Fox News Channel is continuing its post-election surge as CNN and MSNBC's viewership are in free fall following President-elect Donald Trump's victory.

Democrat Derek Tran leads Rep. Michelle Steel, a Seal Beach Republican, by 519 votes in the race to represent California’s 45th congressional district, according to the tally released Friday evening from the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

Election reform advocates had hoped for a big year at the ballot box. That's because a historic number of states were considering initiatives for ranked choice voting or to end partisan primaries.

A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.

Just 29% of Americans say they’re satisfied with the way things are going in the country; more Republicans than Democrats feel hopeful.

Pop singer Billie Eilish criticized President-elect Donald Trump the day after he won the Nov. 5 election, but social media posts have added fiction to her comments by saying she’s leaving the United States. "Billie Eilish turns down Oscar nomination and leaves US after MASSIVE RED WAVE," a Nov. 19 Facebook post said.

State legislative and Supreme Court races were not terribly decisive, while we saw setbacks for ranked-choice voting and minimum-wage increases.

As Texans join the rest of the nation in watching new elected officials fill offices up and down the ballot, uncertainty about the road ahead is a resounding theme. Feelings of anxiety may be heavy for people whose preferred candidates lost their races.

Donald Trump benefited from a rightward shift in Maricopa County, while Kamala Harris' and Democrats' ground game fell flat.

The US president-elect has emphasised the scale of his win – but data shows that most voters picked someone else.

Who won the second of two open seats on the MSU Board of Trustees had been cast into doubt soon after the election as a result of a data entry error.