Sarah Kallis
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GPB News
In several states, Democrats took control of legislatures that had been divided and they weakened GOP dominance in others. Issues on the agenda: More access to health care, new limits on school vouchers.
Lindsey Wasson
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AP
Erik S. Lesser
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AFP via Getty Images
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Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history. -
Some Republican state officials are reviving a bid for mail-in voting restrictions for the 2028 election by appealing a court order blocking the Postal Service from carrying out a revised ballot rule. -
Election officials are preparing for the Trump administration's pressure tactics over potential noncitizens on state voter rolls to continue, though recent court rulings pose new obstacles.
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In six states across the Deep South, a drastic swing to the left this election was driven by high Black voter turnout and compounded by a sharp decline in voting rates across Republican-heavy areas. -
Holscher, a state senator, overcame a more well-known Republican who had Trump's endorsement in the state that has gone to the GOP in most other statewide races. -
Holscher, a state senator, overcame a more well-known Republican who had Trump's endorsement in the state that has gone to the GOP in most other statewide races.
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A Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act paved the way for a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a midterm blue wave helped hold off such a decline for now. -
In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics. -
Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, according to a race call by the Associated Press, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
