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Democratic Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski said she was caught off guard by Gov. Tony Evers' decision to appoint her to her new post.

The former vice president’s advisers have privately accepted the possibility that the he might have to testify against former president Donald Trump during an election season.

A Kansas proposal based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to die after unsuccessful abortions is nearing legislative approval, as Republicans pursue limited anti-abortion measures following a decisive statewide vote last year protecting abortion rights. The Kansas House was set to take a final vote Wednesday on a bill declaring that when an abortion procedure inadvertently results in a live birth, medical personnel must take the same steps to preserve the newborn's life as “a reasonably diligent and conscientious” provider would with other live births. The U.S. Supreme Court declared in June that states can ban abortion, and the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has long had strong anti-abortion majorities in both chambers.

Texas state lawmakers introduced bills last week, proposing to eliminate Daylight Saving Time and put the final decision in the hands of voters.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who recently took aim at "multi-millionaires" and concluded that they didn't “understand what a hard day's work looks like," has spent heavily on fine meals.

Washington, D.C., residents gathered to support statehood for the district ahead of the Senate vote that overturned a city law for the first time in decades.

The CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad will likely face pointed questioning over the hazardous train derailment and fire that released toxic fumes last month, as well as his company's safety culture

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Last March, the U.S. Senate passed what is known as the Sunshine Protection Act, which would end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks by making one set time permanent.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is launching funds to build up campaign cash for the Senate nominees in Ohio, Montana and West Virginia in 2024

Democrat Elissa Slotkin is running to replace Sen. Debbie Stabenow as a U.S. Senator from Michigan, she announced Monday. Stabenow says she is not running for reelection.

Democratic Senators whose terms end in 2025 are weighing whether re-election bids, as several already decided on stepping away from their positions next fall.

Michigan's longtime Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, 72, announced earlier this year​ that she would not seek reelection.

The 46-year-old U.S. House member and former CIA analyst is seen by many top Democrats as a formidable contender in a key battleground.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for the treatment of clinical depression has raised questions about politicians being fit to serve their constituents.

Arizona Senate president pro tempore Thomas Ray "T.J." Shope is "seriously considering" a run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., regardless of Kari Lake's plans.

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has formally launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Dianne Feinstein of California.

Lee is currently a congresswoman representing Northern California's 12th District.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, best known for opposing broad presidential war authority after 9/11, is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024.

Sen. Steve Daines set the stage for his priorities as the new NRSC chair, calling out Biden on several issues, including the border and Chinese spy balloon.

Georgia was one of several key states that narrowly voted for President Joe Biden over Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

California Democrat Dianne Feinstein's confrontation with school children protesters over the Green New Deal resurfaced amid the senator's retirement announcement.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's, D-Calif., more than 30-year career in the Senate, which will conclude in 2025, has been filled with a number of controversial remarks and moves.

Arizona voters rejected crazy in November's election, but state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a conspiracy monger, now chairs the state Senate Elections Committee.

California’s U.S. Senate race is kicking off at a hectic pace, with candidates holding competing events more than a year before the primary election.

Lee is aiming to time her announcement to coincide with Black History Month, according to a person with knowledge of the plans.

LGBT groups say that Gigi Sohn, President Biden's nominee for a seat on the FCC, is in a tough confirmation fight because she's gay. We say that her qualifications, views are the reason.

Senators were visibly angry as they pressed Pentagon officials on when they learned of the Chinese spy balloon, and why they waited so long to shoot it down.

Democratic unity in Arizona helped the party pick up two U.S. Senate seats and the top three state offices over the last few years.

Pelosi's endorsement comes one week after Schiff launched his bid for Feinstein's coveted Senate seat.

The 89-year-old Feinstein has not made a decision about her political future.

Obnoxiousness isn’t a long-term political strategy.

For his 2024 Senate bid, Gallego wants to target the swath of Latino voters in the state who typically don’t participate and are disillusioned and distrustful of politicians.

"With full credit and respect for the institution and those serving in it, I conclude that it's just not the job for me, not the town for me, and not the life I want to live at this point," Daniels said in a statement.

Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are the only declared candidates in the competitive race for California's U.S. Senate seat.

Schiff led the House Intelligence Committee and served as lead impeachment manager in a Senate against former President Donald Trump.

Schiff will join an increasingly crowded race for the seat of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a fellow Democrat who has not said whether she will seek reelection.

Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank is the latest high-profile Democrat to join the 2024 Senate race, while Sen. Dianne Feinstein remains mum on seeking reelection.

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government.

Lawmakers are already setting their sights on 34 Senate seats that will open up in 2024, indicating a busy election season.

The electoral success Democratic women have had in Michigan stands out among battleground states. In the wake of a senator's retirement, several are eyeing next steps.

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona's senior senator, sticks out at Davos with another loud fashion statement that says more about others than herself.

Rep. Katie Porter of California answered questions at a town hall event on Tuesday, where she said she would not be meeting with President Biden during his trip to California.

Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by fellow Republican Mike Braun.

In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen named his predecessor to the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat on Thursday. Pillen surprised no one in naming fellow Republican Pete Ricketts to the seat vacated Sunday by Ben Sasse. The governor said 111 people applied for the vacant seat.

