South Carolina. Texas. Kansas. Democrats cruised to victory in deep-red territory on Tuesday night, notching shock pickups that will reverberate for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Republicans not only lost the House, but watched as their hope of keeping a Senate majority slipped away, too — a blue tsunami that was quickly […]
Republican Kurt Alme emerged victorious in Montana’s Senate race Tuesday night, beating Democrat Alani Bankhead and independent Seth Bodnar to succeed outgoing Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT). The race was called for Alme at 2:54 a.m. Wednesday morning by the Associated Press. He garnered 47.7% against Bodnar’s 38.6% and Bankhead’s 11.9%, with 78% of the vote […]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) has emerged triumphant from another reelection campaign in Ohio‘s 9th Congressional District, this time against Republican Derek Merrin. The Associated Press called the race for Kaptur at 2:53 a.m. on Wednesday morning. Kaptur garnered 52.7% against Merrin’s 47.3%, with 97% of the vote counted. The contest to represent the northwestern Ohio […]
Abdul el Sayed, a progressive Democrat who sharply criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza, defeated Republican Mike Rogers on Tuesday in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race, putting him on track to become the first Muslim elected to the Senate. The Associated Press called the race for el Sayed shortly after 2.25 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. With […]
Democrat Jocelyn Benson won the Michigan gubernatorial race with 53.8% of the vote against John James’s 44.5%, fending off the latest Republican attempt to retake the statewide office. Benson’s victory marks the third consecutive Democratic victory in Michigan’s gubernatorial elections, with term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) having won the previous two. The results were in […]
Republicans were so punch-drunk Tuesday night that they couldn’t even get off the mat to agree on who to blame for their electoral bloodbath. President Donald Trump blamed the candidates and the war in Iran, while other Republicans apportioned responsibility to the president. “I think a part of it was Iran,” Trump told Fox News […]
Democrats are projected to retake the House majority in the 120th Congress, ending Republicans‘ trifecta in Washington to cap a night in which they sailed to victory in both chambers of Congress. The magic number of 218 seats was obtained in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to the Associated Press, with Johnny Garcia […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) won Alabama’s gubernatorial race against Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones, continuing Republicans’ stranglehold on the state. Tuberville won 52.1% of the vote compared to Jones’s 47.9%. The result was narrower than expected, as Tuberville was leading Jones by double digits in every poll before the election. Trump won Alabama by 30 […]
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, lost Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, a surprise flip by Democratic nominee J.D. Ford. The race was called for Ford at 1:03 a.m. by the Associated Press. Ford garnered 51.7% against Spartz’s 48.3%, with 99% of the vote counted. Spartz won her third term […]
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 […]
