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As he takes stock of his Republican Party's midterm drubbing, President Donald Trump faces the difficult question of what to do about his unpopular 8-month-old war against Iran. For weeks, Trump threatened a post-election full-scale bombardment if Tehran didn't accept his terms. On Thursday, Trump suggested that the election losses aren't weighing on his calculations.
Democrat Cait Conley won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 17th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Mike Lawler. Conley's victory comes in the Hudson Valley district that was one of a handful that supported Kamala Harris in 2024 but elected a Republican to the House. A West Point graduate and Army veteran, Conley criticized Lawler...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- A Democrat won a western Iowa legislative district in Tuesday's elections even though he had suspended his campaign two months ago because of health issues, a sign of the party's sweeping midterm successin the state and across the country.
President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party's midterm election wipeout. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, both of which he redesigned. It's the third day this week that the president has delivered remarks fixated on his construction pet projects...
Republican Brent Taylor won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Tennessee's 9th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Justin Pearson. Taylor is a state senator who benefited from a vastly reconfigured congressional district that carved up a majority-Black district in Memphis. He acknowledged an "indiscretion" in the final days of the campaign following a report that he sent unsolicited...
Republican Anna Paulina Luna won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Florida's 13th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Leela Gray. Luna is an Air Force veteran who has served two terms in Congress and is a close ally of President Donald Trump. She represents a Gulf Coast district that was redrawn to favor Republicans even more than it...
Democrat Jessica Killin won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Colorado's 5th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Jeff Crank. Killin is a former Army captain who later worked as an executive at insurance company USAA and then as chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff when Kamala Harris was vice president. Crank, who once worked as...
Democrat JoAnna Mendoza won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Arizona's 6th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Juan Ciscomani. Mendoza is a single mother, the daughter of farmworkers, a retired drill instructor for the U.S. Marines and a former congressional aide. She leaned heavily on that biography in her campaign against Ciscomani, who represented the district for...
Alaskans are awaiting more results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for governor. A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska's unique system of open primaries and ranked vote general elections was also too early to call.
Democrat Amish Shah won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Arizona's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Jay Feely. Shah is an emergency room doctor and former state legislator. He ran for the seat two years ago but lost narrowly to Rep. David Schweikert, who is now retiring. Feely is a former NFL kicker and broadcaster. The candidates...
Democrat Sam Forstag won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Montana's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Aaron Flint. Forstag is a labor union leader and Forest Service smokejumper, a specialized firefighter who gets to fires by aircraft and parachute. He organized efforts opposing the job cuts at the Forest Service and other public lands agencies orchestrated by...
Republican John McGuire won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Virginia's 5th Congressional District, defeating Democrat Tom Perriello. McGuire is a former Navy SEAL who used President Donald Trump's endorsement two years ago to defeat the Republican incumbent and win the general election in this conservative-leaning district. He was a state senator before winning federal office. Perriello...
Democrat Shannon Taylor won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Virginia's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Rob J. Wittman. Taylor has served as the top prosecutor in a suburban Richmond county for 14 years. She has said she would use her background to help fight corruption in Washington, including a ban on stock trading and a...
Democrat Don Davis won election Thursday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican Laurie Buckhout. Davis' victory in a rematch against Buckhout comes in a newly drawn congressional district that leans more Republican. Buckhout had President Donald Trump's support as Davis, an Air Force veteran, sought a third term. The Associated Press declared...
Alaskans are awaiting more results from key races on the general election ballot, including a bitterly fought U.S. Senate campaign and an open seat for governor. A ballot measure seeking to repeal Alaska's unique system of open primaries and ranked vote general elections was also too early to call.
Democrat Teresa Benitez-Thompson won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Nevada's 2nd Congressional District, defeating Republican David Flippo. The victory comes in a conservative stronghold that was represented by Republican Rep. Mark Amodei for more than a decade. Benitez-Thompson is a former state Assembly majority leader who had support from labor groups. Flippo is an Air Force...
Democrat Marni von Wilpert won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 48th Congressional District, defeating Republican Jim Desmond. Von Wilpert is a member of the San Diego City Council and a former prosecutor. She also spent time in President Barack Obama's administration as a workers' rights attorney. She benefitted from the state's passage of Proposition 5...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire Leon Black on Wednesday filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Rep. Robert Garcia for public comments the Democratic congressman made tying him to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington, with Democrats eager to meet voter demands for change while Republicans watched their congressional majorities evaporate in a revolt against President Donald Trump's policies. Democrats triumphed in several surprise upsets, marking a decisive rejection of unified GOP control of the House and Senate.
The midterm election blowout has set up a new era in Washington, with Democrats eager to meet voter demands for change as Republicans majorities evaporated in a revolt against President Donald Trump's policies. The Democrats' triumph included some surprise upsets in a decisive rejection of unified GOP control of the House and Senate. See the full election results.
Democrat William Lawrence won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Tom Barrett. Lawrence, who previously described himself as a democratic socialist, defeated the freshman incumbent in the battleground district that includes Lansing. Barrett is an Army veteran who voted against President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran without...
