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One of the most important and underreported results of the midterms was the GOP picked up at least 675 state legislative seats.

Congressional races across the country saw Republicans and "tea party" forces trying to fan the flames of voter dissatisfaction, while Democrats were trying to spark some of the fervor that swept Barack Obama into the presidency in 2008. Riding a wave of popular anger over a sluggish economic recovery and disappointment with Democratic policies, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Republicans are signaling that they plan to push bills and strategies to undermine labor’s political clout and ability to grow.

Republicans are anticipating major gains in governorships across the nation's industrial heartland and in several vital presidential swing states.

She is joined by her husband at a rally for Raese, who is batting Gov. Joe Manchin for the seat held by the late Robert C. Byrd Jr. Palin has been crossing the nation, building up IOUs in this midterm election.

To understand Republicans' nagging fear that the Nov. 2 elections might not be quite the massive triumph that many have predicted, check out Pennsylvania's perplexing Senate race.

Christine O'Donnell, the outspoken GOP candidate for Senate in Delaware, has a money problem.

GOP candidates in the closest campaigns for the Senate have moved ahead of their Democratic rivals in the fund-raising race, according to reports released late Friday.

FiveThirtyEight's projection for the U.S. House shows little change from last week. Republicans are given a 73 percent chance of taking over the House, up incrementally from 72 percent last week. During an average simulation run, Republicans finished with 227 seats, up from 226 last week; this would suggest a net gain of 48 seats from the 179 they hold currently.

In conservative districts around the U.S., Democratic incumbents are fighting back and beginning to reverse declining poll numbers. Their efforts could blunt the predicted GOP gains next month.