BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s deputy chief executive hailed Democratic victories in the U.S. midterm elections in comments that took a clear swipe at what he called “rudeness” and “racism” under President Donald Trump. “Inspired by voters in the U.S. who chose hope over fear, civility over rudeness, inclusion over racism, equality over discrimination,” […]
(Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Jacky Rosen unseated Nevada’s sitting U.S. senator, Republican Dean Heller, in one of the country’s closest election contests, data provider DDHQ and CNN projected on Wednesday. Source: Read Full Article
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats rode a wave of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, giving them the opportunity to block Trump’s agenda and open his administration to intense scrutiny. In midterm elections two years after he won the White House, Trump and his fellow Republicans […]
(Reuters) – Republican Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley won his state’s U.S. Senate election on Tuesday, unseating Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill, Fox News Channel projected. Source: Read Full Article
ST. LOUIS — Beating back a liberal suburban groundswell that proved lethal to many House Republicans, Josh Hawley claimed victory here on Tuesday over Senator Claire McCaskill, toppling one of Senate Democrats last remaining moderate voices, The Associated Press said. [Get live election analysis and real-time results.] The contest was one of the most expensive […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump will wake up on Wednesday morning to a radically new political environment as he confronts the prospect of a two-year partisan war with a Democratic-run House armed with subpoena power and empowered to block his legislative agenda. Combative by nature, happier in a fight, the president may now have to choose […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fox News Channel projected on Tuesday that Democrats will win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. It did not project the margin of victory or elaborate immediately on the basis for its projection. Fox was alone among U.S. media outlets with the call. Democrats have been widely expected to pick up […]
Three-term incumbent Rep. Andy Barr hung onto his seat in Kentucky’s sixth district against first-time Democratic candidate and former marine corps pilot Amy McGrath. The two candidates sat neck-and-neck for the duration of the race, with McGrath eventually taking 47.8 per cent of the vote and Barr taking 51 per cent of the vote. A mere few thosand votes separated McGrath from Barr […]
RICHMOND, Ky. — Representative Andy Barr, an incumbent Republican, defeated one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent challengers, Amy McGrath, on Tuesday in a deeply conservative district here, according to The Associated Press, giving his party hope of limiting losses in the race for control of the House. The contest took on national importance as […]
Floridians have voted in favour of a law that returns voting rights to former felons once they have completed their sentence, according to U.S. media reports. Amendment 4 was placed on the ballot for the midterm elections after some 800,000 people signed a petition created by Floridians for Fair Democracy, CBS affiliate WTSP reported. The […]