As the dust settles after the midterm elections, pro-life Americans have an opportunity to reflect and look ahead. Four states — Idaho, Nevada, Virginia, and Missouri — posed radical abortion measures. The results, a victory in Idaho and losses in the other three states, begin a new chapter in America’s ongoing debate over abortion. Our […]

Idaho Democrats are a miniscule presence in the Statehouse. But what could a pickup of six seats this election mean for the minority party?

Six firearms made the ballot, and one pulled in nearly a third of the vote.

Anti-abortion advocates are touting their victory in keeping Idaho’s strict abortion prohibition in place after losing ground in three other states amid the seismic Democratic Party victories nationwide in the midterm elections. Idahoans voted by a comfortable 12 percentage points to keep a near-total abortion prohibition on elective abortion on Tuesday. But the anti-abortion side […]

Voters shot down an abortion-rights measure in Idaho, but they supported proposals in Missouri, Virginia and Nevada.

Republican Jim Risch won election Wednesday to the U.S. Senate representing Idaho, defeating independent candidate Todd Achilles

Polling places in Ada County will remain open until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Much like 2022, the 2026 year’s midterm election proved the majority of voters support reproductive rights and abortion access. Four states had abortion on the ballot. Nevada and Virginia voted in favor of allowing abortions within state lines. Missouri voted against repealing a constitutional amendment supporting abortion access that was introduced via a ballot initiative in 2024. Idaho was the sole exception Tuesday as voters sided against a...

First results from the state are expected after 11 p.m. Eastern time. In 2022 and 2024, most results were reported by Wednesday afternoon. The Justice Department said that it is sending election monitors and observers to all 50 states,

Some called the claim "frivolous."