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

Texas Senator Ted Cruz called the sweeping Democratic victories across the U.S. a “blue tsunami” and delivered a scathing assessment of his party’s historic losses, including in his home state, where Republicans were ousted from nearly every major office.

“2026 was not simply a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami. It was an a— kicking,�...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Democrats have won three of four of Nevada’s congressional races and lead in the other one in the state’s traditionally red 2nd District.

The Associated Press called the races of Southern Nevada’s Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford early Wednesday.

Former Democratic Nevada Assemblymember Teresa Benitez-Thompson...Read more

Bobby Pulido is graduating from quinceañera gigs to the U.S. Capitol. The Tejano singer pulled off a historic victory when he flipped a Texas congressional seat back to blue during the U.S. midterm elections.

On Tuesday, the Latin Grammy-winning artist defeated Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz in Congressional District 15, a narrow ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar won a fifth term in Minnesota’s 5th District, which covers all of Minneapolis, beating her GOP opponent John Nagel.

Her victory comes as she’s under investigation by the Trump administration over alleged immigration violations. Federal agents raided her Washington, D.C., home in October, confiscating her ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Tuesday’s Democratic sweep a “referendum on politics at large across this country” in which his fellow progressive politicians helped stir up the blue wave that crashed down across the United States.

“It speaks to the fact that this entire country is ready for a politics that means something to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump probably has appointed his last U.S. Supreme Court justice.

With Democrats poised to hold at least 54 Senate seats starting Jan. 3, the party will have the power – and the motivation – to stop Trump from filling any vacancy that arises over the next two years.

Republicans had been quietly eyeing the ...Read more

As the final ballots trickled in on election night, Miami Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar’s lead over Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez narrowed into more uncertain territory.

It now appears the race for Florida’s 27th Congressional District is headed to a recount, which is automatically triggered when the margin of ...Read more

Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but his ghost continues to haunt American politics.

In the run-up to the midterms, candidates spent millions on campaign ads that attempted to tie candidates to sexual abuse, pedophilia or Epstein. Epstein’s survivors traveled the country with an exhibit containing Department of Justice files bound into thousands ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Rep. Nick Begich is leading in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat against independent challenger Bill Hill, following preliminary vote tallies Tuesday night. The final result in the race may not be known until mid-November, however.

In results reported just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, Begich had received 49....Read more

WASHINGTON — Even in an election cycle marked by surprises and upsets, Capitol Hill observers will spot some familiar faces (identical twins notwithstanding) among this year’s midterm winners.

At least seven former members won comeback bids Tuesday.

The winners included alumni who dusted themselves off after election losses just two years ...Read more

WASHINGTON —Democrats were savoring their midterm election rout Wednesday after decisively flipping both the House and Senate.

“Last night was beyond even our largest expectations of what could happen,” Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton said on a press call.

Hakeem Jeffries, the top House Democrat in line to become the first Black speaker, ...Read more