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Senate, House, governor and mayoral races.
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Trump Blames Fox News, Greg Abbott and His Own Absence From the Ballot for Midterm LossesDemocrats took both chambers of Congress. President Trump assigned blame in a series of Truth Social posts after the results came in.
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Gillibrand Says Democrats Must End Iran War, Hold Trump AccountableSen. Kirsten Gillibrand laid out the Democratic Party's agenda for the new Congress, pointing to lower costs, restored health coverage and an end to the war in Iran.
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Democrats Seize Control of Both House and Senate in Sweeping Midterm Rebuke of TrumpDemocrats flipped the House and Senate this week, winning districts Trump carried by double digits in 2024, as Republicans grappled with resignations and finger-pointing over the party's losses.
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Newsom Says He Will Commute Sentences of All 548 Inmates on California's Death RowGov. Gavin Newsom announced he is commuting the sentences of everyone on California's Death Row, the largest in the Western Hemisphere at 548 people.
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Five governorships flipped, zero lost: Democrats redraw the state mapTexas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada went blue, and Democrats picked up full control of five state governments.
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Democrats Sweep Both Chambers of CongressDecision Desk HQ called the House and Senate for Democrats Tuesday night, with flips in seven states and two Senate races still being counted in Alaska and Mississippi.
Opinion
Opinion: The next generation didn't wait its turn, and that's why Democrats wonTalarico, El-Sayed, Bottoms and Hinojosa ran on prices and not being for sale. Party leaders should take notes.
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Alaska and Mississippi Senate Races: Why Neither Is Called Yet, and What Happens NextPeltola leads Sullivan in Alaska but sits under 50%, triggering a ranked-choice count. In Mississippi, Colom leads Hyde-Smith by 1,138 votes with ballots still outstanding. Neither race has been called.