Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) defeated former sports reporter Michele Tafoya (R) in the race for the Minnesota Senate seat. With her win, Flanagan became the first Native American woman elected to the Senate. https://wapo.st/4sICpG4

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Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) defeated former sports reporter Michele Tafoya (R) in the race for the Minnesota Senate seat. With her win, Flanagan became the first Native American woman elected to the Senate. https://wapo.st/4sICpG4

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Polling experts hail ‘great night’ after correctly calling most key US midterm election races

Democrats celebrated Tuesday's election victories with humor and memes, reviving the term "libbing out" to express exuberant political optimism. Users flooded social media with celebratory — and ironic — jokes about Democrats regaining power.

Investors are betting alcohol companies are among the winners of last night’s midterm election landslide on views a new Congress will push back on the Trump administration’s immigration and trade policies that dented booze businesses.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told CNN’s Jake Tapper that the midterm election results reflect working-class Americans’ frustration over the government’s failure to address their concerns.

While Republicans saw losses in the midterms, Florida Governor-elect Byron Donalds told CNN’s Dana Bash that if the party focuses on affordability and prices, the “elections will take care of themselves.”

Three formal federal workers are returning to government, this time as members of Congress. Each ran as Democrats and flipped formerly Republican-held seats.