by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Battlegrounds, Election Night, Headlines
President Trump and Republicans may have lost the House, but they are beaming about keeping two of the top political jobs in the country, as Rick Scott defeated Bill Nelson for the senate and Ron DeSantis defeated Andrew Gillum for governor. Republicans have now won...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Josh Hawley has triumphed over Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in the Missouri Senate race. McCaskill was first elected to the Senate in 2006, winning reelection in 2012. Donald Trump won Missouri by 18 points against Hillary Clinton two years ago, and McCaskill...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Democratic candidates across the country are flooding into the House, the party picking up more than the 23 seats they need to capture the majority and making Nancy Pelosi the Speaker-Elect. Democrats intend to make a package of anti-corruption measures aimed at...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
As predicted on JimHeath.TV in our final forecast on Sunday, Republicans have kept the majority in the U.S. Senate, and are likely to gain seats. Democrats always had an uphill climb to retaking the Senate. Ten Democrats were up for reelection in states that Donald...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz wins a second term by defeating Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke, stopping Democrats’ most aggressive attempt in decades to win a statewide office in Texas. Cruz had 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for O’Rourke when the race was called....
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, Election Night
Mixed results for both parties in Ohio, as Lt. Gov. Mike DeWine has defeated Democrat Richard Cordray to take John Kasich’s place as governor, while Sen. Sherrod Brown has won reelection. DeWine is a former U.S. Senator, who lost his reelection race in 2006 by...
