Category: 2022 Midterm Elections

California Hit by Rain, Snow, Tornado on Election Day

LOS ANGELES—A powerful storm pounded California with rain and snow Tuesday, leaving one person dead and two others missing after they were swept away by floodwaters in a canal, while a tornado touched down in Sacramento County. The National Weather Service said the tornado touched down at 1:40 p.m. a few miles outside the town…


Former Trump Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Elected Governor of Arkansas

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary under President Donald Trump, has been elected the governor of her home state of Arkansas. Sanders, who had been heavily favored to win the race, defeated her Democrat opponent, Chris Jones, with over 62.9 percent of the vote. The victory makes Sanders the first female governor of Arkansas….


New Hampshire’s Veteran Democrat Keeps Congressional Seat

Annie Kuster, one of New Hampshire’s longest-serving members of U.S. Congress, has upset a challenge by Republican Robert Burns for her seat in the state’s 2nd Congressional district. The Associated Press called the race with Kuster garnering 56.7 percent of the vote, versus Burns’s 43.3 percent with 60 percent reporting of the votes as of…


Ogles Wins Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, Flipping Seat Red

Republican Andy Ogles, who campaigned as a pro-Donald Trump “America First” conservative, has defeated Democratic state Sen. Heidi Campbell in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race in favor of Ogles at 12:08 a.m. ET on Nov. 9. According to the state’s election officials, Ogles captured over 123,000 votes, or 55.9 percent,…


Arizona Governor Race Between Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs Too Close to Call

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The votes are still trickling in, but it’s too close to call a winner for the hotly contested Arizona governor’s race. With about 49 percent of the precincts reporting as of 10:45 p.m. local time in Arizona, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs led Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake by approximately 170,000 votes. However, the Maricopa…


Michelle Steel Tops Jay Chen in Battle for House Seat

Incumbent Republican Michelle Steel holds the lead over her Democrat opponent Jay Chen in the race for California’s 45th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to preliminary Nov. 8 midterm election results. Steel is currently leading with 54.8 percent of the vote over her opponent Chen with 45.2 percent, in the recently…


Michelle Steel and Jay Chen Battle for House Seat

Incumbent Republican Michelle Steel and her Democrat opponent Jay Chen are neck and neck in the race for California’s 45th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to preliminary Nov. 8 midterm election results. Chen is currently leading with 50.5 percent of the vote over his opponent Steel with 49.5 percent, in the recently…


Democrat Mills Wins Another Term as Maine Governor

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who has presided over some of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country, was reelected to a second term as governor in the rural New England state. The 74-year-old Democrat beat out Republican challenger Paul LePage, himself a two-term Maine governor from 2011 to 2019. According to the Associated Press,…


Democrat Mills Wins Another Terms as Maine Governor

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who has presided over some of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country, was reelected to a second term as governor in the rural New England state. The 74-year-old Democrat beat out Republican challenger Paul LePage, himself a two-term Maine governor from 2011 to 2019. According to the Associated Press,…


Democrat Josh Shapiro Wins Pennsylvania Governor Race

Democrat Josh Shapiro has been elected Pennsylvania’s next Governor with Austin Davis as lieutenant governor, although Republican Doug Mastriano did not concede Tuesday night. Shapiro had 54.42 percent of the vote, or 2,571,668 votes, at the time his victory was called. Mastriano 43.74 percent, or 2,067,092 votes. In what felt like a concession speech, Mastriano told supporters 30…