Republicans emerged from Tuesday’s elections still in complete control of the Wisconsin Legislature, overcoming new district boundaries that Democrats had hoped would give them a chance at finally making major inroads in both chambers.
Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race pits two-term Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin against Republican Eric Hovde, a millionaire businessman backed by former President Donald Trump.
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest.
Chicago is holding its first school board elections, a key step as the city transitions from a mayor-appointed school board to one elected by voters. That transition has been rife with conflict. Mayor Brandon Johnson named an entirely new board in October after all seven members resigned.
24 of the 59 state Senate seats are up for election on Nov. 5. Democrats now hold veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers with 78 members in the House, the most in modern history, and 40 in the Senate.
All 118 state House seats are up for election on Nov. 5. Democrats now hold veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers with 78 members in the House, the most in modern history, and 40 in the Senate.
Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, among former President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters, won reelection Tuesday in Missouri by fending off a challenge from Democrat Lucas Kunce.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has won reelection in Texas to a third term after a campaign in which he criticized his Democratic challenger as too liberal.
Wisconsin voters have approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits foreign nationals from voting.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has been elected the state’s next governor.