Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Democrat, beat billionaire Republican businessman Rick Jackson in a close race for Georgia governor, marking the first time in more than three decades that a Democrat has won the state’s highest office and making Bottoms the first black woman governor in American history. The race was called for […]
Trump-backed Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) beat Democrat Charles Booker on Tuesday in the Senate race to replace outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Barr, who has served in the House since 2013, defeated Booker, a perennial progressive candidate who lost to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in 2022. The Associated Press called the race at 9:16 p.m. […]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) won the 2026 election to become Florida’s next governor, defeating Democratic hopes of flipping the seat blue through rival David Jolly. Donalds won the race to succeed outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) with 50% of the vote compared to Jolly’s 48.7%, as of 9:09 p.m. The outcome cements Donalds’s rise from […]
Virginia voters on Tuesday passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution, loosening the restrictions on physicians performing third-trimester abortions in the commonwealth. Amendment 1, which will establish a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” passed by a vote of 60.7% to 39.3% when the Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m., […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) won a second term in New York’s 2026 gubernatorial election Tuesday, delivering a defeat to Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman. Hochul secured the victory with 77.7% of the vote compared to Blakeman’s 22.1%, as of 9 p.m. The outcome comes as polling leading up to the Nov. 3 election painted a mixed […]
After winning reelection on Tuesday night, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is holding an acceptance speech starting at 9:30 p.m. Ossoff defeated Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) in Georgia’s Senate race, preventing Republicans from flipping the seat. President Donald Trump narrowly won Georgia two years ago.
North Carolina Democrat Jamie Ager on Tuesday defeated Republican Jennifer Balkcom, flipping outgoing Rep. Chuck Edwards’s (R-NC) seat in the state’s 11th Congressional District. The 11th district was called for Ager at 8:53 p.m. by the Associated Press. Hegarnered 60.3% against Balkcom’s 38.4%, with 83% of the vote counted. The Tar Heel State’s 11th District […]
Republican redistricting efforts in Florida may not be the advantage that President Donald Trump and the GOP had hoped they would be, according to early returns in the Sunshine State. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Florida Republicans tried to add four GOP-leaning congressional districts with their mid-decade redistricting push. But Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) beat […]
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) will be serving her first full six-year term after defeating socialist challenger Angie Nixon in the general election on Tuesday. Moody received 50.7% of the vote over Nixon’s 48.2%. The Associated Press called the Florida race at 8:34 p.m. The Senate election was one of the most consequential contests this fall […]
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper defeated Republican Michael Whatley for the state’s open Senate seat, succeeding outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and flipping a must-win seat in Democrats’ push to flip the upper chamber. The Senate race was called for Cooper at 8:23 p.m. by the Associated Press. Cooper garnered 66.8% against Whatley’s 31.6%, […]
