Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) beat back a spirited challenge by former state Assemblyman Mike LiPetri in New York’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for Suozzi at 2:04 p.m. on Wednesday. He garnered 55% against LiPetri’s 45%, with 97% of the vote counted. The race was seen as crucial for […]
President Donald Trump refused to weigh in on the House GOP leadership race to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the top Republican spot next Congress. “We’ll stay out of it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon. “The speaker was fantastic. The people under him were fantastic. All good people.” Trump also denied that he asked […]
Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) sharply criticized his own party Wednesday, blaming Republican candidates’ divisive rhetoric and political infighting for a string of bruising midterm election losses that handed Democrats control of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Cornyn lamented the party’s shrinking appeal, arguing Republicans had squandered […]
William Lawrence, a progressive insurgent, declared victory over freshman Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) Wednesday in one of Democrats’ top pickup opportunities in the country. Lawrence led with 51% of the vote as of 2:05 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Barrett came in just behind the Democrat at 47.7% for a seat he […]
President Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that he isn’t worried about being impeached, even after Democrats picked up sizable majorities in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. “Not even a little bit. I think it would destroy — I think it would destroy the Democrat Party if […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said no members of Congress have talked to him about impeaching President Donald Trump after Democrats‘ decisive victory Tuesday night. “I haven’t had a single member of the House Democratic Caucus talk to me about impeachment,” Jeffries told reporters Wednesday morning. “We’ve been relentlessly focused on affordability and on […]
Washington Examiner White House reporter Christian Datoc said officials at the White House are experiencing multiple stages of grief after the blue wave in the midterm elections. “My talks with White House officials, there was a lot of profanities,” Datoc said Wednesday on C-Span. “ … But folks were defiant, I think that’s the right […]
Political newcomer and progressive Democrat Randy Villegas defeated Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) on Wednesday afternoon, successfully taking advantage of California’s redistricting push, which saw the incumbent’s district redrawn in favor of Democrats. Villegas won with 66% of the vote compared to Valadao’s 34%, as of 1:17 p.m. on Wednesday. Just 57% of the vote was […]
Democrats have flipped control of Michigan’s 4th Congressional District after Democrat Sean McCann defeated eight-term Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) for the toss-up race, adding to Republican woes after a brutal election night Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for McCann at 1:13 p.m. on Wednesday. He had 50.1% to Huizenga’s 43.3% with 97% of […]
Having won big congressional majorities in a blue tsunami midterm election, Democrats now must decide what to do with them. The party posted historic gains on Tuesday night, easily winning both houses of Congress and tearing through red-state Senate races in a major rebuke of President Donald Trump and Republicans. But the breadth of the […]
