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 10, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Nine scientists are entering the US congress next year, from engineers and health professionals to an energy businessman and a computer programmer. Six of them are women, including a new senator for Nevada. In another pick-up for House Democrats, Kim Schrier was...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has increased her lead over GOP Rep. Martha McSally to 20,203 votes, as Arizona’s election officials counted more ballots in the state’s uncalled Senate race. That is a 1 percent lead with over 1.9 million votes counted, according to the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
The Arizona Republican Party thought it was a good idea to file a lawsuit to have legitimate votes from being counted, and Cindy McCain is among many Arizonans who have slammed that effort. In a tweet, the widow of the late Sen. John McCain, took aim at local GOP...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
GOP Rep. Jason Lewis of Minnesota made headlines this summer when it was revealed that he called women “sluts” before he took office. On a syndicated show he hosted in 2012, Lewis wondered why it was no longer acceptable to use the word “slut”...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
The Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona dropped out and endorsed Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema last week, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from voting for her, allowing GOP candidate Martha McSally to take the lead. Knowing it would...
