Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won election as North Dakota's next governor on Tuesday, continuing the GOP's three-decade grip on the highest job in the conservative state.

Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe won the Missouri governor's race Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Crystal Quade to maintain the GOP's grip on the state's government.

U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota won a second term on Tuesday, turning back a challenge from a Democrat making her second attempt to gain a Senate seat.

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has been elected to the U.S. House and will become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress.

Angela Alsobrooks won a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday to become the first Black candidate to be elected senator in Maryland, as the Democrat prevailed in a blue state against popular Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative in Congress from Rhode Island, won reelection on Tuesday.

Americans awaited the final results of one of the most intense and divisive presidential elections in modern history Tuesday as early exit polling showed worrying signs for Vice President Kamala Harris and positive news for former President Donald Trump.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has won her bid for reelection.

Voters rejected a Florida proposal to add abortion rights to the state constitution in Tuesday's election, handing the pro-choice movement its first statewide ballot-measure defeat since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022.