Florida voted to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions this week. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rev. Greg James, who has a felony conviction and campaigned on behalf of the measure.
The Republican announced he would resign as secretary of state on Thursday after a lawsuit was filed calling it a conflict of interest for him to oversee the vote count in the governor's race.
Trump highlighted the success of candidates he held rallies for, embracing the idea that the midterms were a referendum on him. But his record is far more mixed than he lets on.
Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general and is replaced by a Trump loyalist, Matthew Whitaker. And the midterms bring the first major White House shake-up since Democrats won control of the House.
On election night hundreds of LGBTQ candidates ran for office and many made history, including the first openly gay governor in Colorado and the first lesbian Native American congresswoman in Kansas.
Following the shooting this year at a Parkland, Fla., high school, there was evidence of a surge in voter registration and early voting among young voters, energized by the issue of gun control.
Voters in Florida overwhelmingly passed an amendment to restore voting eligibility to former felons. It was one of several criminal justice initiatives passed across the county this election.