KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - November 7, 1874. The Third-Term Panic by Thomas Nast was the first political cartoon depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol. The GOP symbol we are now ...

In 1889, a political dispute between two Lexington leaders turned deadly. Col. A.M. Swope and Col. William Cassius Goodloe were leaders within the Republican Party in Kentucky. Both of the men had ...

John Reid had already been making it public for decades, but standing before a diner full of retirees earlier this month, the GOP nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor said it again. He’s gay — and ...

The marque race next year will be for our open U.S. Senate Seat left vacant when Coach Tommy Tuberville decided to run for ...

Prologue : Great Old Party -- Filibustering in Kansas -- The antislavery resistance -- Transcendental politics -- Free soil, free men, Fremont -- Dred Scott nullification -- John Brownism -- House ...

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will give a speech Wednesday at Howard University, the historically black college, about the history of black voters and the Republican Party. It will be interesting to see ...

*In a plot twist no one saw coming—except maybe your history-loving aunt with a tourism blog—Republican-led states across the South are spending big on Black history museums. Yes, the same GOP that’s ...

The Republican primary for Kansas governor features a crowded field of candidates. Four prominent candidates include former Gov. Jeff Colyer, Secretary of State Scott Schwab, Insurance Commissioner ...

Something unprecedented is happening at the Republican National Committee, and it’s a huge blow to the GOP’s African-American-outreach programs. Suggested Reading Steve Bannon Just Admitted Why the ...

New York residents on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to toss out the state’s newly redrawn political maps due to allegations that the redistricting plan discriminates against minority voters.