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Few were paying much attention to Scott Colom for most of his campaign. Then he toppled the Republican incumbent.

Eric Foner As Mississippi sends its first Black senator to Washington since Reconstruction, historian Eric Foner profiles the man who went first.

Scott Colom will be the first black senator to represent Mississippi since 1881.

CBS News projects that Democrat Scott Colom will defeat Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith to become the first Black senator from Mississippi since the 1800s. Charles Taylor, executive director of the Mississippi...

Representative Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, the first openly gay man to win a Senate seat, spoke about a Democratic victory over the “broken status quo” and gave a shoutout to his husband. Read the story here:...

New Hampshire senator-elect Chris Pappas made history on election night, but his family has another claim to history: inventing chicken tenders.

New Hampshire senator-elect Chris Pappas made history on election night, but his family has another claim to history: inventing chicken tenders.

Chris Pappas' family is taking credit for inventing chicken tenders.

Abdul El-Sayed’s election to the U.S. Senate is consequential. It is also a moment that calls for clear-eyed scrutiny, not panic nor complacency. The most troubling part of El-Sayed’s victory is not his Muslim faith....

Abdul El-Sayed’s election result was seismic—but even his supporters aren’t sure what it means.

The incoming senator wants to make a deal on Medicare-for-all.

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed posted a mock gold ‘TrumpCare’ card, urging President Trump to back Medicare for All.

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Wednesday, during an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” Senator-elect James Talarico (D-TX) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a “secret police force” hurting our neighbors. Talarico said, “Everywhere I...

The Senate's new Democratic majority is unlikely to approve any Republican judges.

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Peggy Flanagan's projected victory in Minnesota closes the door on one of the few pickup opportunities for Republicans in the Senate.

Former MLB star wins for Republicans in Texas Turek’s Iowa victory clinches Senate for Democrats Tafoya loses to Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota Former World Series champion turned Republican politician Mark Teixeira...

What does Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate win mean for the future of the Democratic Party? His victory is energizing progressives, challenging the Democratic establishment, and raising a new question for 2028: Is this the...

Researchers say a Wikipedia account removed or softened references to controversies involving Michigan senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed before his election, though the edits do not prove political coordination.

Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said some people wanted to make his race a “referendum on me and my name and my faith” in a speech at the Arab American Leadership and Empowerment at National CONNECT Summit in...

Asked why he devoted so much time to Michigan, Jim Clyburn compared the hostility Abdul El-Sayed faced to the struggles of civil rights icon John Lewis, citing Lewis’ beating on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and El-Sayed...

Sen.-elect James Talarico (D-Texas) told a gathering of Democrats that they must work with President Trump and cannot wait until a new president takes the oath to start delivering for Americans. Talarico, speaking...

James Talarico, the Democrat who won the Texas Senate race, said Trump can make the final two years of his presidency the most productive of any presidency in American history and Democrats should work with him to do...

At about 10:04 p.m. on Nov. 3, the Associated Press called the Texas Senate race for James Talarico. Roughly 16 minutes later, Ken Paxton conceded. The Republican attorney general had spent the better part of a year,...

The Texas senator-elect swiped the spotlight away from the president to kick off the NBC comedy sketch show.

Seward County, Kansas, swung 52 points to the Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton in last week’s midterm elections. After ICE agents raided areas near meatpacking plants and dairy farms in the region in late...

Hamilton says many people in Kansas view Schumer as ‘polarizing’ The Hill Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton says he’d be disappointed if Democrats focus on investigating Trump NBC News Opinion: US Sen. Roger Marshall lost his...

Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton, D-Kan., a pastor of the largest church in Kansas, tells "Meet the Press" how he plans to use his faith as “a blessing to care for people” after he’s sworn into Congress.

Vainqueurs des élections de mi-mandat mardi, les démocrates auront la majorité à la Chambre des représentants et au Sénat à compter du 3 janvier.

Friday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said she thinks President Donald Trump is “detached from reality.” Griffin said, “After the midterms I think the MAGA moment, the MAGA movement is officially...

<p>Senator-elect Juliana Stratton is best known for her work as lieutenant governor, her “F*** Trump” campaign slogan and for being a proud South Sider.</p><p>But she’s also a Beyoncé fan and a self-proclaimed “house...

Juliana Stratton's election victory will make history as three Black women prepare to serve together in the US Senate for the first time in January 2027.