A Methodist pastor and a Muslim public servant were just elected to the Senate after campaigns that emphasized faith as a force for unity and progress, not as a weapon against women, immigrants and people of color.
By Wednesday morning there were still many races across California with no announced winner
The lack of federal election interference on Tuesday does not mean an end to the administration's war on alleged voter fraud by noncitizens.
Democrats swept California's statewide down-ballot races — no surprise in a state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a nearly two-to-one margin, and voters haven't elected a Republican to a statewide office since 2006.
Some ballot measures have received decisive action from voters on issues such as public funding for housing and voter identification.
On Tuesday, voters extended L.A. County's Robert Luna era, electing him to a second consecutive term as sheriff — a feat not seen since Lee Baca's tenure ended in 2014.
In Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans' longstanding grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
"I'm hopeful. I'm very hopeful," a beaming Raman told raucous supporters at her election night party. "I'm also really superstitious. So we're all just going to be cool, okay? Very cool."
Nancy Pelosi's husband was accused of striking an unoccupied parked vehicle and leaving the scene in July. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor hit-and-run.
NBC was on track to be the most-watched network on election night thanks to its popular number cruncher.

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