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A line forms outside a polling site on election day in Atlanta on Tuesday. More than 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast a ballot in the midterm elections on Tuesday according to early estimates from the United States Election Project.

A Boatload Of Ballots: Midterm Voter Turnout Hit 50-Year High

5:01am November 08, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

More than 47 percent of the voting-eligible population cast a ballot in the midterm elections on Tuesday, according to early estimates. That's the highest turnout for a midterm since 1966.

What Voters Across The Country Said About Different Criminal Justice Ballot Measures

6:16pm November 07, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Nicole Lewis of The Marshall Project about the results of criminal justice ballot measures across the country and what voters said.

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In Colorado, Jared Polis Becomes First Openly Gay Elected Governor

5:40pm November 07, 2018

Voters in Colorado have made Jared Polis the nation's first openly gay elected governor. Polis speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his plans while he's in office.

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Parkland Shooting Survivor Ryan Deitsch Reacts To Midterm Results

5:40pm November 07, 2018

Ryan Deitsch survived the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and then co-founded March For Our Lives to try to get young people to vote. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about midterm results.

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Politics & Government

Democracy 101: Surveying The Landscape After Election Day

5:28pm November 07, 2018

by Sean Bueter

This is part of our election-year civics series, Democracy 101. Click here to find more of our stories about im

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Results In Key Florida Senate Race Are Still On Hold

5:27pm November 07, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

Florida voters kept the governorship in Republican hands and added two Democrats as members of Congress. But definitive results in a key Senate race are still on hold a day after midterms.

Crime

A Historic Showing For Black Sheriffs Elected In The Piedmont And Beyond

5:17pm November 07, 2018

by David Ford

Tuesday's elections made history when several black candidates for sheriff in North Carolina won their county races.

Politics & Government

Following House Win, Democrats Vow To Clean Up Capitol Hill And Trump Administration

5:12pm November 07, 2018

by Peter Overby

With control of the House, Democrats now can fulfill promises to investigate wrongdoing in the Trump administration, and overhaul political money and ethics laws.

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Georgia's Governor's Race Isn't Settled Yet

5:12pm November 07, 2018

by Johnny Kauffman

In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor, Brian Kemp, is leading. Democrat Stacey Abrams says she will not concede until every vote is counted in one of the most contentious races in the U.S.

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Many Of The Women Who Ran As Democrats This Election Flipped Republican Seats

5:12pm November 07, 2018

Iowa elected women to Congress for the first time on Tuesday. Cindy Axne will represent the 3rd district and talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about flipping a Republican seat and how she plans to run it.

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