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Midterms Live Updates: No Signs of ‘Red Wave’ as Race for Congress Remains Tight
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, beat Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, flipping a Senate seat. J.D. Vance won for Republicans in Ohio. But control of the House and Senate still hangs in the balance.
John FettermanWon, Pennsylvania Senate
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Kathy HochulWon, New York Governor
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J.D. VanceWon, Ohio Senate
Stacey AbramsLost, Georgia Governor
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Sarah Huckabee SandersWon, Arkansas Governor
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Marco RubioWon, Florida Senate
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Tudor DixonLost, Michigan Governor
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Maggie HassanWon, New Hampshire Senate
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Becca BalintWon, Vermont Representative
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Tim RyanLost, Ohio Senate
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Brian KempWon, Georgia Governor
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Greg AbbottWon, Texas Governor
Here are the latest results from the pivotal midterm elections.
Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday morning, with Democrats and Republicans closely monitoring yet-to-be-called Senate races in Nevada and Arizona, as well as a tight contest in Georgia that may be headed for a December runoff.
As the counting moved into Wednesday morning, it was fairly clear that Democrats had defied predictions of a midterm electoral drubbing, winning dozens of key House, Senate and governors’ races across the country and forestalling a “red wave” that Republicans said would define one of the most consequential midterm campaigns in recent memory.
But even with those disappointments, Republicans could emerge with majorities in both houses of Congress. To keep control of the Senate, Democrats need two of their endangered incumbents, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, to hold on to their leads (Mr. Kelly was leading his race early Wednesday, with 66 percent of the vote counted, while Ms. Cortez Mastro was trailing, with 75 percent of the ballots counted).
If only one of those two prevails, Democratic control will rest on either the last ballots in Georgia pushing Senator Raphael Warnock over the required 50 percent, or on a Dec. 6 runoff in that race that would captivate the country — much the way two Senate runoffs in Georgia in early 2021 determined the current Democratic majority.
On Tuesday, a hard-fought victory by Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, over the celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz flipped a Senate seat to Democrat from Republican. Two incumbent Democratic senators, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Michael Bennet of Colorado, won re-election decisively, according to The Associated Press, ending two races that were seen as potential harbingers for a Republican blowout.
But in Ohio and North Carolina, two Republicans endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump cruised to victory. The author and investor J.D. Vance defeated his Democratic challenger, Representative Tim Ryan, by six percentage points in Ohio, and Ted Budd won the North Carolina seat being vacated by the departing Richard Burr.
In the fight for the House, only one Democratic incumbent, Representative Elaine Luria of Virginia, had been defeated by early Wednesday. But her loss was matched by the defeat of a veteran Republican, Representative Steve Chabot, in Ohio. The G.O.P. also won two open House seats vacated by Democrats in Florida.
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the chairman of the House Democratic campaign arm, was in danger of losing his seat. But in other critical House races, endangered Democrats like Representatives Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Chris Pappas of New Hampshire retained their seats, according to The Associated Press.
With seats still in play in New York and several Western states, control of the House is anything but settled. It could take several days before the next House majority is clear. Here is a rundown of the most likely timeline.
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Beyond the House and Senate, voters were determining which party would control 36 governorships and an array of critical state positions. Governors’ contests in New York and Pennsylvania and Senate races in Colorado and Washington all went to the Democrats. And in swing states, Democrats fared far better than expected. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, was re-elected in Michigan, as was Gov. Tony Evers in Wisconsin.
All indications were that Republicans would end up with perhaps one of the weakest performances in decades by the out-of-power party against a first-term president’s party. The polarization of the country may have functioned as a check, as the passions of one side offset the other. But America leaves these midterms much as it entered: a fiercely divided country that remains anchored in a narrow range of the political spectrum.
Inflation was a key issue in the race, leaving Democrats grasping for a response. But Mr. Trump’s influence saddled Republicans with weak candidates, and the Democratic base turned out in large numbers. Here are five takeaways from the elections.
Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont chose to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions, indicating that, when asked directly, a broad cross section of Americans want to protect abortion access.
