Democrat Schrier wins reelection to Washington’s 8th

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• By Dan Nakaso
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

Gains in Hawaii Legislature small, but encouraging for Republican party

• By Andrew Gomes
• Nov. 10, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Adriana Gomez Licon / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Ken Ritter and Rebecca Boone / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Michelle L. Price / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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

• By Nomaan Merchant and Emily Wagster Pettus / Associated Press
• Nov. 9, 2022

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’

• By Ryan Kalei Tsuji and Yunji de Nies / Special to the Star-Advertiser
• Nov. 9, 2022

Neal Milner and Colin Moore joined the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream show today and answered viewer questions. Read more