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GOP tries to break Connecticut Democrats' winning streak in US House races
It has been 18 years since Connecticut voted to send a Republican to Washington. Republican George Logan will try to end the party's long losing streak Tuesday in a rematch with U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes...
Nov 05, 2024
Former Donald Trump aide Brian Jack wins Georgia congressional seat, defeating Democrat Maura Keller
ATLANTA (AP) - Former Donald Trump aide Brian Jack won election to Congress from Georgia on Tuesday, leaving no distance between himself and Trump in winning his first term. Jack's victory came as lon...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Sen. Wicker wins reelection in Mississippi, defeating Democrat Ty Pinkins
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has defeated Democrat Ty Pinkins, a challenger who received little financial support from his own party in a heavily Republican state....
Nov 05, 2024
Blunt Rochester to become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in US Senate
DOVER, Del. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester defeated Republican Eric Hansen in Delaware's U.S. Senate race on Tuesday. Blunt Rochester will become the first woman and first Black person to repre...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Gov. Phil Scott wins a fifth term in heavily Democratic Vermont
Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday won reelection to a fifth term leading the heavily Democratic state of Vermont. The popular governor beat political newcomer Esther Charlestin, a Democrat-Progres...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Morrisey wins West Virginia governor's race
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey easily won the West Virginia governor's race Tuesday, using an endorsement from former U.S. President Donald Trump to catapult him...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Mark Messmer wins open seat in Indiana’s 8th Congressional District, beating Erik Hurt
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Mark Messmer, the former Indiana state Senate majority leader, won a seat in Congress Tuesday, defeating Democrat Erik Hurt for the 8th District post left by retiring Rep. Lar...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Jim Justices flips US Senate seat from West Virginia after Manchin retirement
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia on Tuesday, flipping a seat to the Republican Party after Joe Manchin decided not to seek reelection. Justice, who boldly...
Nov 05, 2024
Republican Rep. Jim Banks wins Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Valerie McCray
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican Jim Banks, an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump, won Indiana's open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating political newcomer and Democrat Valerie McC...
Nov 05, 2024
Sen. Bernie Sanders wins a fourth term representing Vermont
Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent beloved by progressives, won reelection Tuesday to a fourth six-year term in the U.S. Senate. Sanders defeated Republican Gerald Malloy, a U.S. Army veteran and...
Nov 05, 2024