Election Day appeared to have unfolded smoothly for millions of Americans, but in some communities, scattered problems were reported, including technical glitches that disrupted ballot counting in Arizona’s Maricopa County. In Nevada, election officials said that it could take days to count the votes because of a deluge of mail-in ballots.
Nov. 9, 2022, 7:09 a.m. ET1 hour ago
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The election in Colorado’s Third Congressional District was surprisingly tight, with Representative Lauren Boebert, a far-right provocateur who heckled President Biden during his State of the Union speech, locked in a close contest with Adam Frisch, a Democrat. The Associated Press has not called the race.
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The stock market wavers as midterm results remain unclear.
Stocks slipped on Wednesday morning, as investors reacted to results from the U.S. midterm elections which featured high-profile victories for both parties, as overall control of the House and Senate remained uncertain.
Futures on the S&P 500 fell 0.2 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday, after posting small gains late on Tuesday which coincided with early Republican victories after the markets closed. The benchmark stock index eked out a 0.6 percent gain during regular trading hours on Tuesday.
Votes are still being counted and it may take days to get a clear picture of the result. According to the most recent projections, Republicans are favored to win control of the House while the Senate is leaning toward the Democrats.
Investors and analysts have said that divided government — where Democrats lose control of at least one chamber of Congress — could be positive for the stock market because it would probably limit any major legislation that could impact corporate profitability.
“You just have politicians stop doing stuff and generally the market likes that,” said James Masserio, the co-head of equities in the Americas for Société Générale.
However, past market moves after the midterms are less conclusive on what combination of control between Congress and the White House is best for markets. The S&P 500 has risen on the day after the last six midterm elections, and also posted gains in the year after the vote.
“Markets historically reward less uncertainty and split government,” Ben Laidler, the global markets strategist at eToro, wrote in a post-election report. “But it has potential for medium term pain, from uncertainty over the debt ceiling to recession spending.
The election is not the only thing on investors’ minds. Many have said that against a backdrop of high inflation, rising interest rates and tense geopolitics, the midterms have receded in importance. The next big event for investors comes on Thursday, when new data about inflation in the United States will steer expectations over how aggressively the Federal Reserve could be in raising interest rates, which raises costs for companies and dampens economic growth.
“There are these major forces that kind of drown out the election,” Mr. Masserio said.
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Nov. 9, 2022, 5:55 a.m. ET2 hours ago
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Counting all of the votes in Nevada could take days, election officials say.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, left, and Gov. Steve Sisolak at a Nevada Democratic election night party in Las Vegas on Tuesday.Credit...Mikayla Whitmore for The New York Times
Overwhelmed election officials in Nevada say that they have been flooded by thousands of mail-in ballots, and that it may take several days to count the votes and upload results.
Last year, the state began requiring that mail-in ballots be sent to every registered voter. While ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, they can be counted if they arrive as late as Saturday.
Elections officials have emphasized the need for patience and have not offered predictions on how quickly they will be able to offer tallies.
Jamie Rodriguez, the interim registrar of voters in Washoe County, said she was expecting roughly 16,000 mail-in ballots to arrive on Election Day. She said that those votes would not be counted until Thursday because poll workers were so behind.
“Understand that whatever results posted tonight, if there are close races, there are definitely still a large number of votes to be counted,” Ms. Rodriguez said on Tuesday night.
And even the results that have come in came slowly. Nevada does not post its results until the last voter in the state casts a ballot, and the polls did not officially close until after 9 p.m. local time. Tallies did not start coming in until late Tuesday, after many contests on the East Coast had already been called.
Long waits and continuous warnings from elections officials did not prevent the candidates in a competitive race for a Nevada Senate seat from projecting confidence about their standing. Early Wednesday morning, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a Democrat, was slightly behind her Republican opponent, Adam Laxalt.
“We have a lot of our votes coming in all across the state, yet to be tabulated,” Mr. Laxalt said on election night at a party in Las Vegas. “We are going to win this race.”
