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Climate-literate blue governors — a mix of incumbents and upstarts — will be taking office around the Midwest and Northeast just as more federal money than ever is available for tackling climate change, pointing to a possible new wave of state-level action.

Dispelling predictions of a red wave, Democrats seized complete control of the legislatures in Michigan and Minnesota, and held on to governorships in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, maintaining a bulwark against Republican-dominated legislatures in the latter two states.

Maura Healey and John Fetterman secured wins for Democrats, even as Stacey Abrams and Val Demings faltered in closely watched races.

Control of Congress hangs in the balance as Democrats have shown surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races

From the first openly lesbian governor to the first Generation Z member-elect of Congress, early results in the US midterms heralded a good night for diversity.

For the midterm races, photographers at NPR member stations documented what happened leading up to Election Day. Take a look at what they saw.

BOSTON — After nearly three hours of his campaign refusing to admit defeat, and indicating a potential challenge to Tuesday’s election results, Geoff Diehl finally conceded the race to Maura Healey.

Control of the US Senate is on the brink, with Republicans poised to pick up enough seats to wrest control from the Democrats.

BOSTON — Almost as quickly as the gubernatorial race was called for Maura Healey, Rick Green, the emcee for Geoff Diehl’s election night party, went on stage to question the results.