Politics

Far-left Democrat Troy Jackson won the Maine U.S. Senate race Tuesday night, taking over a seat long occupied by Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek won Iowa’s U.S. Senate race Tuesday, defeating Rep. Ashley Hinson for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Joni Ernst.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has conceded his reelection bid to State Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D), marking the first time the Lone Star State will have a blue administration since 1995.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) warned Republican leaders on Tuesday evening just as his party was projected to retake a U.S. House majority.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that Americans across the country have “had enough of the extremism” after Democrats took majorities in the House and the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Tuesday on ABC New’s midterm election coverage, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said “the Trump era is over.” Anchor David Muir saud, “Out of the Lone Star State tonight, Gina Hinojosa winning in the race for governor, the Democrat,

Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown won his bid to return to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Republican Sen. Jon Husted in Ohio two years after losing his seat to Republican Bernie Moreno in the 2024 election.

Former Biden-era Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was elected Governor of New Mexico on Tuesday, defeating Republican Gregg Hull in the southwestern state.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) secured a second term in office Tuesday, defeating Democrat Fredrick Love.

Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio’s gubernatorial election Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat elected governor of the Buckeye State in 20 years.

Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) has won re-election in the state of New Mexico, defeating Republican challenger Larry Marker.

Democrat Adam Hamilton has unseated Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) in Kansas’s Senate election, which was largely considered a tossup race.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) has won reelection in the state of Delaware, beating Republican challenger Michael Katz.

Virginians overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to enshrine the right to kill unborn babies into their state constitution.

Democrat James Talarico has won the Texas Senate seat over state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), with NBC News calling the race shortly before 9:00 p.m. local time.

A White House official said Tuesday night that the mood inside the White House is “defiant” and that President Donald Trump’s “resolve to stop the Radical Left is only going to become stronger.”

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) secured another six-year term in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Hallie Shoffner in Arkansas.

Democrat David Crowley won Wisconsin’s gubernatorial election Tuesday, defeating Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in the race to succeed outgoing Gov. Tony Evers (D).

Tuesday on CNN’s “Election Night in America,” politcal commentator Van Jones said the midterm results for Republicans are like “Jonestown,” where cult leader Jim Jones led 918 people in a coordinated mass murder-suicide. Jones said, “I’m happy, happy, happy, I’m

Four-term Republican Congressman Kevin Hern won the Oklahoma U.S. Senate race Tuesday night, securing an already-red seat for the GOP, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected.

Republican state legislator and rancher Eric Barlow has won Wyoming’s gubernatorial race, beating Democrat Ken Casner.

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “We the People 2026,” co-host Rachel Maddow said the large midterm turnout is a “frickin one finger salute” from voters to the idea that there is widespread voter fraud. Maddow said, “One of the things that happens in

Democrat Annie Andrews has defeated Darline Graham in South Carolina’s Senate race, a shocking result following the death of Lindsey Graham.

Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) defeated his Democrat opponent, Charles Booker, in the U.S. Senate race for the seat being vacated by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

For the first time in more than 20 years, Georgia has elected a Democrat governor, handing the keys to the kingdom to former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) has won re-election in the state of New Jersey, defeating Republican challenger Justin Murphy.

Incumbent Democrat Gov. Ned Lamont (D) won the governor’s race in Connecticut, securing his third term Tuesday night.

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) has won re-election in the Massachusetts Senate race, defeating Republican challenger John Deaton on Tuesday evening.

Stock-index futures fell sharply in after-hours trading as early indicators pointed to wins for Democrats.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) won reelection in West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race against her Democrat opponent Rachel Anderson.

The open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming has been won by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), with the Associated Press projecting her as the winner over Democrat candidate James Byrd early on election night.

Democrat Helena Foulkes is the projected winner of the governor’s race in Rhode Island.

Democrat Philip Weiser won Colorado’s gubernatorial election Tuesday and will follow two-term Gov. Jared Polis (D) as the state’s chief executive. Weiser, the state’s Attorney General, defeated Republican nominee Victor Marx and former congressman Greg Lopez, who ran as an independent.

During CBS’s election coverage on Tuesday, DSCC Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) responded to a question on the socialist wing of the party by saying that “We are unified. We are a big tent. We have the ability to have