Hinojosa’s victory over Abbott, a three-term incumbent, triggers a political earthquake in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the governor’s mansion since 1990.

Greg Abbott is seeking reelection, while Gina Hinojosa is trying to unseat the Republican governor. Follow the election results as votes are counted.

Democrat Gina Hinojosa won election Tuesday as governor of Texas, defeating Republican incumbent Greg Abbott

Democrat Gina Hinojosa has ousted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in an upset that will make her the state’s first Latina governor

Democrat Troy Jackson won Maine’s U.S. Senate seat early Wednesday, defeating longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, taking advantage of President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity to dislodge an incumbent who had survived tough challenges in the past.

See the latest Maine U.S. Senate election results as Republican incumbent Susan Collins faces Democrat Troy Jackson in this consequential race for Senate control.

Maine Republican ⁠Senator ⁠Susan Collins conceded ⁠to Democrat Troy Jackson on Tuesday, scoring a ​major pickup for Democrats in one of the midterms’ most competitive ‌races. First elected in 1996, ‌Collins had repeatedly survived as a moderate Republican in ⁠a ⁠state that has not backed her party for president since ​1988.

Democrat Troy Jackson projected to win a competitive Senate race in Maine Democrat Troy Jackson will defeat incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, CNN projects

President Donald Trump began election night by lashing out at Fox News. He implausibly tried to blame the conservative network for the GOP’s devastating midterm losses. CNN’s Brian Stelter reports.

President Donald Trump repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he was on the midterm ballot. They did. And it's hard to imagine a worse outcome for the Republican president and his party.Voters absolutely punished Trump’s allies almost everywhere.

President Donald Trump is blaming the Republican Party’s crucial midterm election night losses on his absence from the ballot. Democrats are projected to win the U.S. House of Representatives and

"I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" Trump wrote on social media.

On the trail, Ramaswamy also attacked Acton for overcoming severe hardship as a child, telling voters they should elect someone with “a positive vision for our state versus a go

See the latest Ohio governor election results as Amy Acton (D), Vivek Ramaswamy (R) and Don Kissick (Libertarian) compete to succeed Gov. Mike DeWine (R).

Democratic candidate ​Amy ‌Acton ‌defeated ⁠Republican Vivek Ramaswamy ⁠in the race ​to ​become ⁠Ohio's ⁠next ⁠governor, a seat ​currently ​held ⁠by ⁠a Republican, US media ⁠projected on Tuesday. (Reporting by ⁠Michelle Nichols;

Democrat Amy Acton is projected to win the Ohio gubernatorial race, defeating Vivek Ramaswamy after his "morally reckless" campaigning leading up to the midterm elections. MS NOW's Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki,

Florida voters approved a sweeping property tax reform, slashing taxes by vastly expanding the state's homestead exemption.

After Amendment 3 goes before voters, the state's Taxation and Budget Reform Commission could tackle more property tax ideas when it convenes next year.

Florida voters approved the most consequential overhaul of a state property-tax system in the country, sharply reducing the tax bill for many homeowners while slashing the funding stream for local governments.

Florida voters passed sweeping property tax cuts in Tuesday’s election, a move that will gut local government funding.

The two major candidates in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race urged supporters to be patient as results began coming in late Tuesday.

The latest New York Times/Siena poll shows Peltola is still leading, but by a narrower margin than a month ago.

Control of the U.S. Senate is up for grabs in the midterm elections. While the 100-seat chamber is under Republican rule, Democrats are within striking distance of a majority. But there’s a catch: Much of the Senate’s business requires clearing a 60-vote threshold.

That breaks with decades of practice meant to avoid the appearance its law enforcement powers are being used to benefit a political party or candidate