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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defeated a Democratic state lawmaker on Tuesday to win reelection, leaning heavily on her handling of the coronavirus pandemic in a first term ma...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy won a second term Tuesday, fending off challenges from Louisiana Democrats. Kennedy's reelection was expected in the reliably red state of Lou...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott won a third term Tuesday, defeating Democrat Beto O'Rourke in a race that tested the direction of America's supersized red state following the Uv...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Edmonton forward Evander Kane left early in the second period of the Oilers' 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning after being cut on the left wrist by a skate blade Tuesday night. T...

DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) - Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won reelection over Republican Yesli Vega in a Virginian congressional seat the GOP had aggressively fought to flip. Spanberger became one of the G...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored two of the Winnipeg Jets' four unanswered second-period goals in a 5-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Three Winnipeg goals were scored in a span of 2:45 in ...

Democrat Becca Balint has won the race for Vermont's lone seat in the U.S. House, becoming the first woman and first openly gay person to represent the state in Congress. Balint, the president of the ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Republican Rep. Don Bacon is again in a tight race to try to hold onto the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, which is typically Nebraska's only competitive U.S. House district...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mike Ezell has defeated a Democrat and a Libertarian candidate in a south Mississippi congressional race, allowing Republicans to retain control of the seat. Ezell is the sheriff...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Follow along for real-time, on-the-ground updates on the 2022 U.S. midterm elections from The Associated Press. Live updates - all times Eastern - are produced by Ashraf Khalil, Anni...