Month: November 2022

By MATTHEW BARAKAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) — One of three Democratic congresswomen in Virginia has survived and a second has declared victory after facing tough reelection bids Tuesday in a midterm election season where the GOP is seeking to regain control of the House of Representatives. Democrat Abigail Spanberger has

By JIM SALTER O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has won election to the U.S. Senate. He defeated Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine and kept what’s considered a safe Republican seat in GOP hands as the party fought for control of the Senate. Schmitt will take the seat occupied for the past

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has won a third term following one of the most expensive races of the 2022 midterm elections. Abbott’s defeat of Democrat Beto O’Rourke on Tuesday extends decades of GOP dominance in Texas. The victory underlined Abbott’s durability after a record

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy won a second term Tuesday, fending off challenges from Louisiana Democrats. Kennedy’s reelection was expected in the reliably red state of Louisiana where a Democratic U.S. Senator hasn’t been elected in 14 years. Throughout his bid for reelection the state’s

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has defeated a Democratic state lawmaker to win reelection. Noem leaned heavily on her handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a first term marked by positioning for a possible White House bid in 2024. The Republican governor eased past state

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has won reelection to a second term in a victory over Democrat Charlie Crist. His victory Tuesday bolsters his rise as a prominent GOP star with potential White House ambitions and continues a rightward shift for what was once considered the

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is hoping to win a second term Tuesday in a race that pits her against a lesser-known Republican lawyer. The Democrat is opposed by Queens commercial litigator Michael Henry, who has been endorsed by various police unions but is

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Election machine mishaps and delays in vote counting became the latest fodder for political misinformation on Election Day. News of problems with vote tabulating machines in Arizona spurred baseless conspiracy theories about vote rigging, while the near certainty that many races won’t be decided on Election Day led to misleading

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State Treasurer Seth Magaziner has won the congressional seat in Rhode Island being vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, keeping it in Democratic control. Magaziner defeated Republican Allan Fung, a former Cranston mayor, in the general election. National Republican leaders had hoped to flip the