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CP NewsAlert: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wins legislature seat
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has won the most votes in the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection with 73 of 76 polls reporting, securing her a seat in the provincial legislature. More...
Nov 08, 2022

Missouri's Alford, Burlison elected to Congress
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Former Kansas City morning news anchor Mark Alford and state Sen. Eric Burlison have been elected to Congress as Republicans, replacing incumbents who chose to run for the U...
Nov 08, 2022

Golden vying for his Maine House seat; Pingree keeps hers
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Democrats look to hold on to a key swing district in Maine as two-term incumbent Rep. Jared Golden faces a challenge from a former congressman. Golden, a moderate Democrat who t...
Nov 08, 2022

Trump-backed JD Vance retains GOP US Senate seat in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - "Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio on Tuesday in a blow to Democrats who viewed it as one of their best...
Nov 08, 2022

Democratic Rep. Davids reelected in redrawn Kansas district
MISSION, Kan. (AP) - Kansas Democrat Sharice Davids held on to her Kansas City-area congressional seat in Tuesday's election, overcoming Republican attacks over crime and the economy and new GOP-drawn...
Nov 08, 2022

Andrea Campbell elected Massachusetts attorney general
BOSTON (AP) - Democrat Andrea Campbell has become the first Black woman in Massachusetts history to be elected attorney general. The former Boston city councilor, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor last...
Nov 08, 2022

California's Newsom wins 2nd term, is White House run next?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Democrat Gavin Newsom easily won a second term as California's governor on Tuesday, beating a little-known Republican state senator by mostly ignoring him while campaigning a...
Nov 08, 2022

Higgins reelected to US House in Louisiana race
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins won a fourth term Tuesday, fending off a challenge from prosecutor and fellow Republican Holden Hoggatt, who mounted a challenge focused in part on disco...
Nov 08, 2022

Idaho Republican U.S. Sen. Crapo wins fifth term
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo on Tuesday won a fifth term in the deeply conservative state that hasn't elected a Democratic senator since 1974. The 71-year-old had a huge fun...
Nov 08, 2022

Democrat Seth Magaziner wins US House seat in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - State Treasurer Seth Magaziner has won the congressional seat in Rhode Island being vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, keeping it in Democratic control. Magaziner defe...
Nov 08, 2022