Lee, 76, has represented Oakland, Berkeley and other parts of the Bay Area since 1998.

By formally announcing her U.S. Senate bid, Orange County Rep. Katie Porter ends the quiet jockeying that has been underway to succeed Democrat Dianne Feinstein.

California Democrat Rep. Katie Porter's new Senate campaign may be impeded by accusations of racism and toxic work culture during her time as a Callifornia congresswoman.

Nebraska Republican Ben Sasse resigned from the U.S. Senate on Monday as he prepares to take over as University of Florida president on Feb. 6.

Maura Healey was sworn in as the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected Massachusetts governor.

Stabenow said Thursday she won’t seek reelection in 2024, creating an open Senate seat in the swing state of Michigan.

Leading a caucus in the Senate is very different than leading the House.

Wisconsin was the closest Senate race Democrats lost, one that some say raises questions about the limits of the party’s support for progressive candidates, particularly Black ones.

A columnist takes stock: Fewer boneheaded errors than in previous years. And for the year to come, a pledge to write fewer columns about Trump.

Speaking with NBC News, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lit into President Trump with some of his sharpest rhetoric yet against his former political ally.

At least 16 states have banned TikTok on some or all government computers and phones. All are led by GOP governors.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Republicans for not supporting a 2021 minimum wage hike, although her Democratic colleagues are the reason it ultimately did not pass.

Increasing concerns are being raised over the video-sharing social media app TikTok, now among the most-downloaded and used apps of its kind in the United States.

Unhappiness ran in both directions and loomed over the Arizona senator's political future.

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse.

Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is expected to be appointed to the state's U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse.

Georgia’s top elections official is urging lawmakers to end general election runoffs, but isn't offering any specific proposals.

Vice President Kamala Harris has outpaced all her predecessors for the number of tiebreaking votes cast in the Senate.

Democrat Raphael Warnock defeating his Republican challenger Herschel Walker in Georgia to win reelection to the U.S. Senate creates a new reality on Capitol Hill.

Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier with a special election victory in January 2021.

Georgia voters continued strong turnout during each day of Early Voting last week. As of Saturday morning, 1,712,651 voters cast ballots during Early Voting.

Reps with the New Georgia Project Action Fund said they have canvassed neighborhoods all year throughout the state ahead of the midterms.

When John Fetterman goes to Washington in January as one of the Senate’s new members, he’ll bring along an irreverent style from Pennsylvania.

Democrats celebrating a successful effort to keep control of the U.S. Senate this year will soon confront a 2024 campaign that could prove more challenging.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has again withstood challenges from a conservative faction within her party to win reelection.

Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating a fellow Republican who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

Georgia counties will be allowed to hold early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.

Heading into this year’s midterms, voting rights groups were concerned that restrictions in Republican-leaning states triggered by false claims surrounding the 2020 election might jeopardize access to the ballot box for many voters.

Since Utah Republican Mike Lee won his race comfortably against independent Evan McMullin, a debate has emerged over the Democrats’ strategy to back an independent rather than run their own candidate.

With control of the U.S. Senate on the line, Nevada’s protracted ballot count is grinding through a fourth day.

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

Neither party has reached the necessary threshold to win control in the House or Senate as of early Friday.

Results are still being finalized in key congressional and state legislature races across the country, but one thing that became clear overnight is that the 2022 midterm elections were not the red wave of Republican wins many pundits forecasted.

Despite the conclusion of the final day of voting in the 2022 midterm elections, much remains uncertain.

The Florida Cabinet returned to an all-Republican lineup Tuesday as outgoing Senate President Wilton Simpson was elected agriculture commissioner and Attorney General Ashley Moody and state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis won second terms.

Wednesday was a day for sorting, sifting and framing of an expensive, exhaustive and highly negative midterm election campaign.

As the results roll in for Florida’s U.S. Senate race, here’s a county-by-county breakdown of the votes in the state.

Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has won a third term, defeating U.S. Rep. Val Demings and holding a key seat as the GOP tried to regain control of a closely divided Senate.

Right now, Democrats technically hold the majority by the slimmest of margins.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is predicting that Democrats will keep their hold on the U.S. Senate.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Mandela Barnes are honing closing arguments in a Wisconsin race that could be critical in which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Here are results in the U.S. Senate race by Southeast Georgia counties in the 2022 general election:

Tech companies and Democratic Party-aligned groups are among those funneling millions into Utah to support independent Evan McMullin’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Mike Lee.

Republicans are increasingly confident in Senate candidates who party leaders had once believed were essentially unelectable or at least seriously flawed.

Democrats running for office this year in Republican-leaning areas or swing states are grappling with how much they should talk about the Jan. 6 insurrection, if at all.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.

A new sense of uncertainty has risen over Pennsylvania’s pivotal Senate contest.

With two terms in office, Rand Paul still relishes the role as a political outsider.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed 25 lawsuits against President Joe Biden's administration in the past 20 months.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto faces Republican challenger Adam Laxalt in a Nevada race the national GOP considers one of its best opportunities to turn a blue Senate seat red.

It’s been eight years since Harry Reid led the U.S. Senate, but if his Democratic Party can manage to keep its tenuous control of the chamber this year, he may be the man responsible.

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan and Republican JD Vance are deflecting accusations that they're political lapdogs to their parties.