The winner of the midterms is not yet clear – but the loser is Donald Trump
Read More And the loser is … Donald J Trump. The identity of the winners of America’s midterm elections was not clear the morning after the night before – even at lunchtime on Wednesday the TV anchors could not tell their audiences whether Democrats or Republicans would be in control of the House of Representatives […]
Congressional Republicans reckon with disappointing election results: ‘Knives are out,’ source says
Post Content “I THINK we get to 218.” Those were the words of one senior Republican who understands House elections at a granular level. Republicans still believe they will have the majority in the House. But it could be by a razor-thin margin. “It’s not going to be the majority everyone had hoped,” said one […]
NY election results: Republicans win two more House seats
Post Content Republicans in New York picked up two more House seats in the midterm elections with victories in the 4th and 19th congressional districts. In the Empire State’s 4th district, located on Long Island, Anthony D’Esposito defeated Democrat Laura Gillen. In the 19th district, which includes parts of the Hudson Valley and the Catskills, […]
Hillary Clinton reacts after midterms: ‘It turns out women enjoy having human rights’
Post Content Hillary Clinton is reacting Wednesday after the midterm elections, writing on Twitter, “It turns out women enjoy having human rights, and we vote.” The former secretary of state and presidential candidate made the remark after Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat, became the first woman to be elected governor of New York. “Congratulations to […]
Republicans’ New York upset may have been ‘Pyrrhic victory,’ Pelosi says
Post Content House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday that Republican state Assemblyman Mike Lawler’s victory over incumbent Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney was potentially “Pyrrhic” in nature. “Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney has been an outstanding leader of the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee). It is a credit to his vision, his strategic thinking and […]
Georgia Senate election between Warnock and Walker headed to runoff, secretary of state’s office says
Post Content The Georgia Senate election between incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker is headed to a runoff election, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office confirmed to Fox News. The Fox News Decision Desk still sees pathways for Warnock to win a majority of the vote. The runoff election will take place […]
Trump’s endorsement hurt Republicans in midterms – aside from JD Vance
Read More When a jubilant JD Vance claimed victory as the newly elected US Senator for Ohio, he told a relieved state Republican party that he was “overwhelmed with gratitude”. The bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy, an account of growing up amid drug addiction and poverty, thanked his family, his campaign team and his fellow […]
Part-Time Uber Driver Max Frost 1st Gen Z Congress Member
Part-time Uber driver Maxwell Frost on Wednesday became the first Generation Z member elected to serve in Congress after he defeated Republican Calvin Wimbish in Florida’s 10th Congressional District. “WE WON!!!! History was made tonight.”
Judge Orders Newt Gingrich to Testify in Georgia Election Probe
A judge Wednesday ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.
Supreme Court Hears Native American Adoption Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case challenging a decades-old law on Native American adoptions, but which touches on broader questions of Indigenous rights in the United States.