by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Over 47,000 uncounted ballots from Milwaukee County came in late and they doomed Republican Gov. Scott Walker who has lost his reelection bid to Democrat Tony Evers. Walker, whose efforts to demolish the state’s public sector unions shortly after his 2010 election...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
In the biggest political upset of the night, a Democrat has won South Carolina’s coastal 1st District for the first time in 40 years. In Mark Sanford’s congressional district, political newcomer Joe Cunningham defeated GOP state Rep. Katie Arrington, flipping...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Democratic nominee Jacky Rosen has defeated incumbent GOP Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada. Heller was the only GOP senator seeking another term in a state Hillary Clinton won in 2016. He was once a critic of President Trump but had hoped the president’s political...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
He may have to go back to reality TV soon as Antonio Sabato Jr., a strong supporter of President Trump, was easily defeated by the Democratic incumbent Julia Brownley. Brownley, 66, of Westlake Village, won about 58 percent of the vote. Sabato, the 46-year-old actor...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Two indicted sitting Members of Congress were reelected by their constituents tonight, sending a signal that partisanship is more important to voters than ethics in government. Less than three months after FBI agents arrested him on charges of insider trading, Rep....
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Democrat Gavin Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor known for groundbreaking pushes on universal health care, gay marriage and legal marijuana, swept to victory tonight in the race to replace Gov. Jerry Brown as California governor. Newsom’s election marks the first...
