Democrats

Fox News reports: Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a press conference on Saturday night that the Democrats’ success in retaining control of the U.S. Senate is a “victory” for the American people. “With the races now called in Arizona and Nevada, Democrats will have a majority again in the Senate. And I will be the Majority Leader,” …

The Guardian reports: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto-shop owner who describes herself as an independent-minded Democrat, pulled off a victory against Joe Kent, a far-right “America First” ex-Green Beret who was endorsed by former president Donald Trump, in south-west Washington’s third congressional district on Saturday. Combined with Rep Kim Schrier’s reelection to what Democrats feared was a vulnerable seat, Gluesenkamp …

NBC News reports: Republican Mark Finchem, a prominent election denier, has lost to Democrat Adrian Fontes in the race for Arizona secretary of state race, NBC News projects. Fontes, a former top elections official for Maricopa County, will succeed Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, the Democratic nominee for governor. Finchem was among a host of GOP candidates for statewide …

The New York Times reports: Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona won a tough campaign for re-election on Friday, The Associated Press reported, defeating his Trump-backed Republican rival, Blake Masters, to put Democrats within one seat of retaining control of the Senate. Mr. Masters, a venture capitalist and political newcomer who embraced former President Donald J. Trump’s lie that the 2020 …

The Hill reports: Senate Democrats will wait until the week of Dec. 5 to hold their leadership elections, which means they will likely know the results of the Georgia runoff and which party will be in the majority next year before casting their ballots. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to easily win re-election as Senate Democratic leader …

Courthouse News reports: Democratic Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García announced he was entering the 2023 Chicago mayoral race on Thursday, less than 48 hours after winning reelection to his seat in Illinois’ 4th Congressional District. García is one of several progressives challenging Democratic incumbent Lori Lightfoot, whose relationship with the city’s nascent left has steadily soured since she took office in …

PBS reports: Democrats defied gravity this week as voters set aside their concerns about President Joe Biden to deny Republicans the sweeping victory they expected, emboldening a Biden team whose political instincts have been routinely questioned or outright dismissed by opponents and even allies. It was a remarkable display of resiliency in the face of both history and gloomy polls …

The Oregonian reports: Democrat Tina Kotek has won the race for Oregon governor, defeating Republican Christine Drazan. It was a hard-fought and expensive win by Democrats, who have a huge party registration advantage in Oregon but faced strong headwinds this year amid voter frustration at problems including homelessness, violent crime and lackluster delivery of government programs and services. Kotek’s win …

CBS News reports: DFL incumbent Steve Simon is projected to win a third term as Minnesota’s secretary of state, defeating Republican challenger Kim Crockett, AP reports. Simon will continue to oversee the administration of elections in Minnesota, a state known for its consistently high voter turnout. Crockett, an attorney, campaigned on a platform that sought to increase confidence in the …

The Guardian reports: The Michigan secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, defeated Kristina Karamo and was re-elected to a second term, in a major victory with huge implications for how elections are run in a key 2024 battleground. Benson’s victory deals a significant blow to election denialism, a growing force in American politics. Karamo, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, rose …

VT Digger reports: Democratic U.S. House nominee Becca Balint made history Tuesday night, becoming Vermont’s first woman and first openly gay person elected to Congress. Balint’s win brings Vermont in line with the rest of the nation. Until Tuesday, Vermont was the only state that had never elected a woman to its congressional delegation. The Brattleboro Democrat beat Republican nominee …

The New York Times reports: Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, the chair of the powerful Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his bid for a House seat in New York City’s northern suburbs to a Republican state assemblyman, Mike Lawler, according to two people familiar with the matter. The concession, which Mr. Maloney was to announce publicly Wednesday …

NBC News reports: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has won re-election to a second term, NBC News projects, defeating Republican challenger Derek Schmidt. Kelly was the only Democratic governor running for re-election in a state won by Donald Trump in 2020. Her win keeps a Democrat in the top job in ruby red Kansas for another four years. Her narrow victory …

Long Beach’s ABC affiliate reports: Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia was well ahead in early results and projected to win the race for California’s 42nd congressional district. Garcia, a Democrat who served 8 years as mayor, had a 2-1 lead over Republican John Briscoe in initial results. Garcia was the first Latino and first openly gay mayor in the history …

Talking Points Memo reports: With about 75 percent of the vote in, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) leads with 47 percent of the vote in the ranked choice contest for Alaska’s sole congressional seat. When she won the same seat for a partial term, she had 40 percent of the vote after round one, and went on to beat the same …

Axios reports: The first major election of the post-Roe era yielded new protections for abortion rights, as voters in three states approved measures to add constitutional protections guaranteeing access to the procedure. California, Michigan and Vermont backed ballot measures that effectively make it impossible for state lawmakers to enact bans. Kentucky voters are considering a proposed amendment that would say …

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: Democratic incumbent Tony Evers overcame national headwinds facing Democrats this midterm election to win a second term as governor. Evers, a 71-year-old former public school educator, narrowly defeated U.S. Army veteran and construction executive Tim Michels. Evers led Michels by 3 percentage points Tuesday when Michels conceded the race, acknowledging the “math doesn’t add up.” Read …

Well, I wasn’t at all sure this would happen: John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania’s high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz, bringing an end to one of the nastiest and most expensive campaigns of the year as both parties treated it as a potential tipping point for control of the …

NBC News reports: Democrat Vicente Gonzalez is the winner of Texas’s 34th Congressional District race in South Texas, defeating Republican Rep. Mayra Flores. The win is critical for Democrats who faced tougher than expected competition from Republicans in the traditionally Democratic and heavily Latino South Texas region. With 85% of the votes in, Gonzalez garnered 52.7% and Flores received 44.2%, …

The Bangor Daily News reports: Gov. Janet Mills held off a late surge from former Gov. Paul LePage to win a second Blaine House term in a Tuesday election that was the most expensive of its kind in Maine history. The Democratic governor bested her predecessor in their political rivalry stretching back into LePage’s eight-year tenure as governor. Mills served …