Top story: Democrats hit a new milestone: 100 women in the House
“Women made history because we showed up to vote, and then voted in more than 100 Democratic women to serve in the House,” said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico.
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Missouri voters reject effort to ban abortion in the state
The ballot measure’s failure offers a rebuke to efforts by Missouri’s Republican leaders, who largely oppose abortion.
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Democrats just flipped the U.S. House. Women candidates got them there.
Democrats found success hammering Republican incumbents on the rising cost of living and what they said was the “corruption” and harmful policies coming out of the second Trump administration.
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Max Miller loses in Ohio amid domestic violence allegations
Domestic violence accusations led to the district, held by Republicans since World War 2, to flip to Democrats.
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Gina Hinojosa pulls off stunning upset to become Texas’ first Latina governor
The Democratic state legislator challenged Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, who was running for a fourth term.
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In Minnesota and New Mexico, midterms usher in historic representation for Native women
Democrat Deb Haaland will be the country’s first Native woman governor, and Democrat Peggy Flanagan is set to become the first Native woman to secure a U.S. Senate seat.
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Ohio backs Democrat Amy Acton as first elected woman governor
For months, the ugly battle between Acton and her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy was notably personal.
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James Talarico wins Texas Senate seat in race focused on masculinity and anti-trans attacks
With his defeat of Ken Paxton, Talarico becomes the first Democrat to win a statewide race in Texas since 1994.
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Democrat Annie Andrews flips South Carolina Senate seat
The pediatrician won an unusually tight race in the deep red state that has had a Republican trifecta for over two decades.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms to become the nation’s first Black woman governor
The race was among the most competitive of the cycle in a state that helped elect President Donald Trump just two years ago.
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