Of course Democrats want to import new feeders at the welfare trough: Growing government and government dependency is the only kind of growth they know.
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) will win reelection in the deep-blue state of New Mexico, Decision Desk HQ projects. Though the state is a reliable Democratic bastion in the Southwest, Heinrich's reelection bid had garnered more attention than usual this cycle because his challenger, Nella Domenici, is the daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.)....
Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) has won a second term as Montana's governor, Decision Desk HQ projects. Gianforte, a former member of the House, won his initial term in the governor's mansion in 2020, becoming the first Republican to hold that office in Big Sky Country in two decades. His win this cycle was largely expected....
Shomari Figures, a former aide to Attorney General Merrick Garland, is projected to win his House race in Alabama's newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. His victory gives Democrats a rare pickup opportunity in a ruby-red state that former President Trump won by 25 points in 2020. It also gives the...
Vice President Harris was projected to defeat former President Trump in Oregon, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding eight Electoral College votes to the Democrat's column. Oregon has voted blue in every presidential election since 1988, and it was considered a safe Democratic state for Harris heading into Election Day. President Biden beat Trump in the Beaver...
The Harris campaign late Tuesday predicted the state of the presidential race would come into focus in "the early morning hours” as it offered cause for optimism about the vice president’s path in the “blue wall” states. “We’ve been saying for weeks that this race might not be called tonight,” Harris campaign Chair Jen O'Malley...
Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R) is projected to win the New Hampshire gubernatorial race, keeping the office in Republican hands, according to Decision Desk HQ. Ayotte was generally seen as the front-runner throughout the general election campaign to replace popular retiring Gov. Chris Sununu (R). In a recent University of New Hampshire survey, she led...
Maggie Goodlander, a former Justice Department official under President Biden who’s married to national security adviser Jake Sullivan, will succeed Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ. Goodlander ran against Republican Lily Williams, a rental property manager, for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes a large swath of the state,...
Republican John McGuire is projected to win the House seat to replace Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), according to Decision Desk HQ. McGuire, a state senator, defeated the former head of the House Freedom Caucus earlier this year during the GOP primary for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, which is situated in the middle of the state and...
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) is the projected winner of the state's gubernatorial race, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Morrisey defeated Democratic nominee Steve Williams (D), the mayor of Huntington, W.Va., in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Jim Justice (R). Justice is running for retiring Sen. Joe Manchin's (I) seat in...
Vice President Harris has won Illinois in the 2024 presidential election, securing its 19 Electoral College votes in the process, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. A Republican last won Illinois in 1988, and the populous Democratic stronghold of Chicago has made the state largely noncompetitive in national elections in recent cycles, including all...
Fewer healthcare workers are getting the most recent COVID-19 booster. Findings from a new CDC survey show that 15.3 percent of the roughly 8 million healthcare workers in hospitals have gotten the most recent COVID-19 booster for the 2023-24 respiratory virus season. Coverage was lowest — at 12.7 percent — among licensed independent practitioners....
As the election draws to a close, Vice President Harris has put abortion access at the center of her closing message, while President Trump is leaning into his own health care pitch: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deal with the nation's ills. Democrats see abortion as a potentially decisive factor in the race and have...
Former President Trump cast his ballot in Florida on Election Day, despite his 34 felony convictions in New York. While Florida has some of the strictest laws in the country against felons voting, Trump's hush money conviction did not disqualify him from the voting booth. If a Florida resident is convicted of a felony in...
