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…
Democrat Jacqui Irwin (D), a state assemblymember, is projected to replace retiring Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) and lead California’s 26th Congressional District, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Irwin defeated Republican Sam…
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), who originally entered the House as a Democrat before President Trump’s first impeachment, lost to Democrat Zack Mullock in the race to lead New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District, according to…
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) is projected to win reelection after a smooth race, according to The Hill’s partner Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Merkley was leading Republican David Brock Smith by 21 percentage points —…
Former MLB first baseman Mark Teixeira is projected to succeed Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) as the Texas 21st District’s new member in the House, according to preliminary results from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Teixeira defeated…
Just a few hours into election night, Republicans acknowledged what appeared to be a historic midterm defeat — a long-feared “blue wave” that had started washing across the nation. The extent of the washout became…
Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D) is projected to win reelection in Texas’s 34th District, defeating GOP challenger Eric Flores to defend the battleground seat, according to Decision Desk HQ. The South Texas lawmaker was…
Former Rep. Ben McAdams (D) is projected to win the race to represent Utah’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The Democrat defeated Republican nominee Riley Owen in the election to replace GOP…
The White House laid blame on Republican candidates as poor results for the GOP rolled in on Election Night. In a statement on Tuesday evening, a White House official described the mood inside of the…
Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala.) is projected to win the race to succeed Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, according to Decision Desk HQ. Tuberville, a former college football coach, decided to exit the upper chamber after…
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds is projected to win reelection in South Dakota’s Senate race, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Rounds was expected to defeat his opponent, Democrat-turned-Independent Brian Bengs, in the reliably Republican state.…
Austin Rogers (R) is projected to defeat Amanda Marie Green (D) in Florida’s 2nd District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rogers will succeed retiring Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.). Dunn, 73, will depart the lower chamber…
Democrat Paige Cognetti is projected to defeat freshman incumbent Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R) in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, clinched the district running on an…
Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) is projected to ascend to the upper chamber, according to Decision Desk HQ. Hageman defeated Democrat James W. Byrd in the race to succeed Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R), who opted…
Democrats on Tuesday seized control of the U.S. House, flipping the chamber after four years in the minority wilderness to usher in a new era of divided government, Decision Desk HQ projects. The change will…
Rep.-elect La Shawn Ford (D-Ill.) is set to succeed longtime Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) in representing Illinois’s 7th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) has projected. Ford is currently an Illinois state representative for the…