Tina Kotek, the nation's first out lesbian governor, won election to a second term, defeating Republican candidate Christine Drazan. The race was a replay of the 2022 election, which Kotek won by 3.5 percentage points. Polling in the race put the two candidates running close together, giving Republi
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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...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Democratic state Rep. Ann Johnson, an openly lesbian lawmaker who has pushed to expand LGBTQ+ protections in Texas, has won reelection to the state House of Representatives, defeating Republican challenger Mike Michna.Johnson secured...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Arizona voters have strongly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have restricted DEI and sensitivity training in public education and government workplaces.Proposition 142, also known as the "Prohibit Race- or Ethnicity-Ba...
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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...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.It’s a blue wave in America, and there’s a rainbow too.Democrats surged into Republican territory Tuesday night, with LGBTQ+ candidates helping flip congressional seats, breaking barriers in Texas and securing another term for the na...
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The U.S. Senate has flipped to Democratic control. Democrats will control of the Senate after flipping the minimum four Republican-held seats, giving the party control of both chambers of Congress and a majority in the legislative branch, according to NBC. The Senate, the upper l...
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This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Donald Trump has always been awful. And his followers have arguably always been worse.In 2015, when Trump mocked a reporter living with disabilities, it should have been enough to disqualify him from ever getting enough votes to even...