“We had people voting in the snow and then the rain because they want a better Nevada and a better America,” he added. “Unfortunately, we’re in for a long night and maybe a few days into this week as all the votes are tabulated.”
Ms. Cortez Masto was also upbeat, but made the situation clear: “We won’t have results for several days.”
The lag means Nevadans will also have to wait for results in other competitive state races, including the governor’s race between the incumbent, Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger, Joe Lombardo. Mr. Lombardo held a narrow lead early Wednesday morning.
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Nov. 9, 2022, 5:20 a.m. ET3 hours ago
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The Associated Press has stopped calling races and will resume at 9 a.m. Eastern.
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After her historic win, Hochul must govern over a fractured New York electorate.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday became the first woman to be elected governor of New York.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
For Gov. Kathy Hochul, a second historical milestone was clearly in her grasp: Nearly 15 months after she unexpectedly became New York’s first female governor, she was about to be the first woman in the state to be elected to the position.
But her victory on Tuesday proved harder to secure than most had expected.
Ms. Hochul led Representative Lee Zeldin, her Republican challenger, by roughly five percentage points with roughly 93 percent of the vote counted — a wider gap than some had braced for in the final weeks of the race, but still what would be the narrowest margin in a New York governor’s race in nearly three decades.
Mr. Zeldin managed to gain unforeseen traction in one of the most liberal states in the nation by mounting a campaign that was almost singularly focused on crime, allowing him to close in on Ms. Hochul and make significant inroads among suburban and independent voters, as well as some disaffected Democrats.
Governor Hochul ultimately managed to repel Mr. Zeldin’s late momentum, recalibrating her campaign in the final two weeks of the race. She increased her time in New York City as she sought to animate her base of Democratic voters; changed the focus of her political messaging and talked more often about public safety; and drew a star-studded lineup of Democrats to New York to rally around her as labor unions also flocked to her aid.
Still, the uncertainty and last-minute scramble in the race, particularly unusual in a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in 20 years, led to scrutiny over how Ms. Hochul ran her campaign.
She ran an expensive operation, significantly outspending Mr. Zeldin and nearly depleting her record-breaking $50 million campaign war chest on a constellation of television ads that sought to portray him as too extreme. She spent many months focusing on Mr. Zeldin’s anti-abortion stance before shifting her message toward crime in the race’s final stages, raising questions about whether that should have been her focus from the beginning.
And she appeared to lack a sufficiently strong ground game to energize Democratic voters, especially in Black and Latino communities, as Democratic operatives noted a dearth of the typical election-season lawn signs and mailers.
Lee Zeldin, with his family on election night, chose not to concede as he addressed supporters in Midtown Manhattan.Credit...James Estrin/The New York Times
For Ms. Hochul, the question now is whether the election results — Democrats also lost seats in the state’s House delegation and the State Legislature — will influence her leadership and agenda in her first full four-year term as governor.
It remains unclear how Ms. Hochul will seek to appeal to a New York electorate that, judging from the results on Tuesday, appears increasingly fractured, potentially resembling the polarization seen elsewhere in the nation. In a midterm election that was seen as a national rebuke of Democrats, the governor’s race in New York underscored deep fissures and discontent among voters concerned about public safety and an affordability crisis, especially in the suburbs of Long Island and in pockets of New York City.
Some Democrats have already begun to theorize that the governor might lurch slightly to the right in her policies as she seeks to respond to the unrest among voters.
If she does, it could set the stage for increased tension between the more left-leaning Democrats who control the State Legislature and Ms. Hochul, whose views on issues around gun rights and immigration have turned increasingly liberal over the years.
“I think the end result will be a somewhat more moderate Kathy Hochul, which I think squares with where she actually is, which is a bit of a common sense, moderate Democrat,” said Chris Coffey, a Democratic political strategist. “I do think it sets up more of a showdown with the governor and the more progressive parts of the State Senate.”
In her victory speech on Tuesday, Ms. Hochul ticked off broad commitments she had made during her campaign, including promises to build more affordable housing, make subways safe, tackle illegal guns and protect abortion rights.
