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Hundreds of lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and queer candidates made the ballot Tuesday. And by Election Day's end, several of them had also made U.S. history.

Voters in Idaho, Utah and Nebraska approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, overcoming roadblocks that had kept an estimated 300,000 people from obtaining coverage.

It was a night with bragging rights and disappointments — a midterm election in which both parties took some lumps, but could also take some satisfaction. Rancor and wrangling are likely from now on.

A record-breaking year of female candidates and nominees will culminate in a record-breaking number of female legislators on Capitol Hill next year.

The biggest story of the night is that Democrats took back the House. That will stop President Trump's agenda in its tracks unless he compromises with the other side.

Proposition 4, the redistricting proposal also known as Better Boundaries, led by several thousand votes early Wednesday morning.The citizen ballot…

The Georgia governor's race remained too close to call in the early hours Wednesday — and the Democrat remained defiant in her push to force a runoff election with her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp.

Updated 3:44 p.m. MST 11/9/8Voters in Utah have approved Proposition 3, a ballot initiative to expand the Medicaid health insurance program to an…

Democrats made modest inroads on the GOP's commanding lead in governors' offices around the country. But did not fare well in marquee races in Florida and Georgia.

The state approved a key ballot initiative that will restore voting rights to citizens who have served sentences for certain crimes.