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Amy Acton wins Ohio governor's seat, beating Republican Vivek Ramaswamy

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Results are in for one of the highest-profile gubernatorial elections in the country.

The highly polarizing race between Democratic candidate Amy Acton and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for governor of Ohio has come to a conclusion.

Acton, a physician, won the race by a 5-point margin with 87% of votes reported.

According to the Associated Press, Acton won the election by five points on Tuesday night, upsetting Republicans' hopes of retaining the governorship, which has been held by term-limited Republican Mike DeWine since 2019.

The results of the contest were much closer than some may have expected in the red state.

Acton, a physician, won the race by a five-point margin with 87% of votes reported, according to the AP.

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One of the biggest "October surprises" of the campaign — which soon became the central pillar of the race in the eyes of many — came when Ramaswamy's campaign featured Acton's estranged biological mother calling her a "liar" in an expensive campaign advertisement.

Ohio has been a consistently red state for the last three presidential elections, with 2024 support reaching its zenith at roughly 55%.

As of Friday afternoon, the Blaze Poll Watch average showed Acton ahead of Ramaswamy by three points, beating him 48.2%-45.2%. Acton's lead expanded to 4.2 points on the afternoon of Election Day.

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Blue tsunami officially crushes Republican control of US House of Representatives

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The U.S. House of Representatives fell relatively early to Democratic control on election night.

NBC News projected that Democrats would take over more than 240 seats in the House and seize control of the lower chamber of Congress. They needed only 218 to take control.

'Let's get to work.'

Democrats are hoping to increase their wins and take the U.S. Senate as well.

Polling ahead of Election Day showed the favorability rating for President Donald Trump had fallen as low as 38% in some surveys. Voters were unhappy about the economic effects of the Iran conflict and inflation eroding the wage gains under the current administration.

CBS News projected Democrats would win control of the House as well. CBS estimated that Democrats would take 253 seats, far more than they needed for a majority.

Democrats will almost certainly block as much of the president's agenda as they can, and many have promised to use their newfound powers to investigate members of the administration and the president's supporters.

Early exit polling showed that the economy was the top concern for 39% of the respondents. An astounding 75% said they were "angry" or "dissatisfied" about the direction of the country.

In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, the president blamed Fox News for what he said was negative coverage about the state of the country. He has also joked that if the U.S. voters rejected him, he would move to Israel and become its prime minister.

"Let's get to work," reads a post from House Democrats Tuesday night.

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Blaze News is covering the rest of the election live with Glenn Beck, Steve Deace, John Doyle, and Nick Freitas.

A Harvard University model found that Democrats have a 78% chance of winning the U.S. Senate, which would be disastrous for Republicans for the next two years.

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Darline Graham loses Lindsey Graham's South Carolina seat to pediatrician

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Darline Graham has lost the U.S. Senate seat long held by her brother in South Carolina.

Graham had been the Republican candidate for only a couple of months after winning a Republican primary runoff following a fast-tracked special election.

'For the Good of our Nation ... I hope Darline does this.'

Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician from Kentucky, ran a tough race against Graham, where the two were neck and neck in polling to the end.

RealClearPolling showed Graham with a +2.7-point advantage just a couple of weeks out from the election. Meanwhile, Blaze News' Poll Watch has Graham at just +1.9 in the last days before midterms.

In the end, Andrews overcame the deficit and won the seat 50.6% to 47.2% with 93% of the votes counted, according to NBC News.

RELATED: South Carolina Senate poll tracker

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Graham was supported by President Donald Trump before she even decided to run for office, promising to endorse her if she did. Her brother won his primary in June with nearly 57% of the vote.

At the same time, Andrews defeated two Democratic primary competitors with 61.5% of the vote.

"During her visit, I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate in the Special Republican Primary on Tuesday, August 11, 2026," Trump said at the time, per The Hill.

"I hope Darline does this, in that there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey," the president added.

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In October, Trump and Graham appeared face-to-face at a rally in Pendleton, South Carolina, where he gave her his full support.

Andrews had previously run in South Carolina for the House of Representatives in 2022, but lost to Rep. Nancy Mace (R).

Andrews has called for the restoration of Roe v. Wade, the expansion of Medicaid and Medicare, and to keep "families together" and ensure "due process" in regard to immigration.

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