Ongoing election fallout and more news from the states

Good morning. The results of and fallout from Tuesday’s midterm elections continue to ripple across the country, and that’s where we’re starting today.

Democrats will hold supermajorities in both chambers of the Colorado Legislature, while Democrats appear poised to take control of the Georgia House of Representatives.

Utah might be added to the list of states where supermajorities were broken, with House Republicans on pace to lose 17 seats.  

Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore said he wants to see new congressional maps for the state after voters approved a ballot question that loosens restrictions on redistricting.

And while the U.S. Senate race in Alaska remains too early to call, Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan may have the state’s ranked choice runoff system to thank if he wins reelection.

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Tennessee: A Nashville judge continued to block the Department of Health from demanding proof of citizenship or immigration status from HIV-positive individuals who are enrolled in a safety-net healthcare program.

Indiana: The state executed Jeffrey Weisheit for murdering two children in a 2010 house fire. Republican Gov. Mike Braun denied clemency on Monday, rejecting Weisheit’s request for life without parole.

Oregon: A judge will allow a climate lawsuit Multnomah County filed more than three years ago against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies to move forward.

Georgia: Outgoing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he would not call a special session to push new political maps and curb the executive powers of future state leaders after the Democratic sweep in the 2026 midterms.

North Carolina: Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx trails her Democratic challenger by just 99 votes — less than 1% — in the 5th Congressional District, leaving one of the state’s closest congressional races undecided following the midterm elections.

Kansas: Kansas attorney general and secretary of state candidates are waiting for counts of provisional and mail-in ballots, as winners in the races remain undecided Wednesday.

Maine: Voters in eight municipalities approved referendums to help stabilize the cost of rent for mobile home lots. While mobile home residents often own their physical homes, they have to rent the underlying land, leaving them vulnerable to skyrocketing monthly lot rents. 

See the rest of the news of the day from all 50 states, plus our D.C. Bureau and Stateline, on News From The States.

Voters in four states — Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska and Washington — are on track to pass or have passed measures to restrict transgender athletes’ participation in sports, a key policy focus of the Trump administration, Stateline reports. 

The measures in Colorado, Nebraska and Washington were ballot initiatives, while Arizona’s reached the ballot by way of state lawmakers.

Although there were sweeping Democratic wins in Republican strongholds Tuesday, GOP-backed proposals are winning over voters in various parts of the country.

Twenty-nine states have laws, regulations or interscholastic rules limiting or banning participation on female school sports teams to students of the female sex, according to Ballotpedia. 

In a nonbinding vote, Idaho voters nominated a lever-action rifle, dubbed the “Gun that Won the West” to be the state’s official gun, Idaho Capital Sun reports.

The gun, the Winchester Model 1873, had the backing from about 31% of Idaho voters, the highest share of any of the guns on the ballot in Tuesday’s general election, according to unofficial results from the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office early Wednesday afternoon. All of Idaho’s 44 counties were reporting election results by then.

None of the six guns — placed on the ballot in a unanimous vote by the Legislature — received a majority vote.

The vote tees up a decision by the Idaho Legislature to potentially join 10 other states that have official state guns. Idaho, a Republican supermajority-controlled state, has strong protections for gun ownership — such as not requiring permits for concealed carry in city limits.