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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said Republicans should have “done better” in Tuesday’s midterm elections, calling former President Trump a “drag on our ticket” that contributed to the party’s disappointing results. While interviewed from his home in Janesville, Wisconsin by local station WISN 12 News on Wednesday, Ryan said …

The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation has unveiled its list of top priorities for the new Congress and outlined a strategy to confront what it believes are the seven biggest challenges facing its mission of promoting public policies that focus on limited government, academic freedom, and other conservative principles. “We …

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., on Wednesday signaled that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may hit a few speed bumps on his quest to become the next House speaker, arguing the Republican conference needs to have “a serious discussion” about leadership after Tuesday’s disappointing election results.   Republicans underperformed expectations in …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could parlay Democrats’ strong electoral performance during the midterm elections into another term atop the conference, party strategists and political experts say, possibly torpedoing months of Democratic preparation for a post-Pelosi world.  “Speaker Pelosi is in the driver’s seat when it comes to her future and …

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake isn’t shy about how she feels the race between her and Democrat Katie Hobbs will turn out as ballots continue to be counted across the state two days after Election Day. “I am 100% going to win. I have absolute 100% confidence that …

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin came up short in his attempt to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul in the 2022 election, but he does not view his defeat as a total loss. With the highest vote total of any GOP candidate for New York governor in more than …

ATLANTA – Fulton County voters reacted to the announcement that the hotly contested Senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker would head to a runoff election in December.  “I’m hoping that when we vote again there’s a huge difference in those numbers,” Nia, from Atlanta, told Fox News. …

Democrats’ strategy of spending millions to boost pro-Trump candidates in Republican primaries appeared to pay off Tuesday as the party ended the night with a clean sweep of the races in which it chose to meddle. All six of the Republican candidates who seemingly benefited from the meddling in their …

Arizona’s Maricopa County Elections Department has addressed an Election Day issue where dozens of polling stations ran out of paper ballots, impacting tens of thousands of votes. A joint statement from Chairman Bill Gates and Vice Chairman Clint Hickman said Arizona elections officials will investigate the incident completely and assured …

There are still four Senate races yet to be called following Tuesday’s midterm elections, including in Arizona, Nevada, Alaska and Georgia. But the timeframe in which we could find out the results varies by each state. Arizona and Nevada are continuing to count mail-in ballots, while Alaska will likely remain …