Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly…
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AP Race Call: Republican Mike Kelly wins reelection to U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Mike Kelly won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Kelly, 76, was running for an eighth term in his…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Sam Graves wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Sam Graves won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Graves was reelected in the GOP-leaning 6th District…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Stephanie Bice wins reelection to U.S. House in Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Stephanie Bice won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oklahoma on Tuesday. She defeated Democrat Madison Horn, a…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Mike Kehoe wins election for governor in Missouri
Republican Mike Kehoe defeated Democrat Crystal Quade to win the Missouri governor’s race on Tuesday. Kehoe is Missouri’s lieutenant…
Continue Reading Justice who opposed blocking an Arkansas abortion referendum will lead the state Supreme Court
Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The justice who wrote a blistering dissent over an abortion-rights measure being blocked from Arkansas’…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Gabriel Amo wins reelection to U.S. House in Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Gabriel Amo won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Rhode Island on Tuesday. Amo, the first Black representative in Congress…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Sheri Biggs wins election to U.S. House in South Carolina’s 3rd District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sheri Biggs won election to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday, keeping an open seat for the…
Continue Reading North Dakota’s lone congressman, Republican Kelly Armstrong, to be state’s next governor
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won the race to be North Dakota’s next governor. The state’s…
Continue Reading U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan foils GOP hopes of an upset in Indiana, wins 3rd term in Congress
The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan won a third term in Congress on Tuesday, foiling Republican hopes of flipping a…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Rudy Yakym wins reelection to U.S. House in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District
Republican Rep. Rudy Yakym won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Indiana on Tuesday. The first-term incumbent defeated Democrat Lori Camp,…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon wins reelection to U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Scanlon, 65, was running for a fourth term…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Pat Fallon wins reelection to U.S. House in Texas’ 4th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Pat Fallon won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday. Fallon, a businessman from Frisco, defeated Democrat…
Continue Reading Stocks and bitcoin jump after Trump’s victory. So do worries about inflation as Dow surges 1,500
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market, Elon Musk’s Tesla, banks and bitcoin all stormed higher Wednesday as investors made…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Rob Menendez wins reelection to U.S. House in New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New Jersey on Tuesday. The first-term congressman defeated Republican…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Jim Jordan wins reelection to U.S. House in Ohio’s 4th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Ohio on Tuesday. Jordan’s victory was all but assured by the strong…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Jared Moskowitz wins reelection to U.S. House in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Most of the district is in Broward County,…
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Frank Lucas won reelection to an Oklahoma U.S. House seat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican Rep. Frank Lucas won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Oklahoma. The longest-serving member of…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Beth Van Duyne wins reelection to U.S. House in Texas’ 24th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday. The former mayor of the Dallas suburb of Irving won…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Democrat Brendan Boyle wins reelection to U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Boyle, 47, was running for a sixth term in…
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