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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 …

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 …

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 …

Detroit’s Fox affiliate reports: Gretchen Whitmer won a second term in office for Michigan’s governor, beating her challenger Tudor Dixon in a high-stakes general election campaign that has broad implications for the state in the coming years. Dixon, who struggled with name recognition coming out of a bruising Republican primary election in August, made a late push to win the …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: Tim Walz won a second term as Minnesota governor on Tuesday night, defeating Republican opponent Scott Jensen and cementing Democratic control of the executive branch for the longest consecutive period in state history. Walz’s win defied a challenging midterm environment for his party and followed a tumultuous first term, where he contended with a COVID-19 pandemic …

The Hill reports: Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was projected to win reelection against Republican Tiffany Smiley, avoiding an upset victory in what is typically a solidly Democratic state. NBC News and ABC News both called the race for Murray. Some polls appeared to show the race tightening somewhat as Election Day approached, fueling Republican hopes that Smiley could pull off …

NBC News reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul has been elected to her first full term, NBC News projects. Hochul, 64, who is from Buffalo, beat challenger Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin. Some were wondering if Zeldin would be able to pull off the biggest state upset in nearly 30 years. However, Hochul’s win now makes her the first woman elected governor in …

NBC News reports: New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan won re-election Tuesday, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Don Bolduc and keeping a critical seat in Democratic hands. While the race attracted less attention than some others, Hassan won her Senate seat six years ago in one of the closest races in the country, and Democrats had grown increasingly nervous in …

NBC News reports: Democrat Josh Shapiro defeated far-right Republican Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governor’s race on Tuesday, NBC News projected, providing Democrats with a significant victory in a contest where oversight of the 2024 election and abortion rights took center stage. Shapiro, the state attorney general, framed his opponent as an extremist and sought to make his campaign about …

Richmond’s ABC affiliate reports: Democratic U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger declared victory over Republican Yesli Vega in Virginia’s closely-watched 7th Congressional District race. Spanberger, a two-term congresswoman and former CIA officer, will represent a newly drawn district anchored in Prince William County that Republicans had hoped to flip in the party’s quest to win back control of the U.S. House of …

Politico reports: Colorado voters will send Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet back to Washington for a third term after the incumbent defeated his Republican challenger in a race that conservatives had hoped would deliver an election night surprise. Bennet had the upper hand in polls throughout the campaign, but his seat appeared more vulnerable toward the end of the race as …

The Hill reports: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is projected to win reelection after defeating Republican challenger Heidi Ganahl. Polis held a double-digit lead heading into Election Day and was the expected winner in the governor’s race. His Republican opponent, Ganahl, had said on the campaign trail that she does not support an abortion except in the case of rape, …

The Associated Press reports: Author and former nonprofit chief Wes Moore, a Democrat, defeated far-right Republican Dan Cox to become the first Black person elected governor in Maryland history, the Associated Press projected Tuesday. Moore, 44, delivered a major victory to Democrats in a tough national election cycle for the party, reclaiming the governor’s mansion after eight years of Republican …

The Associated Press reports: Gov. J.B. Pritzker sailed to reelection over challenger Darren Bailey in a race characterized by near-constant acrimony and outsized spending. Pritzker, a Democrat who hadn’t held political office before his gubernatorial victory in 2018, won a second term buoyed by a campaign on fiscal stability and taxpayer relief. Bailey, 56, has made crime in Chicago a …

CBS reports: Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey has been elected governor of Massachusetts, making history as the state’s first woman and first openly gay candidate elected to the office. Healey defeated Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative who had the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. Her election returns the governor’s office to Democrats after eight years of Republican …