Election 2024

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Silenced Transgender State Lawmaker Wins Reelection

Zooey Zephyr will return to state House floor for first time since 2023

(Newser) - Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr won reelection in a race that will allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned by her Republican colleagues . Zephyr, a Democrat, defeated Republican Barbara Starmer in her Democrat-leaning district in the college town...

Trump Re-Takes White House: Wisconsin Pushes Him Over 270

Former president also wins North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania

(Newser) - The AP called the 2024 presidential race for Donald Trump shortly after 5:30am Eastern Wednesday, with a projected win in the battleground state of Wisconsin pushing him over the 270 electoral votes he needs to win the presidency. Trump earlier won the swing states of North Carolina, Georgia, and...

Florida Makes Pronounced Shift to the Right

Miami-Dade County flips from blue to red

(Newser) - One takeaway from Election Night: Florida is further to the right than it was in 2020. Per the AP , "almost every region" of the state moved to the right, including the blue counties. The AP has an infographic, seen here , showing the shifts by county, by region, and by...

'Did Joe Biden Drop Out?' Surges on Google Trends

Apparently, some portion of the electorate had no idea

(Newser) - Based on Google Trends, it appears some Americans didn't realize President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, the Daily Beast reports. The search "Did Joe Biden drop out?" spiked in popularity in the US Tuesday, and had been surging for the two days prior. The trending...

For the New Senate, a Milestone
For the New Senate,
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For the New Senate, a Milestone

Two Black women will serve simultaneously for the first time

(Newser) - The new Senate will make history: For the first time, it will have two Black women serving simultaneously, reports the New York Times . Each is the first Black person to represent her state. Only three Black women have served in the chamber previously, one of them being Vice President Kamala...

Congress Has Its First Openly Trans Member

Sarah McBride elected to House of Representatives

(Newser) - Delaware voters on Tuesday elected the first-ever openly transgender member of Congress. Democrat Sarah McBride was elected to an at-large seat in the House of Representatives, the AP reports. With 95% of the vote in, she had 57.8% of the vote, NBC News reports. McBride already entered the history...

Trump on Brink of Victory After Winning Pennsylvania

Former president also wins North Carolina, Georgia

(Newser) - Donald Trump is on the brink of winning a second presidency after the AP called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for him early Wednesday. Trump earlier won the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, with four other battleground states—and Alaska—still in play. A win in any one...

Trump Declares Victory, Though Race Isn't Called Yet

'This will truly be the golden age of America'

(Newser) - Donald Trump addressed an enthusiastic crowd of supporters at his election watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, in the wee hours of Wednesday, shortly after Fox News and NewsNation called the race for him, projecting him to win a delayed second term as president. Shortly after his speech began,...

Harris Declines to Address Supporters

Vice president's election night watch party ends without a speech

(Newser) - Kamala Harris' election night watch party at her alma mater, Washington DC's Howard University, ended on what multiple outlets were calling a "somber" note after the co-chair of her campaign told supporters that the VP would not speak on election night, the AP and the Washington Post report....

Will GOP Keep the House? Call May Take Awhile

It's still too early to project whether Republicans or Democrats will control the new chamber

(Newser) - Republicans controlled the House heading into Tuesday, but the question of whether they'll be able to hang on to it might not be answered for a day or two, if not longer. Still, Tuesday night should bring clues, with bellwether races in New York and California in particular. All...

Adam Schiff Bests Ex-MLB Star to Win Feinstein's Senate Seat

Democrat was heavily favored to win

(Newser) - Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California US Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest, the AP reports. The Los Angeles-area congressman, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Trump's first impeachment trial, defeated...

Nate Silver Suddenly Ditches His Prediction Model

Stats guru says it wasn't 'capturing the story of this election night well'

(Newser) - Nate Silver abruptly abandoned his prediction model just before 10:30pm Eastern time on Tuesday, posting on his Substack that his model was not "capturing the story of this election night well." As of 9:05pm, his model had Kamala Harris with a 53% chance of winning, which...

Switching Districts Pays Off for Boebert

She cruises to win in Colorado's 4th District

(Newser) - Switching districts in Colorado turned out to be a winning move for Rep. Lauren Boebert. The Republican, who won the state's 3rd District by just 546 votes in 2020, has won the state's 4th District by a more comfortable margin, the Colorado Sun reports. She was at 53%...

Florida Rejects Marijuana Legalization Amendment

Measure to legalize recreational marijuana needed 60% support to pass

(Newser) - A majority of Florida voters supported legalizing recreational marijuana in Tuesday's election, but the measure didn't gain enough support to pass. Constitutional amendments in Florida require a 60% majority and Amendment 3 only had around 55% of the vote, the Miami Herald reports. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and...

Russia Blamed for Polling Place Bomb Hoaxes

'They're up to mischief, it seems,' says Georgia's secretary of state

(Newser) - Voting was interrupted at multiple locations Tuesday because of bomb threats the FBI has linked to Russia. "The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains," the agency said in a statement, per the...

Josh Stein Beats Mark Robinson for NC Governor

Republican Mark Robinson's campaign was plagued by controversy

(Newser) - North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein was elected governor on Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and maintaining Democratic leadership of the chief executive's office in a state where Republicans have recently controlled the Legislature and appeals courts, the AP reports. Stein, a Harvard-trained lawyer, former state senator,...

Exit Polls Find Democracy Is Top Issue for Many Voters

The economy was a close second

(Newser) - Democracy was the top issue on voters' minds as they went to the polls Tuesday, followed closely by the economy, according to early exit polls. ABC News reports that out of voters asked to rank five issues, 35% put the state of democracy first. Another 31% put the economy first,...

Provisional Ballots Could Make a Big Difference in Swing State

The count could add to Democratic totals in Pennsylvania for days after the election

(Newser) - If the vote in Pennsylvania today is as close as it was in 2016 and 2020, we could be hearing a lot about provisional ballots and "ballot curing" in the days to come. Voters who make mistakes on their mail-in ballots can cast provisional ballots on Election Day in...

Asked About Abortion Vote, Trump Snaps at Reporter

'You should stop talking about it,' he tells reporter after voting in Florida

(Newser) - Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida's abortion measure—and getting testy about it. The former president was asked twice after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday about a question that the state's voters are considering. If approved, it would prevent...

Trump Hopes to Do What Only One Man Has Done

Grover Cleveland is the only president to win nonconsecutive term

(Newser) - If things go the way Donald Trump hopes, he'll enter the history books as just the second US president to ever serve nonconsecutive terms. The sole name on the list right now is that of Grover Cleveland, who occupied the White House from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893...

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