Why Nevada election results are taking days
Here’s where things stand, with control of Congress still in the balance. Read more
Election 2022
Star-Advertiser coverage of the 2022 elections.
Colorado voters decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms
Colorado becomes the second state, after Oregon, to vote to establish a regulated system for substances like psilocybin and psilocin, the hallucinogens found in some mushrooms. Read more
Editorial: For lawmakers, public over party
Hawaii’s voter turnout in Tuesday’s 2022 general election was disappointingly low — about 48.4% — but those who did show up had a lot to say. Read more
Democrat Schrier wins reelection to Washington’s 8th
Schrier, a pediatrician, is the only Democrat to have held the seat since the district was created in the early 1980s. Read more
Democrat Tina Kotek wins Oregon governor’s race
Kotek joins Maura Healey of Massachusetts as the first openly lesbian elected governors in the United States. Read more
Democrats pad narrow leads in Arizona Senate, governor races
The answer will determine who wins extremely tight races for U.S. Senate and House, as well as governor, secretary of state and attorney general. Read more
Trump loyalist Boebert’s reelection bid could go to recount
The tightness of the race has garnered national attention as Republicans inch closer to the 218 seats that would give them control of the U.S. House. Read more
Editorial: Uncertainty from a GOP Congress
National midterm elections will change the composition of the U.S. House and Senate and lead to a shift in national priorities. That much can be said with certainty, though the extent of the change won’t become fully apparent for some time. Read more
Gov.-elect Josh Green considering new ways to address old problems in Hawaii
Green won office on Tuesday by the largest vote percentage in state history and with the greatest margin of victory, according to his office, and plans to translate that momentum and support into an early and big vision for the state and its residents even before he’s inaugurated Dec. 5. Read more
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Gains in Hawaii Legislature small, but encouraging for Republican party
As far as waves being sized up in Hawaii, a “red wave” of winning Republican candidates joining the state Legislature later this year is closer to knee-high than head-high or overhead. Read more
Bet on it: Sports gambling effort in California is not over
The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as each was battered in a torrent of negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history. Read more
Oregon governor’s race on knife’s edge, too early to call
Oregon’s gubernatorial election hung on a knife’s edge today, with the race too early to call in a state that has voted in Democratic governors since 1986. Read more
Republican concedes race for New Mexico House seat
Herrell congratulated Vasquez as more votes were tallied but also blasted recent changes to the 2nd District’s boundaries by Democratic state lawmakers at the expense of rural communities. Read more
Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri
The results mean that 21 states have now approved marijuana’s recreational use. Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals in Tuesday’s elections. Read more
Midterms full of firsts for female, Black, LGBTQ candidates
Across the country, women, LGBTQ and Black candidates broke barriers Tuesday as part of a new generation of politicians elected to governor’s offices and seats in Congress. Read more
Candidates who backed overturning Trump loss are rebuffed
Mathew DePerno, an attorney who filed a lawsuit spreading Trump’s election lies in Michigan in 2020, lost his bid to be that state’s attorney general. Audrey Trujillo, a political novice who cheered Trump’s defiance of the vote in 2020, was defeated for New Mexico secretary of state. Read more
All eyes turn to Nevada’s critical U.S. Senate, House races
The national tug-of-war between the Democratic and Republican parties is encapsulated in nearly every level of government in Nevada, but especially in the razor-thin margins at the top of the ballot. Read more
Democrat Kathy Hochul becomes 1st woman elected New York governor
She defeated Republican congressman Lee Zeldin, an ally of Donald Trump who ran a campaign focused on fear of violent crime. Read more
Biden hails Democrats’ ‘strong night,’ acknowledges concerns
He acknowledged that many Americans remain discouraged by the country’s direction and said he was willing to compromise with Republicans. Read more
No cyberattacks affected U.S. vote counting, officials say
A few state and local governments appeared to be hit by a relatively rudimentary form of cyberattack that periodically made public websites unreachable. But U.S. and local officials said Wednesday that none breached vote-counting infrastructure. Read more
VIDEO: Neal Milner and Colin Moore join ‘Spotlight Hawaii’
Neal Milner and Colin Moore joined the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream show today and answered viewer questions. Read more
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