Democrat Katy Padilla Stout defeated Republican Brandon Herrera on Tuesday, flipping Texas’s 23rd Congressional District in a contest that followed the resignation of former Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales. The Associated Press called the race for Stout at 1:05 a.m. She received 51.7% of the vote to Herrera’s 44.5%. The 23rd District stretches from northwest San […]
Democrat Troy Jackson has defeated Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in Maine, ending her three-decade career in Washington in one of the most hotly contested races of the 2026 election. Collins, a Republican finishing her fifth term in the Senate, called Jackson to concede the race on Tuesday night. The win handed Democrats their 53rd Senate […]
Democrats entered Tuesday night with the expectation of a House majority, but with questions lingering about how much buffer Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) might have with an incoming group of socialist-aligned candidates. They answered that question decisively, with Democrats en route to a significant House majority and control of the Senate to boot. House […]
A Senate majority next year was once thought to be a pipe dream for Democrats that required them to run the table in deep-red terrain while defending several battlegrounds already controlled by their party. By the early hours of Wednesday morning, any Democratic trepidation dissipated as they racked up win after win and secured commanding […]
Democrat Rebecca Cooke defeated incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) on Tuesday, flipping Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District in a rematch of the closely contested 2024 election. The Associated Press called the race for Cooke at 12:48 a.m. She received 52.4% of the vote to Van Orden’s 45.8%, with 91% of ballots counted. The race took […]
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) beat Judge Tano Tijerina of Webb County, Texas, in his toughest reelection battle yet, despite Republicans redrawing part of his district. Cuellar led with 66% of the vote when the Associated Press called the race at 12:31 a.m. Tijerina came behind the Texas Democrat at 29% in a district President Donald […]
Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) has kept New Hampshire’s governorship in Republican hands, winning a second two-year term despite the political headwinds facing her party nationally. Ayotte defeated Democratic challenger Cinde Warmington with 51.1% of the vote as of 12:42 a.m., when the Associated Press called her race Tuesday night. Warmington, a former member of the […]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) triumphed over Democratic City Councilor Jerri Green and conservative independent David Hatley in Tennessee’s gubernatorial election. Blackburn 45.4% of the vote, compared to Green’s 43.1% and Hatley’s 9.3%. Polling consistently showed Blackburn leading by double digits, though some final polls had her leading by just 9%. The results were hardly surprising […]
Bobby Pulido, the Democrat and Latin Grammy-winning Tejano singer, ousted Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) in Texas’s battleground 15th Congressional District despite it being redrawn by state Republicans in their favor. The Associated Press called the race for Pulido at 12:37 p.m. He had 61.6% to De La Cruz’s 38.4% with 89% of the […]
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie ousted Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, giving Democrats a big victory in their hopes to secure the House majority. The Associated Press called the race for Harvie at 12:37 a.m. With 94% of ballots counted, Harvie garnered 52.6% of the vote, compared to Fitzpatrick’s […]
