Midterm Election - Page 7

Pennsylvania voters reelected a Democratic state representative who died last month, the latest anomaly in a state that has been under the national political spotlight since voting to put Donald Trump in the White House in the 2016 race.

A measure to enshrine abortion as a right in the state constitution of Michigan has been projected to become law following Tuesday’s vote.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defeated Democrat challenger Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) by over 1.5 million votes, representing a drastic shift from his victory in 2018, when he won the governorship by less than half a percentage point, or 32, 463 votes.

The first transgender lawmaker was elected to the Minnesota House on Tuesday night after Leigh Finke (D) won the District 66A seat.

California voters overwhelmingly voted for a state constitutional amendment that will enshrine the right to abortion until birth, though voters turned down many other ballot measures, including two that would expand sports gambling in the Golden State.

Nigel Farage predicted that a “titanic clash” is brewing between Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after the midterms.

Democrat Gov. Tony Evers (D) has defeated Republican challenger Tim Michels in Wisconsin’s tight gubernatorial race. 

House Freedom Caucus (HFC) chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) has been projected to win re-election in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.

Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is the projected winner in Michigan’s highly anticipated gubernatorial election, defeating Republican challenger Tudor Dixon.

Republican Tom Kean was projected to defeat incumbent Democrat Rep. Tom Malinowski in New Jersey’s Seventh Congressional District by CNN and NBC News on Tuesday night.

Neither Republican Herschel Walker nor incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) was winning the U.S. Senate race in Georgia with a majority as of early Wednesday morning, and the two candidates are now headed for a runoff election on December 6, according to the secretary of state’s office.

Rep. Chris Pappas won reelection against Republican candidate Karoline Leavitt in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District race in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Billionaire Rick Caruso has an early lead against Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race that remains too close to call. 

Even though the general election was not as competitive as the Republican primary was, GOP nominee Katie Britt won the election to fill Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, soon to be vacated by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL).

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was projected to defeat radical Democrat Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D) on Thursday with 93 percent of the vote counted.

Wisconsin’s Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes wasted over $96 million in donor money on his failed campaign against Sen. Ron Johnson, according to Open Secrets. 

Republican Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Adam Laxalt was poised for victory late Tuesday night as votes were being tabulated across the state.

Republican Andy Ogles has won his Congressional race in Tennessee’s 5th district, beating his Democrat opponent Heidi Campbell. 

Incumbent Democrat Rep. Annie McLane Kuster has won her bid for reelection in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District against Republican challenger Robert Burns.

Texas Republican Monica De La Cruz defeated leftist Democrat Michelle Vallejo in Texas’s 15th Congressional District on Tuesday.

Democrat John Fetterman has won Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race over Republican opponent Mehmet Oz, according to reports. 

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) promised to continue working hard for voters, who gave him a resounding victory on Tuesday.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) won reelection on Tuesday night, defeating Never Trumper and Utah independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin, according to projections. 

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a 30-year incumbent, has won reelection against Republican opponent Tiffany Smiley.

Former President Donald Trump told Glenn Beck that he believes Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) “would be much better than” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as Republican Senate Majority Leader.

California voters have reelected Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to a second term in office, according to an Associated Press projection. 

Trump-endorsed Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) is victorious against Democrat Cheri Beasley in the North Carolina U.S. Senate race, NBC News projects.

Longtime Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley has been reelected to the United States Senate.

NBC News political director Chuck Todd said Tuesday on his networks midterm election coverage that there was no red wave in the 2022 midterms.

CNN anchors Chris Wallace, Dana Bash, and Abby Phillip discussed the “impressive” barrier-breaking Democratic wins in the Maryland and Massachusetts governor’s races by Wes Moore and Maura Healey Tuesday during their networks midterm election coverage.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Tuesday emerged the victor of her state’s gubernatorial election against Democrat opponent Jamie Smith.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) won the state’s governor race, according to projections.

Republican J.D. Vance, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate race against Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan, according to NBC News, calling the race at 10:53 p.m. eastern.

Democrat Sen. Maggie Hassan defeated Gen. Don Bolduc in New Hampshire.

A motion filed by Republicans seeking to extend poll hours in Maricopa County following voter machine tabulation issues on Election Day was reportedly denied Tuesday evening.

Democrat U.S. Rep. for Virginia Elaine Luria has lost her reelection bid against Republican Virginia state Sen. Jen Kiggans (R).