POLITICO Playbook: How a Dem Senate changes the next two years  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  The full scale of the Republican defeat on Tuesday is starting to become clearer.  —  Not only will the Democrats keep control of the Senate …

Young women broke hard for Democrats in the midterms  —  Democrats hoped to win big in the midterms with young voters and women.  Instead, they captured small majorities of each group — and won big with young women.  —  Exit polls show 72 percent of women ages 18-29 voted for Democrats in House races nationwide.

Republican rivals start plotting a post-Trump future  —  The GOP's disappointing midterm results spur some donors and party leaders to consider other 2024 candidates  —  Five days after a disappointing midterm election result and two days before former president Donald Trump is expected …

Mo Brooks says Trump ‘dishonest, disloyal, incompetent, crude’  —  1,854  —  As you might expect, Mo Brooks says Donald Trump should not be elected president again.  —  It's a Republican relationship that began imploding more than a year ago when Brooks - the outgoing congressman from Huntsville …

Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeats Republican Joe Kent in WA House race  —  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, an auto shop owner who was a virtual unknown before August's primary election, pulled off perhaps the most stunning political upset in the country this year, winning a congressional seat …

Control of the House remains on a knife's edge.  Here's how it could break.  —  This post has been updated as new votes have come in and races have been called.  —  “Election Week” is coming to a close with control of the House still up for grabs.  —  As of Saturday night, 21 congressional races remain unresolved.

How Biden's Post-Election Trip Turned Into a Victory Lap  —  President Biden trod a well-worn presidential path by going abroad on official functions just after the midterms.  But the news from home kept getting better for Democrats.  —  BALI, Indonesia — President Biden's current trip abroad …

Pelosi won't announce decision on future as Democratic leader until all midterm results are in  —  “We have a little more time to go,” the House speaker said on “This Week.”  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi demurred on Sunday during an appearance on ABC's “This Week” about whether she intends to run …

Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every 2020 battleground  —  The candidates could have gained power over election administration.  Voters rejected them in the six most pivotal states.  —  Voters in the six major battlegrounds where Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat …