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There Will Be More Latinos in Congress Than Ever
Jaime Herrera Beutler’s re-election win made official Wednesday night, Congress is set to see its largest ever class of Latino lawmakers.
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Jaime Herrera Beutler’s re-election win made official Wednesday night, Congress is set to see its largest ever class of Latino lawmakers.
The Democratic Party’s premier election lawyer predicts that the Florida Senate race is heading for a hand recount, and he said Thursday that he thinks Sen. Bill Nelson may in fact be re-elected.
Brian Fitzpatrick, who narrowly won his re-election bid, and Florida Rep. Francis Rooney, who were the only co-sponsors of a carbon tax bill introduced by Curbelo in August.
With a Democratic House and a Republican Senate, Tuesday’s verdict was decidedly mixed.
Jones will start as an underdog in his re-election race. Gary Peters of Michigan is the only other Democratic senator from a state that Trump won in 2016 (albeit with 47.5 percent).
Jon Tester prevailed in a tight re-election race, securing a third term in a state President Donald Trump carried by 21 points in 2016.
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Bill Nelson of Florida and Claire McCaskill of Missouri were all defeated, while the re-election bid of Montana’s Jon Tester is still too close
There is no shortage of candidates to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, and President Donald Trump could even again turn to the Senate.
Bill Nelson, who reportedly conceded defeat just after midnight in his re-election bid against GOP Gov. Rick Scott, is now awaiting a recount.
One day after the election, Virginia’s newly re-election Sen. Tim Kaine was ready to talk policy and where he thinks that Republicans and Democrats could rally to move forward in a divided Congress.
But this time — Paulsen’s first re-election with a Republican in the White House — was different. Well-educated voters in the Twin Cities suburbs chose Democrat Dean Phillips.
The current Congress already had the most women of any Congress in history, with 84 in the House and 23 in the Senate.
The 2018 cycle was no different, with 22 House and three Senate races still uncalled by 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.
Beto O’Rourke, who is also being sent home after losing his Senate bid. Rep.
“And them being in the majority, I’m just going to blame them,” he said, remarkably just moments after extolling his contribution to expanding the GOP majority in the Senate.
Kavanaugh’s confirmation threw a wildcard into the race for Senate control.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is fond of saying that unlike the House, the Senate is in the “personnel business.”
Claire McCaskill told reporters she doesn’t “really care” whether Democrats win back a majority in the Senate or if Republicans squeak out another win.
Joe Manchin has won re-election in West Virginia in the heart of Trump country, dispatching Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morissey.
Tester has never won a Senate race with more than 50 percent.