In addition, eight Jewish candidates entered the House, two Jews won governorships (in Illinois and Colorado) and one, Jacky Rosen, won her Senate race in Nevada. All are Democrats. The next House of Representatives will have a total of 28 Jews, and there will be nine Jewish senators. . ..…
Voters flipped statehouse after statehouse by electing new Democratic governors in Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Wisconsin, and they maintained Democratic governors in every state Democrats already held. And the wins were even more impressive in state legislatures, from..…
The loss of House represents huge defeat for Donald Trump which Democrats flipped seats in key districts in such states as Virginia, Florida, Texas, Colorado and Michigan, especially urban and suburban areas.. ... -Democrat Joe Neguse, attorney and leader of Eritrean heritage,..…
Republicans are in control more often and Democrats were trying to pull Tuesday's elections.. Voters Colorado, Michigan and Missouri approved ballot measures Tuesday overhauling the redistricting process in ways that are intended to reduce the likelihood of partisan gerrymandering by..…
Energywire: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Colorado voters chose a progressive Democrat as governor but rejected a ballot proposition that would have cut down on oil and gas drilling in the state. . ... Climatewire: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 A top environmental group in Colorado plans..…
Democrat Jared Polis will be the first Jewish and first gay governor of Colorado, and J.B. Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat, will be the next governor of Illinois. . . . ..…
Democrats tried Tuesday to fight their way back to in state capitols across the country by reclaiming governor's seats in key Midwest states, major steps in their strategy to reverse years of Republican gains in state capitols.. ..…
Democrats now have complete control of state government in Colorado, New York, Illinois, Maine and New Mexico. . ... In Colorado, Democrat Jared Polis became the first openly gay man to be elected governor of a U.S. state. ..…
While Democrats failed to take Senate in the midterm, they won number of governors seats, including ones Colorado and Kansas. ..…