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Senate Republicans name LeMahieu new majority leader

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. McConnell secured a seventh term in Kentucky, fending off Democrat Amy McGrath. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, center, shakes hands with Senate president Karen Fann, top right, R-Prescott, as House Speaker Rusty Bowers, R-Mesa, applauds after Ducey delivered his State of the State address at the Capitol in Phoenix. Republicans who were worried about Democrats taking control of one or both chambers of the Arizona Legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years on Election Day were increasingly confident Thursday, Nov. 5, they may have fended off the efforts. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

GOP leaders say they’ll keep control of Arizona Legislature

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Nate Silver is the director of the polling site FiveThirtyEight and became a national figure when he correctly called all 50 states in the 2008 presidential race, and all but one in 2012, based on his weighted averages of state polls — a "poll of polls" essentially. (Associated Press)

Nate Silver, pollsters flunk election forecasts in 2016 sequel

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. McConnell secured a seventh term in Kentucky, fending off Democrat Amy McGrath. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Election splits Congress, GOP bolstered as Democrats falter

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Poll workers sort out early and absentee ballots at the Kenosha Municipal building on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wisconsin Democrats beat back GOP supermajority push

By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

Supporters pose with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, center, following his victory speech after winning another term in office on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Hope in the ‘Great Blue Wave’ of 2020

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Sen. Doug Jones, R-Alabama, becomes emotional near the end of his concession speech Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, during his election night watch party in Birmingham, Ala. Jones lost to Republican Tommy Tuberville. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)

Record Democratic turnout not enough for Jones in Alabama

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., raises her arms after claiming victory at a gathering with supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. Shaheen faced Republican businessman Corky Messner. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

NH backs Biden, Democrats in Congress, GOP governor

By HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, gives a thumbs-up as she addresses supporters just after midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Susan Collins win pushes Republicans near Senate control

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Republican Senate candidate Sen. Mitch McConnell, second from right, and his wife, Elaine Chao, right, look on as aides show him the election results in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Democrats’ Senate drive halted by GOP; key races undecided

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

FILE—John Hickenlooper, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat in Colorado, speaks during a car rally for Doug Emhoff, husband of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, at East High School late Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in Denver. More than 70 motorists took part in the rally to urge people to get out and vote in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

John Hickenlooper wins Colorado Senate race, beats Cory Gardner: Report

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after casting his vote in the 2020 general election at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Trump carries Kentucky; McConnell, representatives reelected

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., arrives for a briefing about the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US Sen. Shelley Moore Capito wins 2nd term in West Virginia

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

First lady Melania Trump arrives to vote at the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

2020 Latest: Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 file photo, a voter wears a face mask while casting her ballot in the atrium of Ball Arena, the home of the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

News Guide: Hickenlooper, Biden win in Colorado

Associated Press

Gov. Steve Bullock speaks at a Democratic Party &quot;Get Out The Vote&quot; rally on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, in Bozeman, Mt. (Rachel Leather/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP)

Republican US Sen. Daines wins reelection in Montana

By MATTHEW BROWN and IRIS SAMUELS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2018 file photo Sen Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., poses for a photo in his office in Portland, Ore. Merkley faces Republican Jo Rae Perkins in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Andrew Selskey,File)

Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley wins US Senate reelection

By SARA CLINE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., arrives for a briefing about the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Senate Latest: Kelly win gives Arizona 2 Democratic senators

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., speaks during an executive session of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Democratic incumbent is running for reelection. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press