Democrat Tom Suozzi won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Michael LiPetri. Suozzi was aggressively targeted by Republicans but won in a Long Island district that President Donald Trump carried by 4 points in 2024. A lawyer and accountant, Suozzi has served in Congress since 2016, with a two-year break...
Democrat Randy Villegas won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 22nd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent David Valadao. Villegas is a progressive who was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders. He overcame concerns among some Democrats that he would be seen as too liberal for the district in California's Central Valley. In the primary, national Democrats backed...
Democrat Sean McCann won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 4th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Bill Huizenga. McCann, a state senator who pitched himself as a bipartisan problem-solver for the southwest Michigan district, blocked Huizenga from winning a ninth term in the House. Huizenga consulted with Trump before deciding not to run for the open...
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Washington's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican John Braun. Gluesenkamp Perez, who owns an auto repair shop, won for the third time in a district that has traditionally leaned to the right. She has warned her fellow Democrats that they're losing touch with working-class voters and has...
Democratic incumbent Adam Gray won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 13th Congressional District, defeating Republican Kevin Lincoln. Gray, a moderate Democrat who won his first House term by just 187 votes in 2024, secured a second term. The 13th District has been a perennial battleground but became more favorable to Democrats under Gov. Gavin Newsom's...
Democrat Christina Hines won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Michigan's 10th Congressional District, defeating Republican Michael Bouchard. Hines hails from Macomb County in the battleground district. A prosecutor, she has criticized the Democratic Party's left wing, refusing to back candidates who belong to the Democratic Socialists of America. Bouchard is an Army veteran and the son...
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday's 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday's 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.
Democrat Aaron Ford won election Wednesday as governor of Nevada, defeating Republican incumbent Joe Lombardo. Ford, the attorney general, defeated the incumbent Lombardo in what was considered one of the country's most competitive governor's races. Ford ran with the backing of the Democratic congressional delegation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris. He focused his winning campaign...
Democrat Susie Lee won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Marty O'Donnell. Lee won a fifth term representing Nevada's most competitive district that includes part of metro Las Vegas and rural Clark County and which President Donald Trump won in 2024. First elected in 2018, Lee campaigned as a moderate and...
Democrat Tina Kotek won election Wednesday as governor of Oregon, defeating Republican Christine Drazan. Kotek, the incumbent governor, previously served as Oregon's House speaker and has frequently sparred with President Donald Trump's administration. She campaigned on a pledge to tackle homelessness, mental health and education. She defeated Drazan, a Republican state senator, for a second time; the two also faced...
Republican Pete Ricketts won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Nebraska, defeating independent candidate Dan Osborn. Ricketts will now serve his first full six-year term, following his 2023 appointment to replace Republican Sen. Ben Sasse and 2024 special election victory. Osborn, an industrial mechanic and military veteran, also ran in 2024 against the state's other Republican senator, Deb Fischer...
Democrat Katie Hobbs won election Wednesday as governor of Arizona, defeating Republican Andy Biggs, Republican Gertritrude Gonzalez (write-in) and Republican Alice Novoa (write-in). Hobbs won despite being viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic governor in the country. She courted disaffected Republicans and independent voters to win a second term in the swing state. Hobbs also picked a former Republican, former...
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday's 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.
Republican Kurt Alme won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Montana, defeating independent Seth Bodnar and Democrat Alani Bankhead. Alme will replace Republican Sen. Steve Daines, who made a surprise announcement in March, just ahead of the state's filing deadline, that he would not run for a third term. Both Daines and President Donald Trump quickly endorsed Alme, with...
Republican Jim Pillen won election Wednesday as governor of Nebraska, defeating Democrat Lynne Walz. Pillen, the incumbent governor who is also a hog farm owner, first assumed office in 2023. Walz is a former state senator. The Associated Press declared Pillen the winner at 2:53 a.m. EST.
Democrat Marcy Kaptur won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 9th Congressional District, defeating Republican Derek Merrin. Kaptur has long been targeted for defeat by Republicans, but she will now extend her tenure as the longest serving woman in the House. She begins her 23rd term in January. Merrin is a real estate investor and former...
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Michigan, defeating Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed, a former public health official, will succeed Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is retiring. El-Sayed will be the country's first Muslim senator and his victory holds a seat that his party could not afford to lose as it tries to flip Senate control...
Democrat Richard Pan won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing California's 6th Congressional District. Pan is a doctor and former state senator. As a legislator, he became a target of the anti-vaccine movement after sponsoring a bill to eliminate philosophical and religious exemptions for school immunization requirements. He defeated Rep. Kevin Kiley, who was elected as a...
Democrat Jocelyn Benson won election Wednesday as governor of Michigan, defeating Republican John James. The victory by Benson, Michigan's secretary of state, means the governor's office will remain under Democratic control in the swing state. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was barred from running again by term limits. Benson served as Michigan's chief elections administrator in the 2020 and 2024 elections...
