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Lacrosse captain, Rhodes Scholar, Detroit's health chief: 8 things to know about Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed
Michigan's new senator is a doctor and epidemiologist who once got a yellow card in an Oxford varsity final.
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- James TalaricoTexas
U.S. Senator-elect from Texas; Texas state representative
Won (flip): Talarico 55.1%, Paxton 43.0%
- Abdul El-SayedMichigan
U.S. Senator-elect from Michigan
Won (hold): El-Sayed 52.5%, Rogers 45.5%
- Alexandria Ocasio-CortezNew York
U.S. Representative, New York's 14th District
Won (reelected, fifth term)
- Zohran MamdaniNew York
Mayor of New York City
Not on the 2026 ballot (elected 2025)
- Nithya RamanCalifornia
Los Angeles City Councilmember, District 4; 2026 candidate for mayor
Leading, too close to call: Raman 51.7%, Bass 48.3% (~67% counted, Nov. 4)
- Annie AndrewsSouth Carolina
U.S. Senator-elect from South Carolina
Won (flip): Andrews 51.1%, Graham 46.7%
Races
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Five governorships flipped, zero lost: Democrats redraw the state mapTexas, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa and Nevada went blue, and Democrats picked up full control of five state governments.
Races · News
Blue tsunami: Democrats seize both the House and the SenateA night of flips from Texas to Kansas hands Democrats full control of Congress, with a handful of races still being counted.
Opinion
Opinion: The next generation didn't wait its turn, and that's why Democrats wonTalarico, El-Sayed, Bottoms and Hinojosa ran on prices and not being for sale. Party leaders should take notes.
Races · Explainer
Still counting: why Alaska and Mississippi's Senate races are uncalled, and when we'll knowPeltola holds a narrow lead in Alaska ahead of a ranked-choice count; Colom leads Hyde-Smith by about a thousand votes in Mississippi. Neither race is called.
Issues
Issues · News
Abortion rights went 3-for-4 on the ballot, and Missouri voters refused to give theirs backNevada and Virginia wrote abortion rights into their constitutions; Missouri crushed a repeal. Idaho was the lone loss.
Issues · News
It was the prices, stupid: exit poll shows voters blamed Trump for what they pay75% rated the economy badly, more than 80% worried about prices for necessities, and Democrats took the lead on the economy.
Issues · News
Voters defend democracy itself: maps, voting rights and ballot powerFrom Missouri to Virginia, voters rejected gerrymanders and power grabs and expanded the vote.
People
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AOC cruises to a fifth term, then turns to the big decision: 7 things to knowFrom Bronx bartender to Twitch streamer to party kingmaker, and maybe more.
People · News
Hope beat hate: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan, becomes first Muslim U.S. senatorThe progressive epidemiologist beat Mike Rogers by about 7 points after a campaign of attacks on his faith.
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Who is Gina Hinojosa? 6 things to know about the Democrat who just toppled Greg AbbottA Brownsville-born labor lawyer and school-board veteran becomes Texas' first Latina governor.
People · Explainer
Sixth-grade teacher, seminarian, Danny Zuko: 7 things to know about Senator-elect James TalaricoThe 37-year-old who ended Texas Democrats' Senate drought talks about faith and schools more than most politicians.