Maine Gov. Janet Mills, D, has won reelection after defeating former Gov. Paul LePage, R, who was seeking a third term after deciding not to run in 2018. Mills was the state’s attorney general during all eight years of the LePage administration and said she has a history of bipartisanship. She ran on health care…

As results come in, the House is still projected to likely go to Republicans and the Senate remains a toss-up. But one political insider said the Democrats have done better than expected.  “This is the best performance for an incumbent president’s party in a midterm election since 2002. This is not a red wave, it’s…

Self described “political outsider” J.D. Vance, R, is in as Ohio’s next senator. Vance defeated Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who was trying to jump from the House to the Senate and flip the seat from the GOP column. In a battleground state like Ohio, Ryan distanced himself from unpopular stances in the Democratic Party and…

Democrat Seth Magaziner defeated Republican Allan Fung in the race for Rhode Island U.S. House District 2. Magaziner has been the state’s General Treasurer since 2015. He supported abortion rights, gun control measures and expansion of the Affordable Care Act. Fung, 52, is the former mayor of Cranston, which is the second largest city in…

Georgia is a battleground state in the 2022 midterm elections. Results are coming in for the Senate race between Republican candidate Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock, as well as the gubernatorial race between Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp. Georgia’s First District Congressional candidate and incumbent Rep. Buddy Carter is in the lead against…

2022 election results are starting to come in as polls have closed in most states in the eastern and central time zones. It’s too early to call the most contested races of the midterms, but Senate Republican candidates closed many polling gaps in recent weeks.  “It’s still pretty early but I’m seeing enough signs that…

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, which effectively reversed Roe v. Wade, five states have abortion-related measures on their ballots. California, Michigan and Vermont will vote on proposals to protect reproductive rights. Meanwhile, Kentucky’s amendment essentially does the opposite, making it clear the state’s constitution does not protect abortion. Montana’s LR 131…

Massachusetts voters chose Attorney General Maura Healey, D, to be their next governor. Healey defeated former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, R, to put the governor’s mansion back in the hands of Democrats. Republican Gov. Charles Baker held the seat since 2015 but decided not to run again. The Harvard-educated Healey became the Massachusetts attorney general…

Florida once decided the presidency by just 537 votes, but it could look solid red after Tuesday’s midterms. Some say that since the reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has come and gone, inflation is now dominating the conversation in the Sunshine State. But others don’t agree. “I think that…

The economy is top of mind for American voters heading into the 2022 midterm elections. Prices keep going up while stock market indexes have gone south all year, and now, major companies are gearing up for large-scale layoffs. It’s a bad look for the party in power, Democrats, as Republicans hope the economy will be a…