Montana Democrat Haley McKnight, who cursed out Sen. Tim Sheehy in a threatening voicemail that made headlines this week, failed to reach the top two in her local city commissioner race.

Democrats’ dominance in Tuesday’s elections reset expectations ahead of next year’s midterm battle for House and Senate control, reinvigorating a party that has been in the political wilderness and leaving Republicans lamenting that the gains President Donald Trump made a year ago with key portions of the electorate all but evaporated.

Republican Senator Jim Justice warns that the GOP needs to address voters concerns ahead of the 2026 elections.

Rep, Marjorie Taylor Greene offered begrudging respect for long-serving Democrat Nancy Pelosi, saying that she, unlike GOP leadership, actually accomplished the agenda she was elected to do.

California Republicans appeared down but not out Wednesday after enduring a resounding defeat on Prop 50, handing Democrats a potential gain of up to five House seats in next year’s midterms

Trump’s urgency to end the shutdown, which began on Sept. 30, comes after new polling shows that the majority of Americans blame Republicans and the Trump administration for the extended disruption. The two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history have been under Trump’s watch.

Trump's campaign-style speech to business leaders in Miami was designed to tout his economic accomplishments as voters increasingly say his administration is not doing enough.

President Trump told Republican senators during a White House breakfast on Wednesday that last night's election results weren't unexpected, but the government shutdown probably played a role in GOP defeats: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Last night it was,

Mike Madrid said the Virginia gubernatorial election results indicated that Latino voters are moving away from the Republicans.

Exit polls show that the big winners in yesterday’s off-year elections — Democrats Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherill and Zoran Mamdani — share one common denominator: They won in large part because voters are dissatisfied with how President Donald Trump is handling the economy.