WASHINGTON — The incoming freshman class of the 120th Congress includes several people who scored historic wins in their states and the nation at large.

Among them were women breaking glass ceilings in the Senate and trailblazers for Native American representation. Beyond Washington, a handful of nominees pulled off milestone victories in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland voters reelected Gov. Wes Moore, approved a constitutional amendment concerning congressional redistricting and elected new county executives in several of the state’s largest jurisdictions Tuesday.

The results also included a closer race in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, changes in the state’s congressional...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The Associated Press on Thursday officially called Virginia’s 1st District for Democratic Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor. Taylor unseated Republican incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman, who had held the seat since 2009.

Taylor led the race and appeared poised to win Tuesday evening, but the race was too close to call...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Voters’ sweeping support of Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s midterm election didn’t translate into similarly clear outcomes for ballot initiatives on abortion access and transgender issues.

In Missouri, a state President Donald Trump carried by an 18-point margin in 2024, voters rejected a proposal to ban both abortion ...Read more

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Democrat Sean McCann has defeated long-time Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga in a closely watched race for a southwest Michigan congressional seat, 50% to 48.6%, according to unofficial returns.

The race was called Wednesday afternoon by the Associated Press and NBC News.

Acknowledging the long odds he faced, McCann, a ...Read more

Nevada followed the trend Tuesday, as Democrats routed Republicans up and down the state ballot. The domination was deep and widespread.

The results, nationally and statewide, signify widespread displeasure with President Donald Trump and serve as a sharp rebuke of White House policies — Iran, tariffs and overzealous immigration enforcement, ...Read more

Florida Republicans dramatically redrew four Democratic-held U.S. House districts this year to favor candidates of their own party.

But in all four of those districts, the Democrat won Tuesday night.

Most of the races were not particularly close, either.

In South Florida, incumbent Democrat Jared Moskowitz won despite being drawn out of his ...Read more

Donald Trump has always been a master of a singular, alternate-reality art form: claiming total credit for every victory and accepting zero responsibility for any defeat. Following the historic Democratic sweep of both the House and the Senate in the 2026 midterms, the president once again deployed his favorite shield. "I don’t like to ...Read more

Lawmakers from California are poised to lead two of Congress’ most consequential energy and environment committees, putting the Golden State at the forefront of efforts to scrutinize the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to federal climate policy.

Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-San José, and Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, have served as the top ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota Republicans headed into the 2026 election with their strongest slate of candidates in years and a persuasive anti-fraud message after scandal rocked the DFL under Gov. Tim Walz.

Yet the GOP was wiped out anyway, crushed by a historic Democratic wave in which voters handed the DFL control of every statewide office and ...Read more

In the midst of what pundits are calling a blue tsunami nationwide, Florida remained resolutely red, electing Republican Byron Donalds as its first Black governor and sending Republican Ashley Moody back to the U.S. Senate.

Donalds ran on a promise to continue the legacy of his predecessor, Gov. Ron DeSantis.

His victory was ...Read more

Amid the drubbing Republicans received in midterm elections on Tuesday, one point shouldn’t get lost: Voters have summarily rejected the president’s tariffs, and the new Democratic congressional majority should do what it can to overturn them.

Erratic tariff policy has now been disrupting the the U.S. economy for close to a decade. Although...Read more

WASHINGTON — When Robert White gets sworn into Congress on Jan. 3, he’ll have one thing on his mind: convincing the rest of his party that D.C. statehood belongs on the priority list.

As Democrats look forward to life in the majority, they’ve got big plans as they try to deliver on their affordability campaign promises and conduct ...Read more

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order telling federal agencies to replace the term "artificial intelligence" with "Super Intelligence." He said the word "artificial" makes the technology sound fake.

Many Americans already treat AI as a “super intelligence” that knows better and that they should confide in. Many already ...Read more

Starting in the 1990’s, the idea of putting term limits on members of Congress became a recurring idea to reform the institution and improve democracy. The idea was born out of the theory that replacing the current crop of legislators with a new batch would produce a better Congress. More than 30 years later we now have quantitative and ...Read more

The crucial test for preelection polls is whether they broadly indicate how voters are likely to decide. By that fundamental measure, the 2026 midterm polls largely succeeded in anticipating outcomes on Election Day.

If somewhat tentatively, the polls overall had been signaling important gains for Democrats. And that is what voting ...Read more

Two news outlets say they weren’t allowed to cover the Minnesota Republican Party’s election night party Tuesday in Bloomington, where top statewide candidates addressed supporters.

Outside the event, a Minnesota Star Tribune reporter overheard Sahan Journal reporter Katelyn Vue tell Noah Rouen, an election night party organizer, that she ...Read more

California state lawmaker Scott Wiener appears to have defeated Representative Nancy Pelosi’s handpicked successor in her San Francisco congressional district.

Democrat Connie Chan said she does not have a “clear path to victory” in California’s 11th Congressional District, conceding defeat in a post on X. “I congratulate Scott ...Read more