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NPR reports: Two days after Election Day, many eyes are on Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, who is trailing Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by the narrowest of margins: just 64 votes, giving Frisch a lead of 50.01% of the vote to Boebert’s 49.99%. That’s as of late Wednesday night, when election workers last updated the tally. Extremely tight races like this …

NBC News reports: GOP insiders faulted Trump, who has had a toxic relationship with popular Republican Gov. Brian Kemp even though he endorsed him the day before his re-election, for costing the party control of the Senate in two simultaneous runoffs last year, after Trump lost his re-election bid to President Joe Biden and then advanced false conspiracy theories about …

The Hill reports: Newly reelected New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) on Wednesday told CNN he’s not considering mounting a 2024 presidential campaign “right now.” “Right now, I’m not,” Sununu told Jake Tapper when asked about his plans during an appearance on the network. Sununu, who supported former President Trump’s two successful presidential bids but broke with him by declaring …

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced he will stump for Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Thursday as the campaign shifts to next month’s runoff election. Neither Walker or Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) garnered a majority in Tuesday’s election, meaning the two will face off again in a Dec. 6 runoff mandated by state law. Cruz announced …

“Father, we just claim Oklahoma for you. Every square inch, we claim it for you in the name of Jesus. Father, we can do nothing apart from you. We don’t battle against flesh and blood but against principalities and darkness. “And father, we just come against that, we just loose your will over our state right now in the name …

The Hill reports: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced a bid to become the next House majority leader on Wednesday as the GOP appears likely to win a narrow majority in the lower chamber. “The American people deserve a House of Representatives that can move the agenda that was promised to them on the campaign trail,” Scalise said in …

“If you’re going to win, you’ve gotta make the election about issues and not personalities. And by the way, this is a broader point. I think too many of these Republican races became personality battles. “When you have first time candidates who’ve never run, who are celebrities or, you know, coming from outside, they have no record. They have no …

“They’re trying to blame President Trump today. And I want to tell you how shortsighted and ridiculous that is, it is pathetic the people that are running out saying it’s his fault. No, that is a lazy, pathetic, wimpy, easy mindset. “They just want one thing and then they want to carry on without doing the hard work – the …

“There’s a very real likelihood it could all come down to Georgia. And what does that give you? Heebie jeebies of – it gives you the heebie-jeebies of last time around in 2020. “And let me just say this. Every ounce of Republican energy, every last ounce needs to go into that Georgia race because it could potentially be what …

The Indianapolis Star reports: Republican Diego Morales cruised to victory Tuesday despite troubling questions about his background, indicating Indiana is increasingly becoming a one-party state. Over the course of his campaign, Morales was bashed for having once been fired from the secretary of state’s office and resigning another time after questions arose about his performance. Since his victory, two women …

Milwaukee’s NBC affiliate reports: Ron Johnson won the race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat, defeating Mandela Barnes, NBC News projected on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. CNN also projected Johnson as the winner. Johnson clinched 51 percent of the vote, compared to Barnes’ 49 percent. Like fellow Democrat and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, Barnes tried to make the midterm election a …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Mehmet Oz called to concede the U.S. Senate race to John Fetterman at 9:30 this morning, Fetterman’s campaign said. With 93% of the vote reporting, Fetterman leads Oz by three percentage points and was declared the winner of the race late Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Oz had said at an election party earlier on Tuesday …

“I was surprised, because I thought with the inflation rate and the price of food and the price of gasoline, with the crime rate that we have seen – I thought all those things would have made for a very big Republican night. And I have to say, much as I think it’s despicable, the Biden strategy of demonizing Republicans …

The Texas Tribune reports: Embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has faced securities fraud charges since 2015 and is under FBI investigation for abuse of office, has won reelection for a third term, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democratic civil rights lawyer Rochelle Garza. Paxton has been a leader in challenging policies implemented by Democratic presidents on immigration, expansion …

Mediaite reports: As the Republican red wave failed to live up to expectations in the midterms elections, Ben Shapiro blamed the situation on Donald Trump. The Daily Wire founder took to Twitter on Wednesday with his thoughts on how Democrats are likely to maintain their hold on the U.S. Senate, and Republicans failed to win a commanding majority of seats …

From right wing commentator Erick Erickson: GOP, you must be done with Trump. This has to be a key takeaway. Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, and Brian Kemp all did very well. They did well as their own men in their own right. The voters thoroughly rejected trump-backed candidates. Bo Hines, the young man in North Carolina who Trump backed, got …

Spectrum New York reports: Democrat Robert Zimmerman conceded to Republican George Santos early Wednesday morning in the race to represent a newly drawn district in Queens and Nassau counties, a spokesperson told Spectrum News. Santos leads 92.8% to 54.2% with 45.8% of the votes reporting as of Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press. It is believed to be the …

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: Sen. Mike Lee will remain in office for another six years after defeating challenger Evan McMullin Tuesday night. The Associated Press had not yet called the race as of 11 p.m. However, Lee declared victory in a speech, followed by McMullin conceding in a speech of his own. Evan McMullin ran as an independent …

NBC News reports: Republican Rep. Ted Budd defeated Democrat Cheri Beasley in North Carolina’s competitive Senate race Tuesday, NBC News projects, letting Republicans retain a seat that will be vacated by retiring Sen. Richard Burr. The race flew largely under the radar, with more colorful candidates in other states capturing headlines, even as polls showed the contest neck-and-neck. Both parties …

CNBC reports: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has secured another term, fending off Democrat Stacey Abrams in the duo’s second match-up, NBC News projected. Kemp had consistently led Abrams, a strategist and former state House minority leader, in polls by a margin of more than 5 percentage points throughout the campaign. Unlike their last election, where Abrams lost by 1.4 percentage …