by Jim Heath | Dec 6, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Democrat Dan McCready announced Thursday that he’s withdrawing his concession in North Carolina’s 9th District amid an investigation into elections fraud claims. McCready trails Republican Mark Harris by 905 votes and conceded the race shortly after the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 27, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who was appointed to the Senate this year, has defeated her Democratic challenger, former Rep. Mike Espy, in a special election runoff in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith was expected to coast to victory in the runoff, but instead spent the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 26, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Democrat TJ Cox has slipped past Republican incumbent David Valadao to take the lead in the country’s sole remaining undecided congressional race, positioning Democrats to pick up their seventh House seat in California and 40th nationwide. Cox, who trailed by nearly...
by Jim Heath | Nov 24, 2018 | 2018, Democrats, Headlines, Trump
It was a blue wave as Democrats won the popular vote in the House by the largest margin since the Watergate scandal in 1974. With votes continuing to be tallied more than two weeks after Election Day, Democrats hold a lead over Republicans in the House popular vote by...
by Jim Heath | Nov 20, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Ben McAdams has won in Utah’s 4th District, defeating GOP Rep. Mia Love, giving Democrats yet another seat in the House come January. Final vote counts tonight showed McAdams winning by 694 votes, or a margin of 50.129 percent to 49.871. That margin of 0.258 was just...
by Jim Heath | Nov 18, 2018 | 2018, Headlines
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson has conceded the Florida Senate race to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, ending his re-election bid after the completion of a statewide recount. Scott said in a statement, “I just spoke with Senator Bill Nelson, who graciously conceded,...