“I will lead with strength and compassion, not anger and fear,” Ms. Hochul said before confetti cannons erupted at her watch party in Lower Manhattan, adding that “the lesson of tonight’s victory is that given the choice, New Yorkers refused to go backward in our long march toward progress.”
Ms. Hochul, a Democrat from Buffalo, ascended to New York’s highest office in August 2021, replacing former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo after he resigned in scandal. A virtual unknown to most New Yorkers, Ms. Hochul was a former Erie County clerk before serving in Congress and later becoming Mr. Cuomo’s lieutenant governor in 2015.
His sudden resignation put Ms. Hochul in charge of a state traversing a pandemic and spikes in crime, and she moved swiftly to overhaul the Cuomo administration and build more collaborative relationships in Albany, while rushing to assemble an election campaign.
She immediately established herself as a furious and formidable fund-raiser, building a monumental stockpile of campaign funds that helped her easily defeat two Democratic primary rivals in June.
But even then, some top Democrats raised concerns that Ms. Hochul was not doing enough to engage with New York City’s minority communities, a crucial bloc of voters she would have to turn out to win.
Indeed, given the nature of her ascendance, Ms. Hochul faced a shortened time period to introduce herself to voters after serving mostly in the shadow of Mr. Cuomo as lieutenant governor.
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Ms. Hochul appeared to step up her ground game as Election Day neared, making more appearances with voters, especially in New York City.Credit...Jeenah Moon for The New York Times
Yet in her campaign, the governor largely stuck to attack ads that played up fears of how Mr. Zeldin would weaken gun safety laws and erode women’s rights, as she hoped to increase turnout among women. She emphasized her record of achievement during her short tenure, but appeared to miss an opportunity to promote her back story or delineate a detailed policy vision for the state.
“She didn’t have four years before, she had an accidental first year,” said State Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Upper Manhattan. “I’m not really sure we can say this is Kathy Hochul, this is her agenda for running the State of New York, these are her goals and dreams, and then is it influenced by Zeldin in one way or the other?”
Those worries were amplified by some anxious Democratic officials in the final weeks of the race who rushed to her aid as Mr. Zeldin continued to chip away at Ms. Hochul’s once-commanding lead in public polls, drawing thousands of supporters to some of his rallies and raising the specter of a potential upset.
Ms. Hochul also had to contend with about $16 million spent by super PACs, spearheaded by a billionaire Republican donor, that financed a barrage of ominous-looking ads that sought to blame the governor for nearly all aspects of crime in New York, and days of scathing front covers published by the right-leaning New York Post.
Few dispute that the national dissatisfaction with Democrats clearly permeated the governor’s race, playing an outsize role even in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one.
“There was a natural passion on the Republican side that has been percolating,” said Charlie King, a Democratic consultant and former candidate for lieutenant governor. “I didn’t think that abortion was going to drive people to the polls the way that Republican anger was going to drive people to the polls. The race was always going to tighten into the end.”
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In places like Chester, N.Y., Mr. Zeldin was able to attract hundreds of supporters who responded to his campaign message of how the state was spiraling out of control.Credit...Gregg Vigliotti for The New York Times
As the race drew closer and Election Day neared, Ms. Hochul was forced to change gears to avoid a potentially humiliating defeat.
She temporarily dispatched her government chief of staff, Stacy Lynch, to help coordinate the campaign, which was run mostly by high-paid, out-of-state consultants. In a sign that she may have miscalculated her initial messaging strategy, Ms. Hochul all but abandoned her previous focus on protecting a woman’s right to an abortion and pivoted to crime.
A high-profile lineup of Democratic politicians was called in at the 11th hour to campaign with the governor, including President Biden and former President Bill Clinton, as well as Hillary Clinton. And a scattershot of get-out-the-vote rallies were organized across the city, while Ms. Hochul made back-to-back visits to Black churches, where she usually spoke about her upbringing and campaign message in more personal terms.
