Democrats seized control of the House on Tuesday while Republicans increased their majority in the Senate in a midterm election that fell short of a massive “blue wave” but served as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s policies and his first years in office.
Nevada voters apparently were thinking pink when they voted Tuesday on Question 2.
Rep. Beto O’Rourke didn’t go quietly to defeat. Thanking his campaign supporters for their spirited challenge to Sen. Ted Cruz, he said on live television Tuesday: “All of you, showing the country how you do this. I’m so f—-ing proud of you guys.”
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated a little-known Republican opponent Tuesday in a congressional district representing part of New York City and, at 29, could become the youngest woman elected to Congress.
The House is getting its first two Muslim women and Massachusetts is getting its first black congresswoman while Arizona and Tennessee stand to elect their first woman senators in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Democrat Sharice Davids unseated Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder in Tuesday’s election to become the nation’s first LGBT and Native American woman in Congress.
Most Florida felons who have finished their sentences will be able to vote again in future elections.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney handily won a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state of Utah on Tuesday after a campaign where he backed off his once-fierce criticism of President Donald Trump.
As voting nears an end in Nevada, Review-Journal studio host Aaron Drawhorn, Colton Lochhead and Ramona Giwargis discuss the midterm elections.
An overview of the general election early voting period turnout in the state of Nevada.
