Missouri voters have rejected Amendment 3, a ballot measure which sought to permanently ban gender-affirming care for youth in the state while also repealing a 2024 voter-approved abortion-rights amendment. Amendment 3 failed after getting only 44% of voter support. Read our full article about the b
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Marni von Wilpert, currently a San Diego City Council member, won her congressional race in California's 48th Congressional District, which is currently held by a Republican. Read our full article about her election victory here. Check out the latest about America votes in the 20...
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Out San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert (D) is projected to win the race for California's 48th Congressional District. She currently leads Republican Jim Desmond with 59.4% of the vote and 49% of the votes counted, according to the AP. Her victory flips the seat blue. ...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.State Rep. Leigh Finke, Minnesota’s first out transgender legislator and a leading advocate for protections for transgender patients, has won reelection to the Minnesota House.Finke, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, def...
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Nebraska voters have approved of ballot Measure 442, the so-called "Fairness for Girls initiative, The Daily Nebraskan reported, with 67% of voters supporting the initiative as of midnight local time. The measure will write into the state constitution a 2025 law, sponsored by sta...
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Nebraska voters have approved of ballot Measure 442, the so-called "Fairness for Girls initiative, The Daily Nebraskan reported, with 67% of voters supporting the initiative as of midnight local time. The measure will write into the state constitution a 2025 law, sponsored by sta...
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For a sign of just how badly Republicans are doing tonight, look no further than the Mississippi Senate race. In a shocking development, there are currently just 28 votes separating incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith from Democratic challenger Scott Colom. Colom is in the lead...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Michigan voters have elected Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate, making him the first Muslim elected to the chamber after a campaign in which he defended transgender patients, challenged Republican attacks on their health care and wea...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Missouri voters have rejected an amendment that would have reversed reproductive rights protections they adopted in 2024 and placed restrictions on transgender minors’ medical care in the state constitution.The Associated Press calle...
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In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump said that he was willing to accept the results of tonight's election, after weeks of suggesting that he wouldn't. Trump said that he was "absolutely willing" to accept the results, which were a rebuke to his administration ...
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Many people didn’t trust the polls showing a strong Democratic lead in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. They had been burned before. They wanted to believe, but they didn’t want to be hurt again. And then the results started pouring in, showing huge blue gains and stunning red lo...
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In what was once an unthinkable result, Kansas voters have chosen Adam Hamilton to be their next Senator. Hamilton, a Methodist minister, easily defeated incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall in a race that should have been a breeze for Republicans. The last time Kansas elected a Democra...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint successfully defended her seat for the state’s at-large congressional district, defeating Republican opponent Gerald Malloy and earning her third term in the U.S. House of Representatives...
