davis’ stunning defeat provides a sharp – yes, historic – example not only of the cost of political arrogance, but also the underscoring for all candidates, and the national Democratic Party establishment, the sophistication and power of the black electorate.

By Lee A. Daniels: Perhaps they should re-stage the November 4 vote for president. Apparently now there are even more people who want to vote for Barack Obama than actually did on that day. That’s the conclusion one can draw from post-election polls which show that the proportion of Americans who think Obama’s the right [...]