Elections
People wait in line to vote on Election Day 2020 in Tombstone, Ariz., in Cochise County. The county's Republican-led leadership has voted to delay certifying its 2022 election results, despite a state deadline on Monday. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A voter cast her vote at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Nov. 8 in Crown Point, Ind. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Lee County voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center in Fort Myers, Fla., on Nov. 8. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola smiles before a debate for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat on Oct. 26, in Anchorage, Alaska. Peltola was elected to a full term in the House on Wednesday, Nov. 23, months after the Alaska Democrat won a special election to the seat following the death earlier this year of longtime Republican Rep. Don Young. Mark Thiessen/AP hide caption
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-C.A., on Wednesday announced his run for House Speaker if Republicans win the chamber. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Workers wait to get off an elevator at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine. Russia's invasion of Ukraine disrupted global supplies of fossil fuels and led to more reliance on coal for electricity in some countries. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Republican Monica De La Cruz-Hernandez flipped the 15th House Congressional District in one of Texas' only remaining competitive districts. In this file photo, she talks in her office in Alamo, Texas, July 8, 2021. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Republican state Supreme Court Justice Sharon Kennedy speaks to supporters at an election watch party at the Renaissance Hotel on Nov. 8, in Columbus, Ohio. Kennedy was reelected to the court, this time as its chief justice. Andrew Spear/Getty Images hide caption
On Wednesday in Atlanta, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state, rolls a 10-sided die as part of process to determine which batches of ballots to audit for a statewide risk limiting audit of the 2022 general election. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
President Biden, campaigning with gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore in Bowie, Maryland, on the eve of the U.S. midterm election. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A tweet by former President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen during a hearing held by the House Jan. 6 committee on June 9. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Jim Marchant, center, GOP nominee for secretary of state in Nevada, lost his election and also underperformed fellow Republicans running for U.S. senator and governor. John Locher/AP hide caption
The rising sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 9, 2022 — the day after Election Day. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacy Abrams lost the election this year by a larger margin than she did 4 years ago, leading to questions about the future of the party in the state. Associated Press hide caption
Former U.S. President Donald Trump took the stage at his Mar-a-Lago resort to announce that he was seeking another term in office and officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump waves after announcing he is running for president for the third time, on Nov. 15, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Gun advocacy groups say proposed regulations would not have addressed gun violence but rather require those who legally own guns to navigate cumbersome bureaucracy. Andrew Selsky/AP hide caption
People cast their early ballots for the 2022 general election at the Ann Arbor, Michigan city clerk's satellite office on the campus of the University of Michigan, on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Democratic candidate for Arizona governor Katie Hobbs attends a campaign rally on Nov 6. in Tucson. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Ballot counters process absentee ballots on Nov. 8 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The scene this year was much calmer than 2020, when protesters descended on Detroit and yelled for election officials to "stop the count!" Jose Juarez/AP hide caption
Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party, claimed that the limited request for her phone records, served on her service provider T-Mobile, was a violation of the First Amendment. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) attends an election event on Tuesday, several days before narrowly winning her race. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
A record number of openly LGBTQ candidates won their midterm races in 2022. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption