Nevada voters on Tuesday passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in their state constitution, permanently protecting abortion through the second trimester, through a second referendum on the measure. Question 6, which will establish a “fundamental right to abortion,” was ahead by a vote of 62.3% to 37.7% with 86% of the vote counted. The […]

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 […]