Republican Tommy Tuberville won election Wednesday as governor of Alabama, defeating Democrat Doug Jones. Tuberville is a U.S. senator and former college football coach whose bid was backed by President Donald Trump. He defeated Jones in the second head-to-head contest between the two men. Tuberville previously dislodged Jones from his U.S. Senate seat six years ago. Jones, a lawyer and...
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday's 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.
Republican Jim Risch won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Idaho, defeating independent candidate Todd Achilles. Risch, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was running for a fourth term. He has defended President Donald Trump's foreign policy objectives and focused on strategic competition with China. Risch was strongly favored to defeat Achilles, a U.S. Army veteran and...
Democrat Johnny Garcia won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas' 35th Congressional District, defeating Republican Carlos De La Cruz. Garcia's victory came despite an effort by Republicans to redraw the district's lines to make it more favorable for them. A Bexar County sheriff's deputy, Garcia called himself an "old school" Democrat with more moderate views. De...
Democrat Brian Poindexter won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Ohio's 7th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Max Miller. Poindexter is a union ironworker and an at-large member of the Brook Park City Council. Democrats made the race a priority after Miller declined to resign in the face of domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife. Miller denied...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan winning the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary. The story is outdated.
Democrat Katy Padilla Stout won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas' 23rd Congressional District, defeating Republican Brandon Herrera. Padilla Stout is a former schoolteacher and now an attorney who specializes in child welfare and education law. The district leans strongly Republican, but Democrats looked to cast Herrera as a fringe figure from the hard right whose...
Democrat Troy Jackson won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Maine, defeating Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Democrats considered defeating Collins as key to winning control of the U.S. Senate, and she was one of Republicans' most threatened incumbents this year. Jackson, a former state legislative leader, replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee after Platner dropped out while facing...
Democrat Rebecca Cooke won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden. Cooke, a waitress and nonprofit leader, found success in a rematch from two years ago. She has emphasized her roots growing up on a local dairy farm as Democrats work to make inroads with rural voters. Among...
Democrat Mitchell Berman won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Bryan Steil. Berman is a nurse and first-time candidate who tried to harness economic frustration in the Republican-leaning seat. Steil worked as an attorney for a plastics manufacturer before being elected to Congress. He was running for a fifth term...
Republican Marsha Blackburn won election Wednesday as governor of Tennessee, defeating Democrat Jerri Green. To take office, Blackburn will have to resign from the U.S. Senate, where she has served for nearly eight years. She previously spent 16 years in the U.S. House and four in the Tennessee Senate. Blackburn will succeed Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who was term-limited. Green...
Republican Kelly Ayotte won election Wednesday as governor of New Hampshire, defeating Democrat Cinde Warmington. The state elects its governor every two years. Ayotte, a former state attorney general, was first elected governor in 2024. Warmington is a healthcare attorney. The Associated Press declared Ayotte the winner at 12:42 a.m. EST.
Democrat Bob Harvie won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick. Harvie, a county commissioner in the battleground district in Philadelphia's suburbs, defeated the five-term incumbent. Harvie criticized Fitzpatrick for not holding public town halls or doing enough to stand up to President Donald Trump, especially on affordability issues...
Democrat Bobby Pulido won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas' 15th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz. Pulido is a Tejano music star who is a newcomer to politics. He staked out moderate positions in a district that is majority Hispanic. De La Cruz is serving her second term in the House and...
Republican Brad Little won election Wednesday as governor of Idaho, defeating Democrat Terri Pickens. Little was seeking a third term. Little is the state's former lieutenant governor and was a lawmaker who came from a longtime sheep ranching family. Pickens, a lawyer in private practice, also ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2022. The Associated Press declared Little the winner...
Republican Alan Wilson won election Wednesday as governor of South Carolina, defeating Democrat Jermaine Johnson. Wilson has served as attorney general since 2011. He will succeed Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who was term-limited, and continue a string of Republican victories dating to 2002. Wilson is the son of longtime U.S. Rep. Joe. Wilson. Johnson has served in the state House...
Republican Phil Scott won election Wednesday as governor of Vermont, defeating Democrat Amanda Janoo. The moderate Republican has spent a decade at the helm of a state that generally favors Democrats. He is the first governor to win six consecutive terms since Vermont switched from a one-year to a two-year election cycle in 1870. Janoo was a first-time candidate who...
Republican Julia Letlow won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Louisiana, defeating Democrat Jamie Davis. A U.S. representative, Letlow will replace Sen. Bill Cassidy. She defeated him in the Republican primary with help from President Donald Trump, who held a grudge against Cassidy for voting to convict him during an impeachment trial after the Jan. 6 attack on the...
Democrat Henry Cuellar won election Wednesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas' 28th Congressional District, defeating Republican Tano Tijerina. Cuellar will serve a 12th term after withstanding Republican efforts to use redistricting to enhance their chances of flipping his South Texas seat. President Donald Trump pardoned Cuellar in a federal bribery and conspiracy case last year, blaming what...