
GOP control over redistricting poses challenge for Democrats
By winning control of a majority of the nation's state legislatures on Tuesday, Republicans could lock in control of the U.S. House of Representatives for another decade.

California ballot measures: ecology wins, marijuana loses
Voters returned decidely mixed results from the nine propositions on the Nov. 2 ballot.

Key Obama ally re-elected in Massachusetts
Massachusetts voters rejected the anti-incumbent, pro-Republican wave that swept much of the country on Tuesday.
Deficits are killing us
That slogan did play a big role in killing us in the 2010 elections.

New House leaders kiss up to Wall Street
The Republican takeover of the House makes the new Congress friendlier to big business - and incoming GOP leaders are moving fast to turn those expectations into reality.

California defies national election trend
California Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate and state governor trounced their Republican contenders in what a month before the elections were considered toss-up races.

Michigan Republicans win big, but the fight continues
Like in other Midwestern states, Michigan Republicans reversed gains made by Democrats just two years ago, but labor activists here say they have lived to fight another day.

New York election map still blue
New York state is now a redder shade of blue, but Democrats and progressives were able to, for the most part, fend off here the red tide that engulfed much of the country.

Baltimore youth say no to $104 million youth prison
"I'm educated by Baltimore City Public Schools and if we put more money into our education system we wouldn't have to be building this prison!"

Texas election results aren’t funny
The second largest delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, already heavily leaning to the right, tilted drastically further on November 2.

