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Kevin Kiley concedes California's 6th District race; Richard Pan set to win
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rep. Kevin Kiley, a Rocklin Independent, has conceded in California’s 6th Congressional District race after early returns showed former Democratic state Sen. Richard Pan in the lead.
“We fought really hard. I tried really hard ... and all of you supported our cause in so many ways,” Kiley said to a crowd of people ...Read more
Republicans capture most US House seats in Tampa Bay, but Castor wins
TAMPA, Fla. — When all the votes are tallied, Tampa Bay will have helped decide who controls the U.S. House.
After Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Republicans redrew Florida’s congressional map, a number of districts became hot battlegrounds. In four races, Democrats fought to hold on to seats redrawn to favor Republicans. In a few others, ...Read more
Democrat Jeremy Moss wins to become Michigan's first gay congressman
DETROIT — Democratic state Sen. Jeremy Moss has defeated Republican Troy Mayor Ethan Baker on Tuesday to become Michigan's first openly gay member of Congress, scoring a victory for a Democratic-leaning Oakland County U.S. House seat.
Moss of Bloomfield Township was ahead with 59.5% of the vote to Baker's 38% with an estimated 77.5% of the ...Read more
Democrats sweep to control of the Senate in sharp repudiation of Trump
WASHINGTON — Democrats flipped the Senate and neared control of the House on Tuesday, achieving victories in parts of the country that had been safely Republican for decades, according to Associated Press projections, signaling a sea change in Washington’s balance of power.
The wave of Democratic victories gives the party commanding ...Read more
Democrats win House control, surge toward Senate majority
WASHINGTON — Democrats swiftly won control of the U.S. House and picked up six key Senate seats in Tuesday’s midterm elections in a rebuke of President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans amid rising voter discontent with the U.S. economy and the war in Iran.
With several key Senate races still to be called, Democrats appear all but...Read more
Who is Hakeem Jeffries, the Brooklyn Democrat poised to become the first Black House speaker
NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, whose upbringing in Brooklyn’s Cornerstone Baptist Church helped him easily slide from hard-edged political talking points to Biblical passages, proved doubters wrong Tuesday as he led a midterm Democratic blue wave that looked set to flip the House of Representatives and position him as the first Black ...Read more
Democrats flip the Senate with stunning victories in deep-red terrain
WASHINGTON — Democrats won control of the Senate on Tuesday, sending shockwaves through Washington on a historic night that saw them flip seats in deep-red states such as Texas, South Carolina and Kansas.
Just after 11:30 p.m. Eastern time, when The Associated Press projected the chamber to flip, Senate Democrats had wrested six seats from ...Read more
Midterms proceeded without chaos, despite unprecedented Justice Department interference in recent days
From Washington, D.C. to Anchorage, Alaska, federal courts have been busy with cases related to the Trump administration’s attempts to assert control over state elections. In almost every case, rulings have gone against the administration. But despite the fears of many Democrats, there was no mayhem launched by the Trump administration on ...Read more
Democrats in House poised to investigate the Trump Administration, taking up a long-standing power GOP-led Congress ignored for the past two years
Oversight is coming for the Trump administration.
That’s been the message of congressional Democrats throughout the closing days of the 2026 midterm campaign. Now that the party’s candidates have reportedly won control of the House of Representatives, that campaign promise is likely to be carried out. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin ...Read more
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib reelected in Michigan's 12th District
DETROIT — Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit won a fifth term in Congress on Nov. 3 over Republican James D. Hooper of Livonia, whom she faced for the second time in a row.
Tlaib had 83% to Hooper's 15% with an estimated 10% of the votes counted in Michigan's 12th Congressional District when the Associated Press and NBC called the ...Read more
Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz wins reelection in newly redrawn Florida district
MIAMI — U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, the Democratic incumbent, won the congressional seat in Florida’s newly redrawn District 25 on Tuesday, defeating challenger Scott Singer in a competitive race for one of the most heavily Jewish districts in the country.
Moskowitz earned around 51.5% of the vote to Singer’s 46.4% and will represent a ...Read more
Democrats flip Kentucky's 6th US House District, sending Zach Dembo to Congress
LEXINGTON, Ky. — In a nationally watched race, Central Kentucky voters on Tuesday flipped the 6th Congressional District from red to blue by electing Democrat Zach Dembo to the U.S. House over Republican Ralph Alvarado.
Kentucky’s 6th District was considered a bellwether because it went for Republican President Donald Trump by a 15-point ...Read more
Democrat Rebecca Bennett upends incumbent Tom Kean Jr in New Jersey's 7th District
Incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. Tuesday lost his suburban New Jersey congressional seat to Democrat Rebecca Bennett as voters, many discouraged by President Trump’s second-term agenda, propelled Democrats into office nationwide.
Kean, a two-term lawmaker, who disappeared from public view for months in what turned out to be a bout with ...Read more
Democrats notch early victories in quest to control Congress
WASHINGTON — Democrats flipped a Senate seat in North Carolina from red to blue Tuesday night, signaling early momentum in a push to win majorities in the Congress two years after President Donald Trump ushered in Republican control of Washington.
Roy Cooper, the Democratic former governor of North Carolina, prevailed over Republican Michael ...Read more
Missouri's Emanuel Cleaver wins 12th term in Congress after attempted gerrymander failed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver cruised to victory Tuesday, winning a 12th term in his Kansas City-based district, thanks in large part to the reinstatement of the congressional map under which he had twice won reelection handily.
Cleaver defeated state Sen. Rick Brattin, a fiercely conservative Harrisonville Republican who was ...Read more
Democratic candidate flips NC congressional seat for first time in 16 years
RALEIGH, N.C. — Democrat Jamie Ager secured a win Tuesday evening over Republican Jennifer Balkcom to represent Western North Carolina in Congress, flipping a seat in the U.S. House that has long belonged to the GOP.
The Associated Press called the race for Ager just before 9 p.m. EST.
Both candidates boasted their farming backgrounds to ...Read more
Democrat Pia Dandiya projected to win Florida's newly drawn District 22
MIAMI — A Florida district redrawn this year that appeared to give Republicans an extra seat in Congress ended up remaining blue, as Democratic candidate Pia Dandiya is projected to win the seat over Republican nominee Casey Askar.
Dandiya, who centered her campaign on opposition to Medicaid cuts and President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, ...Read more
Early returns suggest Democratic inroads in Senate, House races
WASHINGTON — Early midterm returns nationwide suggest Democrats are poised to make gains in the House, potentially the Senate, and in governor’s mansions, as Republican struggle to match their 2024 performance.
A robust turnout could be boosting Democrats after months of polls suggesting voters’ frustration with cost-of-living issues ...Read more
Virginians enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginians voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution Tuesday evening.
Virginians voted in favor of a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights 62%-38% with 127 of 133 localities reporting unofficial results. The Associated Press called the race at 9:01 p.m. EST.
Voters took to the polls Tuesday to ...Read more
Supreme Court considers whether a state's preschool funding rules are discriminatory
WASHINGTON — In its latest chapter on religion in schools, the Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether Colorado may fund private preschools for 4-year-olds but exclude Catholic schools that refuse to serve same-sex parents and their children.
The court’s six conservatives, all of whom were raised Catholic, leaned in favor of ruling the state...Read more
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