Serbia’s populist leader Aleksandar Vucic has dominated politics in the Balkan country for 14 years. Then came the students. The former authoritarian president on Sunday the conceded defeat of his right-wing Serbian Progressive Party to a grassroots movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years before unseating him in a historic change of government. The 56-year-old political veteran in the past had easily outplayed political opponents easily. Ahead of Sunday’s ballot he had pulled a maneuver in the style of Russian President Vladimir Putin, He resigned the presidency and launched a fierce campaign

Veteran Jessica Killin is challenging first-term Republican Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, a conservative stronghold that includes five military facilities. The district is a longshot for Democrats, but they’re investing money here for the first time in years, counting on an unpopular war with Iran and upheaval in the armed forces to put more seats in play as the party pushes for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Democratic candidates who previously served in the military are also running in Florida, South Carolina and Virginia.