Democrats Seize Senate Control With Seven New Faces From Republican Strongholds Control of the United States Senate has shifted to the Democrats, who captured seven seats in states long dominated by Republicans and installed a cohort of younger lawmakers that party strategists already view as a bench for future presidential runs. The victories, which hand … Read more
Democrat Sherrod Brown is headed back to the U.S. Senate, and with him goes the Democrats’ opportunity to strengthen their push to regain control of the Senate. The Associated Press projected Brown the winner of Ohio’s special Senate election at 11:11 p.m. Sherrod Brown defeated Republican incumbent Jon Husted on Tuesday in a highly nationalized … Read more
Former Montana Lawmaker Urges Renewed Trust in Election Workers, Drawing on 1964 Memory In a column for the Ranger Review, former Montana legislator Jim Elliott argues that Americans should restore their confidence in election administrators and poll workers, recalling his first vote in San Francisco in 1964 and his quarter-century in Montana politics to assert … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel taped Jimmy Kimmel Live! later than usual on Tuesday night, and the payoff was immediate: while the rest of late night slept, ABC’s host woke up to a projected Democratic sweep of both the House and the Senate and delivered the first monologue of election night. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Kimmel became … Read more
Texas turned blue long before midnight in an election that surprised Washington. James Talarico shattered decades of precedent by winning election as the first Democratic senator from the Lone Star State since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988. Shortly after that historic breakthrough, Brownsville attorney Gina Hinojosa ended Greg Abbott’s hardline 12-year reign as governor. A Nationwide … Read more
South Carolina Rejects Trump’s Senate Pick as Annie Andrews Flips Seat South Carolina voters appeared to be choosing a Republican governor and a Democratic senator on Tuesday night, handing a victory to the Democratic Senate nominee while the gubernatorial race remained uncalled. Democrat Annie Andrews, a former pediatrician, defeated Darline Graham in a contest that … Read more
Kentucky voters have chosen to send Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr to the U.S. Senate, elevating the longtime congressman to fill the vacancy left by the retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell. Barr secured the seat by defeating Democratic challenger Charles Booker, a former state representative from Louisville, according to unofficial results cited by the Kentucky Lantern. … Read more
“I think the voting climate today is a little bit more, it’s just, there’s a little bit more animosity, there’s a little bit more anger, there’s a little bit more, tension in it,” said Nancy McInroy, a Bluffton voter, while discussing the political atmosphere following her Tuesday morning ballot. While the physical act of voting … Read more
Federal authorities charge Oklahoma man for mailing hoax powder letters to officials Robin Patrick Martin, an Oklahoma City man, faces federal charges after allegedly mailing hundreds of letters containing suspicious white powders to members of Congress and election officials across the country, Roll Call reported Tuesday. Unsealed court records in the U.S. District Court for … Read more
Wisconsin voters face a historic choice for the governor’s mansion Voters will decide Tuesday whether to elect Wisconsin’s first Black governor or hand the state’s top executive office to a Republican for the first time in eight years, according to reporting from the Associated Press. The contest to succeed retiring Democratic Governor Tony Evers has … Read more
The Hometown Finales of Ken Paxton and James Talarico Five and a half months ago, a triumphant Ken Paxton stood at a Tex-Mex restaurant in Collin County to deliver major political news. He had just spoken with President Donald Trump, securing an endorsement that would soon fuel a primary shellacking of John Cornyn. On Monday, … Read more
Two Dan Sullivans on Alaska’s Ballot Trigger Confusion and Criminal Inquiries “I don’t think there should even be an issue on that,” Marvin Willard Jr. said of the ballot that has captured national attention ahead of Tuesday’s election. A Tlingit man from the Chilkat Valley and the village of Klukwan who has never lived anywhere … Read more
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