Nov 03 Biden wins Hawaii The Associated Press called Hawaii for Former Vice President Joe Biden after polls closed at midnight ET. Hillary Clinton won this state by 32.2 percentage points in 2016, and Biden was expected to win easily this year. Hawaii has four…
Nov 03 Republican Bill Cassidy holds onto Senate seat in Louisiana Incumbent Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana will go on to serve a second term in the Senate after fending off Democratic challenger Adrian Perkins. Perkins is among a record number of Black Democrats running for Senate in the South this…
Nov 03 Mississippi incumbent Hyde-Smith beats back Democratic challenger Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith held on in a tight race against Democratic challenger Mike Espy. Hyde-Smith is now the first woman elected to a full term representing Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. Challenger Espy was one of a record number…
Nov 03 Georgia Senate race will go to runoff The three-way race between Trump ally and incumbent Kelly Loeffler, Democrat Rafael Wornock and Republican challenger Doug Collins will go to a runoff between frontrunners Loeffler and Warnock. If elected, Warnock would be the first Black Senator from Georgia.
Nov 03 A record number of Black candidates are running for Congress At least 130 Black women ran as congressional candidates in 2020, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Additionally, the South has seen the greatest number of Black Senate candidates since the Reconstruction era between…
Nov 03 Cori Bush becomes first Black woman to represent Missouri in Congress Former nurse and activist Cori Bush has made history for Missouri after a primary upset in August over 10-term Democrat Lacy Clay. Bush rose to prominence as a progressive leader in the 2014 Black Lives Matter protests in Ferguson, following…
Nov 03 An update from Trump, Biden campaigns Both candidates are eyeing Ohio and Wisconsin, battleground states that could be key to their victories. John Yang reports Biden officials are optimistic about Ohio, where he’s had a narrow lead in recent polls. In Wisconsin, a state Trump won…
Nov 03 Trump wins Idaho and Utah The Associated Press called Idaho and Utah for President Donald Trump after polls closed at 11 p.m. EST. Trump won Idaho by 31.7 percentage points in 2016 and Utah by nearly 18 points. He was expected to win both states…
Nov 03 Biden wins California, New Hampshire, Oregon and Washington The Associated Press called these four states for Former Vice President Joe Biden after polls closed at 11 p.m. EST. Hillary Clinton won these states in 2016, and Biden was expected to win them all this year. Together these add…
Nov 03 Don’t expect results from Pennsylvania until well after midnight We’re not going to have a clear picture of results in Pennsylvania until well after midnight, the NewsHour’s Daniel Bush reports from on the ground in the Philadelphia area. But things from an election security standpoint, he said, are going…