Tuesday saw seismic results in the midterm elections as Democrats virtually ran the table of competitive races, and voters delivered a powerful rebuke to President Trump and the GOP. The bottom line is that Democrats…
Leticia Gutierrez (D) is projected to defeat Alex Mealer (R) in Texas’s 9th District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gutierrez is leading Mealer by 14 points with 78 percent reporting, per DDHQ. Gutierrez will succeed…
Jessica Steinmann (R) is projected to defeat Laura Jones (D) in Texas’s 8th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Steinmann leads Jones by about 10 points with 91 percent of the vote in, per…
A ballot measure that would introduce minor language changes to an Alaska law around citizenship and voter eligibility is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ. The effort, dubbed Initiative Petition 25USCV, notes that…
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) is projected to win a 23rd term representing Ohio in the House, emerging from a tough rematch with Republican Derek Merrin, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Notching another two-year term…
A ballot measure that would specify that only U.S. citizens are allowed to vote in elections in West Virginia is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ. The constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 1,…
A ballot measure that would affirm that only U.S. citizens can vote in elections in South Dakota is projected to pass, according to Decision Desk HQ. The constitutional amendment, assigned the letter “J” on the…
A ballot measure that would have eliminated party primary elections from being held in Massachusetts is projected to fail, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ. Question 3 would have allowed candidates from all…
A ballot measure that would ban foie gras — a luxury delicacy associated with French cuisine made from the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force feeding — from being served in local…
Democrat Sam Forstag is the projected winner of the election for Montana’s 1st District, a key flip in his party’s push to take control of the House, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Forstag, a…
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is now poised to become Senate majority leader, exulted Tuesday night over the blue wave that has flipped at least six Republican seats and put Democrats firmly in control of…
Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie (D) will oust moderate GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) in a major pickup for Democrats, Decision Desk HQ projects. Fitzpatrick has defied political gravity time and time again since he…
Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke, a political fundraiser and server, is projected to beat Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) in a rematch for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The two last faced…
Democrat Mitchell Berman is projected to defeat GOP Rep. Bryan Steil (R) in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Berman, a nurse working in the Veterans Health Administration, will be the first…
Democrat Troy Jackson is projected to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R) in Maine, flipping the GOP seat for the first time in almost 50 years, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Jackson’s win marks a…
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) is projected to win the state’s Senate race, defeating Republican challenger Michele Tafoya, according to Decision Desk HQ. Flanagan, who has served as the state’s lieutenant governor since 2019,…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was projected to defeat state House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R) in Minnesota’s governor’s race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ), becoming the first woman elected to lead the state. The four-term…
Democrats are on track to win complete control of Congress, setting the stage for an unrelenting oversight platform in the next Congress that will zero in on both the Trump administration and the special interests…
Democrat Mike McGuire is projected to win California’s 1st District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). McGuire defeated Republican Rep. James Gallagher, flipping a Northern California seat that became a prime Democratic pickup opportunity following…
Democrats are poised to control Congress next year. And once they’re done celebrating their sweeping midterm victory, they’ll have to confront their next challenge: leveraging their power to legislate with President Donald Trump still in…