Amer Zahr has urged Muslims to ‘stand with’ Hamas and Hezbollah Amer Zahr / Getty Images Voters in Dearborn, Mich., a Muslim-American stronghold outside Detroit, have elected a former Bernie Sanders surrogate who defends the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah to serve on the city’s school board. Amer Zahr, a Dearborn-based activist, has urged Muslims
California voters have begun unwinding the Golden State’s soft-on-crime experiment, ousting Los Angeles’s progressive district attorney George Gascón and restoring some criminal penalties for drugs and theft. Gascón trailed his challenger, former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, by more than 20 points with 59 percent of the votes counted when the Associated Press called the race
Though the lower chamber will take time to call, a narrow GOP majority is most likely outcome Mike Johnson, Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Less than 24 hours after the first polls closed in what was teased as one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the only thing standing in the way of a
Wild battled a series of blunders throughout her campaign (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) Democratic Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.) conceded her race to Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie in one of the most closely watched House races in the country. “I lost this election, and my opponent won,” Wild said in a statement to supporters Wednesday morning. “There is
Montana victory comes after Republicans flipped Senate seats in Ohio and West Virginia Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks during a rally. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) The last Democrat to hold statewide office in Montana, Sen. Jon Tester, was defeated on Tuesday night by Republican businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. Sheehy’s win
Former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D., N.Y.) lost his comeback bid for his Lower Hudson Valley congressional seat against Rep. Mike Lawler (R.) after spending months bleeding support from former allies. Lawler led Jones by 16 points with 94 percent of the vote reported when the Associated Press called the race at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. The
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D.) prevailed over former state senator George Logan (R.) in Connecticut’s only contentious congressional district, a key win for Democrats in one of their most vulnerable House seats. Hayes led Logan by 6 points with 88 percent of the vote reported when the Associated Press called the race just after 2 a.m.