voter shown casting Kent, Ohio, Nov 6, 2018 — More than 75 percent of Jews voted for Democrats on Election Day that was also good to Jewish congressional candidates.. ..…

We elected labor-endorsed congressmembers in New York and California. New and returning labor-friendly Senators will head to the Senate from Nevada, Pennsylvania and several other states. . ..…

The people living in Las Vegas benefit from their influence over Nevada’s two Senators, and people living in the rural areas of Texas (or New York or California) lose by comparison. . To the extent that Senate apportionment rules protect anyone against tyranny of the majority,..…

It’s true that the Senate isn’t set up particularly favorably for Democrats — there were 30 red states in the 2016 election and 20 blue ones, and the many small red states such as Wyoming have the same number of senators as exponentially more populous blue states such as California and New..…

Whether there's a blue wave 2018 will have left the in American Jewish that the center appears to be disappearing.. ..…

That year, a brazen House Minority Whip named Newt Gingrich effectively nationalized all 435 locally-based congressional seats—as well as the one-third of the Senate and the vast majority of governor’s mansions (including California, New York, and Texas) up for grabs that..…

Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has defeated Republican challenger Chele Farley to win re-election to the U.S. Senate. . Gillibrand was heavily favored in Tuesday’s election and has been talked about as a potential presidential candidate in 2020. . ..…

But when the votes were tallied, the wave had overtaken even Murphy Harckham edged out victory, part of Democratic monsoon that saw Cuomo easily re-elected and Democrats take control of Senate... This year, half of New York State voters are registered Democrats, compared to..…

While New York is still stuck with serpent king Andrew Cuomo for governor, Tuesday's midterm elections flipped New York's state senate to Democratic control and ushered in number of women at every level, including three candidates. With the majority win,..…

Chuck Schumer, the New York senator and minority leader, told Jewish Insider: “Senate Democrats are very strongly pro-Israel and will remain that way.”  ..…

Well beyond the more high-profile names of Michael Bloomberg and George Soros on Democratic side and Sheldon Adelson on the part of Republicans, Jewish monies were invested in senate and house races and governorships. Three Jewish New York representatives will be chairs Jerrold..…

Democrats will gain full control Illinois by winning the governor's race, and New York even slight gain by Democrats could wrest Senate from Republicans and give them governing trifecta. ..…

House seat, Latino Rhodes scholar took contested house seat New York, Elizabeth Warren held Senate seat, Robert Menendez was also re-elected and Maine voted into office its first governor all as part of blue tide in the region.. ..…

The Texas Senate race . The New York Congressional District 1 race . The Arizona Senate race . . ..…

Gillibrand is likely to cast herself as a liberal warrior for women in the Senate and as someone, being from New York, who knows how to stand toe-to-toe with the current President. . ..…

Whitaker was  Sessions chief of staff and had been considered for variety of jobs in Trump administration, including No 2 post at Justice or as White House counsel.. ..…

That sort of bias is on display tonight at the New York Times election results page. . . . . Counting the popular vote across multiple Senate races is a meaningless enterprise. ..…