“A victory is a victory, even if it’s one point, so you take it,” said Laura Curran, the former Democratic county executive of Nassau County. “Something that the governor said to me early on was that she was used to being underestimated.
“She was certainly underestimated in this campaign, and she made it.”
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Nov. 9, 2022, 4:02 a.m. ET4 hours ago
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Michigan, California and Vermont affirm abortion rights in state ballot proposals.
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Abortion-rights supporters in California rallied in Long Beach before Election Day.Credit...Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press
Voters in California, Michigan and Vermont chose to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions on Tuesday, The Associated Press said.
A vote in Kentucky on whether to amend the State Constitution to say there was no right to abortion was too close to call as of early Wednesday.
The results in the three other states, which came just months after the U.S. Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to abortion, showed that when asked directly, a broad cross section of Americans want to protect abortion access.
Abortion also appeared to shape results in some candidate races. Across the country, Democratic politicians emphasized their support for legal abortion on the campaign trail, while many Republicans opposed to abortion tried to focus voters on other issues.
The amendments marked a victory for abortion rights supporters, who since losing in the Supreme Court this summer have sought to preserve or restore access to the procedure through a series of lawsuits, ballot initiatives and legislative fights.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat who won re-election on Tuesday, said it was “a point of pride” that abortion was now protected in the State Constitution.
“It’s a point of principle and it’s a point of contrast,” he said, “at a time of such mixed results all across this country.”
Abortion-rights supporters have increasingly looked to ballot questions as a way to advance their interests, even in Republican-leaning places. In August, in the first major political test of abortion after Roe v. Wade fell, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have ended abortion protections at the state level. That result in a conservative-leaning state was seen by national Democrats as a sign of the issue’s political potency and an opening for their candidates in November.
But as the Supreme Court decision began to fade from the headlines, Republicans who support abortion restrictions tried to shift the political conversation to more favorable ground like economic issues and crime.
In Michigan, the vote on whether to place abortion protections in the State Constitution played out at the same time as a high-stakes governor race. Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic incumbent, made support for abortion rights central to her campaign. She won re-election, The Associated Press said.
A rally for Michigan Democrats and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday.Credit...Brittany Greeson for The New York Times
The Michigan amendment is likely to have the most immediate impact. A state law that was dormant for decades while Roe was in effect bans abortion, but enforcement of that measure had been temporarily blocked by the courts.
Lisa Baldwin-Ryan, 58, voted in favor of the amendment despite her complex views on abortion.
“I am totally against people who use it as a form of birth control, but not everybody is strong enough to carry a child if they’re a victim of rape and incest — therefore, why should they be forced?” said Ms. Baldwin-Ryan, who supported the Libertarian candidate for governor.
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, which opposes abortion rights, said early Wednesday that Michigan voters would experience “buyer’s remorse” after passing the amendment.
In Kentucky, a reliably Republican state that is among many in the South with abortion bans, residents were still split as of early Wednesday. The vote on whether to amend the Constitution to say it contained no right to abortion came just a week before the State Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a challenge to Kentucky’s abortion ban.
JoAnn Lewis, 63, of Lexington, Ky., said she favored the amendment.
“Life, once it is seeded, it needs to grow just like a garden — you’ve got to protect it,” Ms. Lewis said at a polling place.
But Samia Temsah-Deniskin, 38, said she voted against the amendment “because women should choose what happens with their bodies.” Ms. Temsah-Deniskin, a photographer from Paris, Ky., said that she was pregnant and also has a daughter, and that “these rights are so important for women in particular.”
California and Vermont already had robust abortion protections in law. The votes on Tuesday provided the states with more durable bulwarks against any future anti-abortion legislation, but did little to change the immediate situation. With nearly all ballots counted, about 77 percent of Vermont voters favored the amendment.
In California, Sherman Jones, 54, said he considered the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling an affront to a woman’s right to privacy.
“I just think that’s something that individuals and their doctors need to decide and not politicians,” said Mr. Jones, who lives in Riverside County and voted to add abortion protections to the California Constitution.
