American Horror Story: Election is the seventh season of the FX anthology television horror series American Horror Story. It premiered on September 14th, 2017 making it the second season to premiere within this month following on from it's predecessor Roanoke. The season concluded on November 16th, 2017. The season's plot was unveiled by creator Ryan Murphy via twitter and by always prominently featured actress Sarah Paulson of the series at a Comic-Con table discussion in February 2017. Paulson, Lange and Bates reprise their roles of Cordelia Goode, Constance Langdon and Iris West respectively.