The Democratic National Convention has chosen the dates of its next presidential convention. The event will be August 7-10.

There is a strong tradition in the United States that the major party that does not hold the presidency always nominates before the other major party. Assuming the tradition lasts, the Republican convention will be later in August. Having both major party conventions as late as August is somewhat unusual. For each of the last two presidential elections, the first major party convention was in July.

On March 2, a settlement was reached in the 2024 lawsuit Clarke v Newburgh. This has been a lawsuit to overturn Newburgh’s method of electing its five Town Board members. The old method elected all five at-large. Under the settlement, Newburgh will elect them using the type of proportional representation that is called “single transferable vote.” See this explanation of that term.

The lawsuit had been filed in state court, and depended on New York state law that protects representation for racial and ethnic minorities. Newburgh had tried to defend itself by arguing that the state law violated the U.S. Constitution, but that attempt failed in November 2025.

On February 27, Rev. Adam Hamilton said that he is considering becoming an independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Kansas this year. See this story. Hamilton’s church, a United Methodist Church, has 22,000 members. Hamilton is the author of over 50 books.