National Politics

By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will win reelection, CNN projects, defeating her GOP opponent in the midterm race. Pelosi, a towering figure in Democratic politics, won out against longshot Republican challenger John Dennis in the race for California‘s 11th Congressional District. Over the years, Pelosi, 82, has become one of the most

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN The battle for control of Congress is still up in the air, with the Senate coming down to three key races while Democrats and Republicans are still hanging onto hopes of winning a narrow majority in the House. Republicans began Tuesday night with a rout in

By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has won a third term, CNN projects, fending off former Rep. Beto O’Rourke in a match-up in which Democrats had hoped to challenge Republicans’ decades of dominance in Austin. Abbott, who is viewed by some within the GOP as a potential 2024 presidential contender, survived O’Rourke’s criticism

By Dan Merica, CNN Republican Gov. Brian Kemp will be reelected in Georgia, CNN projected, winning a rematch of his 2018 race against Democrat Stacey Abrams. Kemp had been seen as the favorite in the race for months, with Abrams unable to capture the momentum she experienced in 2018 and hampered by broader voter discontent

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from star Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, who had accused Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers of smearing him so that he lost his federal job. Vindman alleged in his lawsuit earlier this year that

By Andrew Menezes and Gregory Krieg, CNN As midterm results continue to roll in days after Election Day, Democratic and Republican candidates have already been celebrating historic victories. Heading into Election Day, both parties were looking to diversify their ranks of elected officials, both in Congress and beyond, and they appear on track to do

By Steve Contorno, CNN Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s hard-charging Republican leader who became a household name during the pandemic, will win a second term leading the Sunshine State, CNN projects, a development that will almost immediately turn the focus of his future to 2024. “We not only won election, we have rewritten the political map,”