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Republicans are expected to pick up enough seats to gain control of the House, but it's clear they will not have the major gains they had hoped to receive.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has officially announced his intention to run for Speaker of the House.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats have won control of the state Legislature and the governor's office for the first time in 40 years, providing their party with a chance to reverse decades of GOP policies and overturn a Capitol culture that has catered to Republicans.

ATLANTA — The Southern battleground state of Georgia is headed, once again, for a bitterly contested Senate runoff election as results show Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock narrowly leading his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, according to state election officials. Neither candidate is on track to secure 50% of the overall vote…

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey said former President Donald Trump bears significant blame for the “debacle” Tuesday that left the GOP struggling to capitalize on Democratic weakness in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, and urged his party to move away from Trump’s influence.

In Pritzker’s first news conference following his electoral drubbing of Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey, the governor insisted he is “not focused” on presidential politics “at all.”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Right-wing Republican Kelly Tshibaka narrowly led Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski after early returns were posted Tuesday night, but Murkowski said she was confident she'd overtake her Trump-backed opponent once absentee ballots were counted and ranked-choice votes tabulated.

The vote, to test Australia’s interest in a republic, will follow the referendum on an Indigenous voice to Parliament.

Newly reelected Gov_ J_B_ Pritzker says his victory indicates that Illinois voters want the state to be a “beacon of hope and opportunity.”

Republicans need a net gain of five seats to take control of the House of Representatives and one seat to win back the Senate. Here is the latest count in key races.

WASHINGTON — One day after midterm elections that may have cost his party control of the House, President Joe Biden simultaneously touted Democratic wins and pledged to work with the GOP, vowing not to compromise on core elements of his agenda.