Walz is set to serve out the remaining two years of his term after spending months crisscrossing the country campaigning with his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump was elected as the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday. He is the first person convicted of a felony to win the White House and the first former president to regain power since 1892.
The results will determine what lawmakers can move forward in terms of the state’s next two-year budget funding public schools, health care programs, law enforcement and a range of state agencies.
It’s already illegal under federal law to cross into the United States outside of legal ports of entry. The Arizona measure would allow local police to arrest undocumented migrants.
Abortion rights advocates lost on a Florida ballot measure but prevailed in four other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation’s strictest bans.
Cindy Nava came to the U.S. when she was 7 years old. She says she ran for the Albuquerque-area seat to boost political representation of the state’s Hispanic-majority population.
Republicans have taken the Senate majority for first time in four years. The unexpected battleground of Nebraska pushed Republicans over the top late Tuesday.
Donald Trump has won Pennsylvania, putting him just three electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to win the White House. A victory in Alaska or any of the outstanding battleground states — Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona or Nevada — will send the Republican former president back to the Oval Office.
Democrat Sarah McBride won election to a U.S. House seat representing Delaware on Tuesday. With her victory over Republican John Whalen III, McBride is poised to become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress.
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