In Montana, where abortion is legal, a ballot initiative requiring medical interventions to save those that the state defines as “born alive” infants had not been called as of early Wednesday.
Reporting was contributed by Sarah Baird, Corinne Boyer, Jill Cowan, Ryan Patrick Hooper and Shawn Hubler.
Nov. 9, 2022, 3:50 a.m. ET4 hours ago
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Votes on ballot measures reflect the nation’s divisions.
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Voters in College Park, Md., on Tuesday.Credit...T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times
Voters in Maryland and Missouri approved ballot measures on Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana, according to The Associated Press, adding those states to a list that has swelled in recent years. But similar efforts were also shot down in Arkansas and North Dakota — a mixed result that underscored the varying public attitudes over marijuana use.
Those measures were among the many initiatives that appeared on ballots across the country on Tuesday — an exercise in direct democracy that has offered an unfiltered glimpse into voters’ stances on some of the most pressing and polarizing issues, including voting rights, gun restrictions and abortion access.
The early results according to The Associated Press have, in many ways, reflected the deep fissures running through the country.
Measures related to voting were under consideration in several states, with some pursuing restrictions meant to bolster election security and others pushing to expand and protect access amid fears of a concerted campaign to weaken the country’s election systems. Many of these measures could be traced to former President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn his loss and mobilize his supporters by spreading baseless claims of a stolen election.
Voters in Ohio approved an initiative aimed at thwarting any attempt to allow people who are not U.S. citizens from voting in local elections. The proposal was meant to counter efforts elsewhere, including in New York City, to allow permanent legal residents and people authorized to work in the United States to vote in city-level races. A similar proposal is up for a vote in Louisiana on a Dec. 10 ballot.
In Nebraska, roughly two-thirds of voters supported a measure to require photo identification to vote.
Voters in Michigan supported adding measures to the state constitution, including opening polls for early voting, meant to make it easier to cast ballots.
In Connecticut, a measure to allow in-person early voting was passed.
In Iowa, voters, by a wide margin, supported an initiative enshrining gun rights in an amendment to the State Constitution that declares that residents’ ability “to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Voters in Tennessee and Vermont resoundingly supported ballot measures that remove language allowing slavery as punishment from their state constitutions. In Alabama, more than three-quarters of voters endorsed changes to the State Constitution that removed outdated and racist language, including language related to slavery.
But in Louisiana, nearly two-thirds of voters rejected a proposal that would have removed language from the State Constitution allowing slavery as punishment.
These measures to forbid slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment have gained traction across the country in recent years, creating an opening for prisoners to challenge the practice of forced labor for which they are paid pennies per hour or nothing at all.
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Nov. 9, 2022, 3:34 a.m. ET5 hours ago
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Ava Sasani
Voters in Michigan voted in favor of abortion rights, The Associated Press said, amending their State Constitution to create a right to reproductive freedom, including decisions “about all matters relating to pregnancy,” such as abortion and contraception.
Nov. 9, 2022, 3:30 a.m. ET5 hours ago
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Nate Cohn
While Republicans remain modest favorites in the House, it could be days or even longer until there’s enough information to be sure whether Republicans gained control of the chamber. Republicans are still 22 seats away, and many of the seats they need are in slow-counting western states.
Nov. 9, 2022, 3:20 a.m. ET5 hours ago
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Maggie Astor
Reporting from New York
Representative Elissa Slotkin, a moderate Democrat, was re-elected in the Seventh District of Michigan, according to The Associated Press, defying the district's tilt toward Republicans. The Republican candidate, Tom Barrett, had sought to cast her as a progressive in centrist’s clothes.
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Across Texas, neither a red wave nor a blue one.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas won re-election on Tuesday.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
HOUSTON — The familiar contours of Texas politics held firm for another election despite a concerted effort and many millions in campaign spending aimed at proving otherwise.
As the votes came in on Tuesday, Democrats remained locked out of statewide offices — from the governor’s mansion to the agriculture commissioner’s office — and Republicans could point to some gains among Hispanic voters, winning an open congressional seat in South Texas, though fewer than they had hoped for.