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Maria Butina
Maria (Mariia) Butina, Russian gun-rights activist and founder of Right to Bear Arms, convicted in the U.S. of conspiring as an unregistered Kremlin agent under Alexander Torshin, infiltrating the NRA; 18-month sentence, 2019 deportation.
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, New Zealand MP for Te Tai Tokerau (elected 14 October 2023, Te Pāti Māori), defeated Kelvin Davis by 517 votes; expelled from Te Pāti Māori in November 2025, now an Independent leading the Te Tai Tokerau Party.
May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election
The May 2020 New Zealand National Party leadership election occurred on May 22, 2020. It saw Todd Muller and Nikki Kaye replace Simon Bridges and Paula Bennett.
Mehtab Sangma
Mehtab Chandee Agitok Sangma, an Indian politician and NPP MLA from Gambegre (ST), West Garo Hills, Meghalaya; wife of Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma; won the November 2024 bye-election by 4,594 votes; MBBS doctor.
Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2025–2028
Members of the Australian House of Representatives 2025–2028: the 150 MPs of the 48th Parliament elected 3 May 2025; Labor 94, Coalition 43, ten independents; first sitting 22 July 2025.
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2024–2028
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2024–2028: the 93 MPs of the 58th Parliament, elected 26 October 2024, LNP government under David Crisafulli (53 seats) versus Labor opposition (35), with KAP, Greens and independent crossbenchers.
Midterm election
US midterm election: congressional election halfway through a president's term, all 435 House seats and one-third of Senate seats contested; president's party loses House seats in 20 of 22 midterms since 1938, averaging 27 seats lost.
Ministerial by-election
Ministerial by-election: a by-election an MP had to fight after accepting ministerial office, required by the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 in the UK Commons and abolished in 1926; Canada kept it until 1931.
Mitt Romney dog incident
The Mitt Romney dog incident, also called the Seamus story, describes the 1983 trip in which Romney drove 12 hours from Boston to Ontario with his Irish setter in a roof-mounted carrier, reported by the Boston Globe in 2007 and revived through the 2012 campaign and 2024 comparisons with Kristi Noem.
Mozambican general election, 1994
The Mozambican general election of 1994 was the country's first multiparty election, in which FRELIMO won a parliamentary majority and President Joaquim Chissano was reelected.
Mueller report
The Mueller report is the March 22, 2019 two-volume Special Counsel report by Robert S. Mueller III on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and Trump obstruction, finding interference but no conspiracy charge and no exoneration.
Murder of Seth Rich
Murder of Seth Rich: unsolved July 10, 2016 shooting of 27-year-old DNC staffer Seth Rich in Washington, D.C., deemed a likely botched robbery by police; became the subject of a baseless WikiLeaks-source conspiracy theory amplified by Fox News, which retracted, was sued, and settled.
Nabih Berri (نبيه بري)
Nabih Berri (نبيه بري), born 4 May 1938, is a Lebanese Shia politician, lawyer, and head of the Amal Movement since 1980 and Speaker of Lebanon's Parliament since 1992, Hezbollah's main political ally.
National Assembly of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan is the lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) under the 1973 Constitution, with 342 members including 60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims; the 16th Assembly was elected in February 2024.
National Congress of Chile
National Congress of Chile (Congreso Nacional de Chile), bicameral legislature (Senate and Chamber of Deputies) seated in Valparaíso; first met 4 July 1811, dissolved 1973–1990, now 155 deputies and 50 senators.
National Republican Congressional Committee
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), founded in 1866, is a political committee that supports Republican House campaigns with contributions, research, and voter turnout programs.
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic primaries tracked Biden, Sanders, Warren, and others across a record field. Pew, Quinnipiac, Marist, and aggregator data showed Biden leading early, Sanders surging in February, and AAPOR finding winner calls mostly right but margins off in South Carolina and Super Tuesday states.
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2024 United States presidential election
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2024 US presidential election, also called Biden-Trump then Harris-Trump polling, tracked a near-tied race; averages showed a narrow Democratic lead that underestimated Donald Trump's win.
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2028 Democratic primary polls track a hypothetical field led nationally by Kamala Harris (about 26% average), followed by Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg, with early polls weighted toward name recognition and a South Carolina leadoff on Jan 22, 2028.
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2028 Republican presidential primaries tracks Republican primary voter preferences, with JD Vance leading Marco Rubio and Donald Trump Jr. through 2026.
New Popular Front
New Popular Front (Nouveau Front Populaire, NFP), French left-wing coalition formed June 2024 by LFI, Socialists, Communists, and Greens for snap elections; won the most seats (about 178-193 of 577) but no majority, and later fractured.
New Zealand flag debate
New Zealand flag debate: long-running proposal to replace the New Zealand Ensign, culminating in 2015–2016 binding referendums; voters kept the current flag 56.6% to 43.2% over Kyle Lockwood's silver fern design.
Newspaper endorsements in Canadian federal elections
Newspaper endorsements in Canadian federal elections are editorials recommending a party or leader; from 1980 to 2021, 17 papers issued 206 endorsements, 56% Conservative and 20% Liberal.
Newspaper endorsements in the United Kingdom general elections
Newspaper endorsements in the United Kingdom general elections are papers' editorial backing for parties, historically favoring the Conservatives, notably The Sun's 1997 switch to Blair.
Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential elections
Newspaper endorsements in United States presidential elections are editorial board statements urging support for a candidate, commonly tallied since 1896 and worth about 1 to 5 points of vote share.
Next Albanian parliamentary election
Next Albanian parliamentary election, expected by 31 May 2029, will fill Albania's 140-seat unicameral Kuvendi. Rama's Socialists hold 83 seats after their record fourth 2025 win; diaspora voting and ODIHR electoral reforms are key issues.
Next Australian Capital Territory election
The next Australian Capital Territory election is the general election for the ACT Legislative Assembly, scheduled for October 21, 2028, and uses the Hare-Clark proportional representation system.
Next Australian federal election
The next Australian federal election, due between August 2027 and May 2028, will elect 150 House of Representatives seats and likely 40 of 76 Senate seats under compulsory preferential voting, following Labor's 2025 landslide under Anthony Albanese.
Next Austrian legislative election
Next Austrian legislative election (Nationalratswahl), due by 30 September 2029 after the 24 October 2024 constituent sitting; 183 seats, proportional representation, 4% threshold; follows FPÖ's first-place 2024 finish and the ÖVP–SPÖ–NEOS coalition.
Next Basque regional election
Next Basque regional election (Eusko Legebiltzarra): snap election called in 2026 after the PNV–PSE-EE government of Imanol Pradales, elected 21 April 2024 in a 27–27 tie with EH Bildu, ended its legislature early.