History was made in three states on Election Day.  In Delaware, Lisa Blunt Rochester — who already made history as the first woman and first Black person to represent the state in Congress — will now become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate.  Maryland Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will be the first Black candidate to represent…

Donald Trump is poised to win the presidency again. How Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania helped put him over the top. And while Republicans have picked up seats in the Senate, will they also take the House? A look at where things stand. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.…

Missourians voted to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. The move would reverse the state’s near-total ban on abortions. Update: Donald Trump projected to win 2024 presidential election: DDHQ According to the Missouri Secretary of State, the proposed measure does the following: Missouri’s current law only allows abortions in the event of a medical…

Colorado voters approved an amendment to enshrine the right to an abortion in the state constitution, passing the measure with the required 55% of the vote. This amendment builds on a 2022 law signed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, which increased protections for abortion in the state. The newly approved amendment will prevent the state…

Voters in Maryland officially said they want to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution. The ballot measure only needed a simple majority to pass, but voters approved it by a significant margin. Maryland’s current law allows abortion. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed a reproductive freedom legislation package in 2023 that further protected electronic health…

Floridians rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights before fetal viability. Amendment 4 is now the first state level measure to protect abortion access to fail since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs vs. Jackson decision in 2022, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Amendment 4 needed 60% support to pass and…

West Virginia’s Republican Gov. Jim Justice has been elected the state’s next Senator, replacing former Democrat-turned-Independent Joe Manchin, who is retiring. This race is a long-expected flip for Republicans as they try to win a majority in the chamber. Justice won his governor’s race in 2016 as a Democrat. In August 2017, he made a…

Former law professor David Clements is going around the country training people to physically resist the certification of the 2024 presidential election. According to a report in Lawfare, Clements is teaching people how to pressure local election officials by showing up en masse to polling sites.  Multiple outlets have reported on what Clements describes as…

A lawsuit by the Philadelphia district attorney’s office over Elon Musk’s $1 million voter sweepstakes has been moved to federal court, at least for now. A lawyer for the Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said that he will work to quickly have the lawsuit transferred back to the state level where he filed the lawsuit…

A judge ordered billionaire Elon Musk to appear at an emergency court hearing in Philadelphia Thursday, Oct. 31. The judge’s order Wednesday, Oct. 30, came as Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner looks to stop the Tesla and SpaceX owner from awarding million-dollar prizes to voters in the key swing state.  The lawsuit alleges Musk and his super PAC “America” are operating an illegal…