Republican Abraham Hamadeh won election to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Wednesday. He defeated Democrat Gregory Whitten. Hamadeh is endorsed by presidential nominee Donald Trump and Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake. He will represent a region that includes suburbs north and west of Phoenix. Hell be succeeding Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko, who is a staunch Trump supporter and d...

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Republican Jeff Hurd is projected to win Rep. Lauren Boeberts (R-Colo.) seat in Colorado, according to Decision Desk hQ. Hurd, an attorney, defeated former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch for the western 3rdCongressional District. Boebert currently represents the district, though she opted to run in the eastern 4thCongressional District to avoid another competitive race. Democrats sought....

Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. He defeated fellow Democrat and children’s court attorney David Kim, who was running against him for the third time in a row. Gomez was first elected to Congress in 2017. The district is almost entirely in the city of Los Angeles and is majority Hispanic with a sizable Asian American and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrat Jimmy Gomez wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 34th Congressional District.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Esmeralda County says ballots in its Precinct 2 did not include Congressional District 4 candidates.

Democrat Sam Liccardo won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday. He defeated state Assemblymember Evan Low, another Democrat, in the highly competitive race. Liccardo served as San Jose mayor and council member for 16 years before winning his congressional seat. Liccardo will succeed Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo, who decided to not seek reelection, in the heavily Demo...

Democrat Eugene Vindman will become the next representative for Virginia's 7th Congressional District in January 2025, defeating Republican opponent Derrick Anderson.

President-elect Donald Trump could pass executive orders to fulfill some of his key campaign promises.

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The nation’s rightward shift and the return of Donald Trump to the presidency were not the only headlines on election night in America. Exit polls revealed the voting patterns of LGBTQ Americans, there were historic firsts in Congressional contests, and several states voted on ballot initiatives pertaining to same-sex marriage and discrimination protections. …

The president-elect would need a compliant Congress to comprehensively dismantle climate initiativesand that's no guarantee.

Democratic retired Army Lt. Col. Eugene Vindman defeated Republican Derrick Anderson in the open race for Virginias 7th Congressional District in a close race that took nearly a day to determine the winner. The Associated Press called the race for Vindman at 6:24 p.m. EST on Wednesday with 98% of the vote counted. Vindman led […]

Republicans will control the Senate next Congress with a majority of 52 to 54 seats, depending how outstanding races in Pennsylvania and Nevada fall, but they will still need to work with Democrats to get things done.

To date, neither group has shown interest in standing up to a Republican who attempted a coup the last time he was in office.

More than 1,500 people charged with or convicted of crimes related to the January 6, 2021, attack on Congress are now presumably hoping to win pardons and commutations that the now president-elect has repeatedly, if vaguely, promised to give many of them. And they aren’t alone. Numerous people convicted since 2020 of federal crimes in […]

Republican Jen Kiggans wins reelection to U.S. House in Virginia's 2nd Congressional District

Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Virginia on Wednesday, defeating Democratic challenger Missy Cotter Smasal. Both women had served in the U.S. Navy: Kiggans is a former Navy helicopter pilot, and Cotter Smasal was a surface warfare officer. Virginia’s 2nd District is home to Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach and is adjacent to the count...