Winners and losers of the 2026 midterms
Democrats pulled off the blue wave of their dreams on Tuesday, winning the House and Senate majorities in a stunning cap to the most expensive midterm election cycle on record.
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Democrats pulled off the blue wave of their dreams on Tuesday, winning the House and Senate majorities in a stunning cap to the most expensive midterm election cycle on record.

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On the campaign trail, Lacore criticized Hegseth’s management of the Pentagon and painted him as the public face of the increasingly unpopular Iran war, which resonated with voters in a district President Trump won by 13 percentage points two years ago....
KTSM 9 News (NBC) · Nov 4, 2026

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In the end, the night could hardly have gone better for Democrats.
KTSM 9 News (NBC) · Nov 4, 2026

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Former Canutillo ISD Superintendent Pedro Galaviz, incumbent Cindy Andrade Carrillo and former Trustee Blanca Trout won full-term seats on the Canutillo Independent School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday. Retired Canutillo ISD employee Patsy Mendoza, 70, won the seat for an...
El Paso Matters · Nov 4, 2026
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — By the time the House and Senate had been called for Democrats on Tuesday, a consensus among members of both parties was forming: voters had rejected President Donald Trump’s record in office, and he would face a starkly different political reality fo...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026
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By Jeremy Herb, Fredreka Schouten, Gabe Cohen, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s unprecedented crusade to hunt for voter fraud spurred widespread fears of federal election interference but ultimately never materialized on Election Day – thanks to resistance fr...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A former elementary school teacher has been propelled into the ranks of paper billionaires in China after the stock debut of his company selling tape and other adhesive products to tech giants, according to Forbes. Michael Mai, chairman and CEO...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026
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Por Eric Bradner, Patrick Svitek y Kevin Liptak, CNN La ola demócrata llegó. El partido se aseguró el control del Congreso y ganó elecciones para gobernador en todo el país este martes. Ahora, mientras se cuentan los votos en más estados clave, la pregunta es cuántos republicanos...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026
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By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Winners up and down the 2026 ballot will make history this year, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, including the first Black woman governor and the first out gay male US senator. As President Donald Trump takes on the latter half of his second term, both ...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026

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“Democrats did a good job.”
KTSM 9 News (NBC) · Nov 4, 2026

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Por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Un exmaestro escolar con menos de una década de trayectoria política y con una fuerte impronta religiosa en sus mensajes asestó este martes una derrota de fuerte valor estratégico y simbólico al Partido Republicano. James Talarico, el primer de...
KVIA ABC-7 · Nov 4, 2026

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The constitutional amendment will allow voters to seek a religious exception if they have a “religious objection” to being photographed and don't have government-issued photo ID, allowing the state to provide “an alternative method” for verifying the voter’s identity....
KTSM 9 News (NBC) · Nov 4, 2026