Year: 2024

Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have established a citizen-led redistricting commission. The outcome Tuesday marked a defeat for the group Citizens Not Politicians. The bipartisan coalition proposed Issue 1 as an alternative after seven sets of legislative and congressional maps produced under Ohio’s existing political

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine won reelection in Virginia for his third term Tuesday, beating Republican challenger Hung Cao. Kaine was widely expected to keep his role as the Commonwealth’s junior senator. Political scientists said there was only a narrow path to victory for Cao given Virginia’s moderate electorate, aversion to Trump in 2020 and

Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday. Garcia won her fourth term in the Houston district. One of the first two Latinas to serve in Congress from Texas, the attorney was selected as one of the House impeachment managers in the first attempt to remove Donald Trump

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert won election to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Tuesday. Boebert, a polarizing figure known for her combative style, has represented the state’s 3rd District since 2021. But after a narrow victory in 2022, she opted to run in the neighboring 4th District, where incumbent Ken Buck decided not to

Former President Donald Trump won the battleground state of North Carolina on Tuesday. Trump receives the state’s 16 electoral votes after defeating Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Trump also won the state in 2016 and 2020, but Democrats had been optimistic they could reverse previous outcomes with campaign spending, canvassing and Harris rallies. They also tried

Republican Rep. Adrian Smith won reelection to the U.S. House seat representing Nebraska’s vast rural 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday. The win gives Smith a 10th term. Smith faced little challenge from Democrat Daniel Ebers, a political newcomer and farmer from Overton. That’s in keeping with Smith’s wins over the last several cycles; he ran

Republican John McGuire won election to a U.S. House seat representing Virginia on Tuesday, holding the seat for his party. McGuire, a state senator and former Navy SEAL, defeated Democrat Gloria Witt, a political newcomer and the owner of an executive coaching business. McGuire became the Republican nominee for the 5th District after narrowly ousting

Republican Rep. Michael Cloud won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday. Cloud won his fourth term representing a district that stretches from Corpus Christi on the Gulf Coast inland toward Austin. He serves on the Appropriations and Oversight and Accountability committees. He also is a member of the House Freedom Caucus.

Democratic Rep. Greg Landsman was reelected to a U.S. House seat on Tuesday, holding on to a southwest Ohio district that Republicans had hoped to reclaim. It marked just the third time a Democrat has won the 1st Congressional District in the Cincinnati area since 1994. Landsman first won the seat from 13-term Republican Rep.

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. Stefanik has built up a national profile as an unwavering ally of former President Donald Trump and as a sharp-tongued partisan critic. First elected to Congress in 2014 at age 30, she eventually shed her early reputation as a