Politics

Former President Donald Trump won West Virginia for the third straight presidential election cycle on Tuesday. The victory adds four electoral votes to the former president's count.

Republican Patrick Morrisey captured the governor's office in West Virginia on Tuesday. Morrisey defeated Huntington Democratic Mayor Steve Williams. Morrisey has served three terms as the state's attorney general.

Jim Justice flipped a U.S. Senate seat in West Virginia to the Republican Party on Tuesday. Justice defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott to capture the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.

Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The compact 22nd District is located along the Gulf Coast and falls entirely within Palm Beach County.

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. Donalds was first elected to Congress in 2020 after serving four years in the Florida House of Representatives.

EDMONTON — Alberta's surging population has the provincial government planning to add more seats to the legislature.

Republican Rep. John Rutherford won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 5th District includes most of Jacksonville and its western and southern suburbs, including the historic St. Augustine.

Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 26th District stretches across southern Florida from Hialeah and the northwestern suburbs of Miami to just west of Naples on the Gulf Coast.

Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Florida on Tuesday. The 14th District is centered around Tampa Bay, including the city of Tampa and the eastern part of St. Petersburg.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared winners Tuesday in some states where polls had just closed, and in some cases before any votes had been released.