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Republican Ashley Hinson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Iowa on Tuesday. Hinson will serve a third term in Congress and represents a district in the northeastern corner of Iowa that comprises largely rural counties punctuated by the Democratic-leaning cities of Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. Before redistricting, a largely overlapping district elected a

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi on Tuesday. Thompson defeated Republican Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant. Thompson served as Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor before he won a 1993 special election to represent western Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes most of Jackson. He

Republican Rep. Michelle Fischbach won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Minnesota on Tuesday. Fischbach is a former state senator who rose to become Senate president. She also served as Minnesota’s lieutenant governor in 2018. She defeated a 30-year incumbent when she first won election to Congress in 2020 from western Minnesota’s 7th District.

Former President Donald Trump won Iowa on Tuesday, claiming the state’s six electoral votes. Formerly considered a swing state, Iowa has proved to be a clear example of Trump’s appeal among Republican voters and his staying power in the GOP. A majority of Iowans backed Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 but chose Trump

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Tuesday. Gosar, who has represented the state in Congress since 2011, defeated Democrat Quacy Smith. The 9th Congressional District encompasses the majority of the state’s western region. In 2021, Gosar was censured for posting a violent animated video depicting him killing

Republican Rep. Gary Palmer won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alabama on Tuesday. Palmer was reelected to Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. He defeated Democratic nominee Elizabeth Anderson. Palmer was first elected in 2014. He serves as chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, an advisory committee to House Republicans. Anderson had challenged Palmer’s

Former President Donald Trump won Kansas and its six electoral votes on Tuesday. Republican candidates have carried Kansas in every presidential election since 1964, and it was the third election in a row that Trump has won the state. Kansas City-area suburbs that once were reliable GOP strongholds started leaning more Democratic after Trump was

Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona on Tuesday. He defeated Republican Daniel Butierez. Grijalva has represented the 7th District since 2003. The district includes the largest share of the Arizona-Mexico border and includes parts of Tucson. The Associated Press declared Grijalva the winner at 10:39 p.m. EST.

Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters rejected ballot measures to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana. Tuesday’s results hand a victory to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who used state resources and campaigned heavily to defeat each issue. The abortion measure would have prevented lawmakers from passing any law that penalized, prohibited,

Republican Rep. Jake Ellzey won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday, defeating Democrat John Love III to secure a third term in office. Ellzey, a retired Navy officer and former commercial airline pilot, defeated two other Republicans in the March primary to advance to the general election against Love. Texas’ 6th

Republican Brad Knott won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic-held seat. Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel did not run for reelection. Knott is a former federal prosecutor from Raleigh and defeated Democrat Frank Pierce. Knott won the Republican nomination for the 13th District in a runoff after receiving

Kamala Harris won Colorado on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004. Since then, it’s

Democrat Jason Crow won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Tuesday. He initially won the seat in 2018, becoming the first Democrat to represent the central district since it was created in the early 1980s. Crow, a former Army Ranger who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, was appointed

Democratic Rep. Joseph Morelle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. Morelle was first elected to represent the Rochester-area district in 2018 after serving as majority leader in the New York State Assembly. In Congress, he is the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee. Morelle in July proposed a

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Tennessee on Tuesday. Cohen has served the 9th Congressional District since 2007 in a seat that encompasses Memphis. Cohen is the lone Democratic congressional representative among Tennessee’s nine House members after Republicans redrew the maps in 2022 and split Nashville to favor GOP

Republican Rep. John Joyce won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Joyce, 67, was running for a fourth term in his heavily Republican district in southern Pennsylvania. Joyce, a former dentist, defeated Democrat Beth Farnham. He won an eight-way Republican primary on his way to being first elected in 2018. The

Associated Press 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. Wicker, 73, is extending his 30-year career on Capitol Hill. He is an attorney and served in the Mississippi state Senate before

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Theresa Boisseau. McCaul is a longtime member of the U.S. House, serving since 2005 and heading into his 11th term. The congressman has gained a reputation as a national security hawk in fierce support of Ukraine, an increasing

Democratic Rep. Grace Meng won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. She defeated Republican Thomas Zmich, a military veteran who served during the first Gulf War. Meng is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. She is the first and only Asian American member of Congress from New York,

Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Tuesday. DeGette is a veteran of Washington, having served in the U.S. House since 1997 with a focus on combatting climate change, curbing gun violence and protecting access to abortion. DeGette was named as one of nine impeachment managers in the