While it was once common for a state to have a senator from each party, that’s now rare. ... Republicans are more likely to be elected in rural states and Democrats in urban states.

For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Newly elected Raphael Warnock is only the 11th Black US senator since the Senate convened for the first time in 1789. And only two of those have been women.

Republicans have elected South Dakota senator, John Thune, ... “It is a new day in the United States Senate,” Thune said immediately after he was elected, according to AP.

WASHINGTON – Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Mitch ...

WASHINGTON — Florida Senator Marco Rubio has been picked by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as his secretary of state. Now, it's up to the Republican-controlled Senate to confirm Rubio to ...