"I went into this election fully expecting Trump to win," said Holness, who lives in New Jersey and began to medically transition during the pandemic, an experience they called "liberating" and "amazing" after a long time spent "feeling like something was wrong."

Was the 2024 presidential election close? It certainly didn't feel that way on election night and in the days immediately after. It became clear that President-elect Donald Trump was on pace to win relatively early in the evening.

California's San Francisco Bay Area is still solidly blue — but less than it used to be. Trump's voteshare in Silicon Valley grew by several points.

Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre, Emma Baker, Neil Berg, Andrew Chavez, Michael Beswetherick, Matthew Bloch, Lily Boyce,

Gov. Ron Desantis has set the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz with a primary election on Jan. 28 and a general election on April 1. The Florida Department of State announced the special election timeline Friday afternoon.

Washington — More than two weeks after Election Day 2024, the results in a handful of races for the U.S. House of Representatives are still outstanding. But enough races have been decided for CBS News to project that Republicans will hold onto control of the House with at least 218 seats, the number needed for a majority.

The reaction from Democrats to Donald Trump’s 2024 victory is, to put it mildly, very much unlike their reaction to his 2016 win. Instead of mass protests in the streets, Democrats have been, for the most part,

In the weeks after the 2024 election, both of Washington state’s political parties have been optimistic about the results. And, to varying degrees, they’ve each made compelling points.

Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That's because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

Sales of birth control and emergency contraception -- morning-after pills like Plan B and Restart -- have spiked since President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, despite his assurances he won’t try to roll back access.

Results from key races for the White House, the state Legislature, U.S. House and Senate, and Mass. ballot questions.