DALLAS — Barely two hours after the last polls closed, the giant screen broadcasting the nation’s election results went black at Ken Paxton’s watch party in a hotel conference center. It was a fitting metaphor to describe Republicans’ night in Texas and beyond. For the first time since 1988, the Lone Star State had just […]

Democratic Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) defeated Republican challenger Marty O’Donnell on Tuesday, holding onto Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District after a competitive race in a Las Vegas-area seat that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The Associated Press called the race for longtime incumbent Lee shortly after 4 a.m. Eastern time. She received […]

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 […]