Idaho voters rejected a citizen-led ballot initiative to roll back the state’s near-total prohibition on abortion, keeping in place one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Proposition 1, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, failed by a vote of 56% to 44% with 95% of the vote counted. The Associated Press called […]

The midterm elections turned out to be a brutal loss for Republicans as they lost control of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday. The results can be viewed as a rejection of President Donald Trump’s agenda, which was undermined by the Iran war and rising costs this year. The result was a massive blue wave […]

Democrat Richard Pan, known nationally for spearheading the state’s push to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccine requirements, defeated Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) in California’s 6th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Pan at 2 a.m. With roughly 50% of the vote counted, Pan had secured 57.5% of the vote to Kiley’s […]

Republican South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson won the state’s gubernatorial race on Tuesday, defeating Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson. Wilson, who has served as the state’s top law enforcement official since 2011, will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. The Associated Press called the race for Wilson at 12:35 a.m. The attorney general garnered […]