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Morning Digest: Stay on top of every uncalled race with The Downballot

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  Morning Digest: Stay on top of every uncalled race with The Downballot We’re keeping tabs on every overtime contest in our newsletter and our tracker David Nir and Jeff Singer Nov 5 Nevada Gov.-elect Aaron Ford. (Credit: Aaron Ford Facebook) Leading Off Late Calls The outcomes of many races were not known when The Downballot signed off in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Just below, we recap the contests that have since been called, and in our Uncalled Races section, we catalog those that we’re still waiting on. And to stay on top of every overtime race, bookmark our tracker of key elections , which we update whenever a new call comes in. NV-Gov : Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford unseated Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo , a Republican who flipped this office four years ago. Ford, who will be the state’s first Black governor, will enter office with Democrats in firm control of both chambers of the legislature. CA-11 : State Sen. Scott Wiener defeated San Francisco Superviso...

Morning Digest: Louisiana may not have heard the last of Jamie Davis

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Morning Digest: Louisiana may not have heard the last of Jamie Davis After a shockingly close Senate loss, the Democrat is now eyeing Gov. Jeff Landry David Nir and Jeff Singer Nov 6 Louisiana Democrat Jamie Davis (credit: Jamie Davis Facebook) Leading Off Louisiana We may not have seen the last of Jamie Davis. After coming shockingly close to winning Tuesday’s U.S. Senate race, the Louisiana Democrat is now talking about challenging the state’s Republican governor next year. “Jeff Landry, you’re on notice, buddy,” Davis declared at his election night party. He confirmed to WAFB later that evening that he was interested in running against Landry, though he suggested he might be open to backing another candidate instead. Davis, a farmer and former local elected official in rural Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana, delivered those remarks after losing to Republican Rep. Julia Letlow by just a 51-49 margin in a state Donald Trump carried 60-38 just two years ago. But Letlow’s narr...