Virginia Democrats who campaigned on protecting abortion rights swept Tuesday's legislative elections, retaking full control of the General Assembly after two years of divided power.
Maine voters turned down an attempt to oust the state's corporate-owned electric utilities among several ballot initiatives Tuesday, and approved one to stop foreign spending in referendums.
Virginia Democrats held their majority in the state Senate on Tuesday, but control of the House of Delegates remained unsettled late into the evening, with vote counting still underway in key races.
Voters in Duluth decided an intense race over the next leader of the city of 86,000: the two-term incumbent or a former state lawmaker.
Despite seeing assessed home values soar by double digits, Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have lowered property tax bills for homeowners in return for decreasing a tax refund unique to the state that last year provided $750 to each taxpayer.
Mississippians endured long lines and some polling places ran out of ballots Tuesday as the state decided a hard-fought governor's race between Republican incumbent Tate Reeves and Democratic challenger Brandon Presley.