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Trump faces a profoundly reshaped Washington for the last two years of his presidency. Democrats will have the power to block his legislative agenda, reject his appointees and investigate his administration.
Late Democratic entry Troy Jackson won Maine’s U.S. Senate seat early Wednesday, defeating longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, taking advantage of President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity to dislodge an incumbent who had survived tough challenges in the past.
The Associated Press called the race for Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte over challenger former Democratic Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington at 12:42 a.m. Wednesday.
The state’s Republican-controlled, 4-1 Executive Council was appearing to tip Democrat at 11 p.m. on election night with the lone Democrat, Karen Liot Hill, D-Lebanon, moving safely toward re-election and all the Republicans on the edge of their seats, with all losing.
Call it a Blue Wave or a Red Bloodbath, it hit the Granite State hard Tuesday night as Democrats appeared likely to keep control of the federal delegation, take the majority in the State House, and looked to flip the Executive Council.
New Hampshire voters went out to their polling places in huge numbers Tuesday to vote for representation at the State House and three seats in Washington, with many saying their concern for the economy was front of mind.
At Nashua’s Ward 5 in Nashua High School-South, Moderator Michael Munster said, “ You missed the craziness at 6 this morning. We had a huge bolus of people who came in.”
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The audits will take place on Wednesday, November 4, at 10:00 and Thursday, November 5, at 9 a.m. at Archives at the New Hampshire State Archives, 9 Ratification Way, Concord, NH 03301.