POLITICO Playbook: How Biden and Trump squelched the red wave  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE TOPLINES ...  STILL UNCALLED —AZ-GOV:KATIE HOBBS leads KARI LAKE, 51.0%-49.0% ... AZ-SEN:MARK KELLY leads BLAKE MASTERS, 52.1%-45.8% …

One likely 2024 GOP contender triumphed on election night.  It wasn't Donald Trump.  —  Early returns suggested setbacks for the former president's endorsed candidates, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other potential 2024 rivals appeared emboldened  —  One likely contender …

Kentucky constitutional amendment on abortion fails  —  KENTUCKY — Constitutional Amendment 2 failed Tuesday night, allowing abortion to remain a constitutional right in Kentucky.  —  ABC News projected the amendment failed at around midnight, with the ACLU of Kentucky declaring victory.

Blame Trump for weak Republican performance  —  The verdict is in: Against massive public dissatisfaction with the direction of a country led entirely by Democrats, former President Donald Trump's Republican Party still scared enough voters that it embarrassingly underperformed in this year's elections .

Mark Zuckerberg's Message to Meta Employees  —  Mark Zuckerberg just shared the following with Meta employees:  —  Today I'm sharing some of the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history.  I've decided to reduce the size of our team by about 13% and let more than 11,000 of our talented employees go.

Magical Thinking at Lee Zeldin's ‘Victory’ Party  —  When the highlight of the night is an open bar, you know your candidate has fallen short.  —  As the polls closed at 9 p.m., Andrew Giuliani bounded up the steps of Cipriani 42nd Street with a Lee Zeldin campaign staffer …

Colorado Third Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all Colorado state results  —  Representative Lauren Boebert, one of former President Donald J. Trump's most ardent supporters, is facing Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and several independent candidates running as write-ins.

McCarthy's victory party fizzles  —  Kevin McCarthy delayed a victory speech to what was supposed to be a jubilant party of Republicans until 2 a.m. Wednesday.  By that time, a sizable number of attendees had already left.  —  And the GOP leader kept his speech brief …

New York 14th Congressional District Election Results  —  ‹ See all New York state results  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat, wins the 14th District in New York.  —  Race called by The Associated Press.  —  Latest results from 12:15 AM ET  —  74% of votes in  —  U.S. House District 14

John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania Senate race, defeating TV doctor Mehmet Oz and flipping key state for Democrats  —  NBC News NOW  —  NEWTOWN, Penn.  — John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania's high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz …

I was wrong about the midterms.  Here's what I missed.  —  Crow — the avian white meat!  I'm eating a lot of it today as my prediction of a big GOP win comes crashing down.  The question is why: What did I miss that others caught?  —  A few things come to mind quickly.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wins re-election, defeating GOP challenger Derek Schmidt, NBC News projects  —  Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has won re-election to a second term, NBC News projects, defeating Republican challenger Derek Schmidt.  —  Kelly was the only Democratic governor running …

The Partisan Rigging of the 2022 Election  —  Election reform candidates are not the threat.  The threat to democracy is to leave things the way they are.  —  In a society that retains trust in its institutions, the most authoritative source for news and information would probably …