Florida saw Republican incumbents Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio achieve easy victories in highly watched races, thanks in no small part to several South Florida counties voting for the GOP in far greater numbers than in years past. The change was most notably felt in historically blue Miami-Dade County, which flipped DeSantis’ way…
The Associated Press projects that Rep. Mayra Flores, the first Mexico-born congresswoman, has been unseated by her Democratic opponent, Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, concluding a short tenure in the House that follows a high-profile special election victory in June. “The RED WAVE did not happen. Republicans and Independents stayed home. DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS…
Sen.-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, did not mention former President Donald Trump in his victory speech Tuesday night, despite receiving Trump’s endorsement. Vance is among a number of high-profile Senate candidates in tight races who Trump endorsed, but he is the only one to have secured a victory on Tuesday night. The others either lost or…
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger won his re-election bid Tuesday night, despite urges from former President Donald Trump not to vote for him. Raffensperger played a key role in pushing back on Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. Trump endorsed a primary opponent in an attempt to unseat…
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams lost to Gov. Brian Kemp for the second time on Tuesday, but indicated that she does not plan on exiting the political arena. Abrams gave a concession speech on Election Night after results showed that she had lost to Kemp in a race that was not particularly close. “Tonight,…
Republicans flipped a House seat in New Jersey, with Republican Thomas Kean Jr. defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Tom Malinowski in the state’s 7th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. The 7th district was considered one of the most vulnerable House seats in the state following redistricting last year that gave Republicans a three-point advantage…
All eyes are on Virginia Tuesday as Democrats look to hold onto their control over the House of Representatives amid polls that suggests Republicans may sweep the lower chamber. Neither Republicans nor Democrats flipped any Virginia House seats in 2020, but the election of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in 2021 and tight races in the…
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson spoke with Detroit radio station WDET about the election process on Monday, decrying the employment of a Jan. 6 attendee as a trainer for poll workers. Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini hired Genevieve Peters — a social media influencer who was present at both the Jan. 6 riot at…
Former President Clinton has reemerged as a top surrogate for the Democratic Party this election cycle after being sidelined from the campaign trail during the #MeToo era. Clinton, whose moderate brand of politics in the 1990s made him the first Democrat to win two straight presidential elections since the New Deal, is traversing the country…
FIRST ON FOX: Former President Trump has played a major role in the 2022 midterms, endorsing and raising nearly $350 million for more than 300 Republican candidates, while rallying support for them in more than a dozen states across the nation — and teasing his 2024 plans on the eve of Election Day in an…