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Mary Peltola, a Democrat running for the Senate seat in Alaska, addresses supporters at an election watch party

Peltola again claims victory in Alaska Senate race as vote count drags on

Claire Carter · November 14, 2026 10:43 am

California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, right, stands on stage with Gov. Gavin Newsom during a campaign event on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)

How do Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra differ on certain issues?

Gov.-elect David Crowley (D-WI) and Lieutenant Gov.-elect Sarah Godlewski (D-WI) celebrate their win on Nov. 3 at an Election Night event in Milwaukee; Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras holds the MVP trophy after the team won the World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 28. (Nam Y. Huh/AP; Ashley Landis/AP)

From Democrats’ midterm romp to the MLB, many victors come out of the blue

California Gov. Gavin Newsom points a finger in the air as he speaks with an American flag behind him.

Newsom’s 2028 announcement puts Democrats on notice, but rivals aren’t rushing to follow

Pundit Predictions

Richard Fowler wins Washington Examiner election contest

As critical as many of us have been of President Trump over his statements and conduct, he simply was a better candidate when you factor in that there was overwhelming support from the mainstream media to get Hillary Clinton elected over Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump has a point, he might just be ‘one of the greatest candidates’ to run for president

Siraj Hashmi January 26, 2018 8:42 pm

President Trump's legal team reviewed more than 100,000 pages of documents to identify which were of interest to Robert Mueller, according to John Dowd, one of the president's personal lawyers. (AP)

White House gave Robert Mueller nearly 8,000 pages of documents related to James Comey

Sarah Bedford January 25, 2018 8:20 pm

Kid Rock donates over $100,000 from merchandise sold while teasing Senate run to GOP voter registration initiative

Mandy Mayfield January 22, 2018 5:02 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, a steward of the GOP tax bill, and Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., are both up for re-election this year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Support for GOP tax law improves, giving Republicans hope for midterms

David M. Drucker January 21, 2018 5:01 am

In the case that vulnerable Democratic incumbents - think Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., (pictured) Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V. - are pressured into taking a vote to shut down the government over DACA protections getting left out of a spending bill, it won't soon be forgotten by their opponents. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Shutdown blame game will be different for vulnerable Democrats in Trump Country

Emily Jashinsky January 20, 2018 2:51 am

Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault is concerned she could become a focus of the Russia investigation, a report said. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Omarosa Manigault may have taped confidential White House conversations: Report

Caitlin Yilek January 19, 2018 3:21 pm

Twitter trends associated with more than 500 Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence efforts on the Internet show a sizeable spike within the last 48 hours, far exceeding any other topic. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Twitter accounts linked to Russia are giving #ReleaseTheMemo a big boost

Daniel Chaitin January 19, 2018 3:00 pm

In a Thursday interview, Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, (pictured center) said he expects GOP candidate Rick Saccone to win a special election in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

NRCC predicts victory for Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania special election

Diana Stancy Correll January 19, 2018 12:41 am

The Republican National Committee hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

Anna Giaritelli January 18, 2018 4:13 pm

President Trump's proposed border wall "will be paid for, directly or indirectly, or through longer term reimbursement, by Mexico, which has a ridiculous $71 billion dollar trade surplus with the U.S." (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat)

Trump says the border wall plan ‘has never changed or evolved,’ ignores John Kelly’s ‘not fully informed’ remark

Anna Giaritelli January 18, 2018 12:45 pm

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with staff members at the control room of China Central Television in Beijing. A November report by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission found that Xinhua "serves some functions of an intelligence agency by gathering information and producing classified reports for the Chinese leadership."

Senators demand answers on why Chinese news outlets don’t register as foreign agents

Kelly Cohen January 17, 2018 4:45 pm

There are plenty of people to blame for the rise of President Trump. But because he was the most powerful person in the world, Barack Obama (pictured above) deserves special mention. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

One year in: How Obama gave us Trump

Timothy P. Carney January 17, 2018 1:04 am