Republican Sen. Susan Collins won her fifth, six-year term representing Maine in the U.S. Senate, defeating Democratic challenger Sara Gideon. Democratic groups began targeting Collins after her vote to confirm U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, giving Gideon a boost in one of the most expensive races in Maine’s history.
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As the nation waits for results, women election officials challenge disinformation
Women hold top election positions in key battleground states where counting ballots for the presidential election is underway.
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Transgender candidates make historic gains in statehouses around the country
The number of out transgender state lawmakers will nearly double, following a trend in increased trans representation in legislative chambers.
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Woman says she deserves the North Dakota House seat won by man who died of COVID
The winner died before the election. The runner-up wants to join the 31 women in the state’s legislature.
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Democrats spent hundreds of millions trying to flip the Senate. It didn’t work.
Susan Collins, outspent but underestimated, was among the Republicans who prevailed.