by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Democrat Heidi Heitkamp has lost her bid for reelection in North Dakota to Republican Kevin Cramer, adding to the likely GOP majority in the senate. Heitkamp was considered the most endangered incumbent Democrat in the Senate after she voted against Brett Kavanaugh’s...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has won reelection in West Virginia, beating Republican state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. The win denied the GOP a Senate pickup in a state President Trump carried by a huge margin in 2016.
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
The first House Republican casualty of the 2018 midterms is Rep. Barbara Comstock, who loses reelection to Democratic nominee Jennifer Wexton. Former FBI Director James Comey spent the day canvassing in Virginia for Wexton. Comstock’s seat was seen as a...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Greg Pence, the older brother of Vice President Mike Pence, has won the congressional seat his famous sibling once held. Pence, a 61-year-old Marine veteran and owner of two antique malls, won in Indiana’s heavily Republican 6th District, where he defeated Democrat...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has lost her bid for reelection. Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr. defeated Davis by a comfortable margin. Davis made international news in 2015 when she...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Headlines
The first polls close at 6 p.m., Eastern time, and the last closes seven hours later in Alaska. Key states to watch as the vote counting begins. All times are Eastern. JIM HEATH”S COMPLETE GUIDE TO CONGRESSIONAL RACES HERE. JIM HEATH’S COMPLETE GUIDE TO...
