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2022 Election

Congressional control in the balance

The GOP has an edge in House races, and a December runoff in Georgia may decide the Senate

MASS. ELECTIONS

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GOP

U.S. Senate

Dem

46(+1)

GOP

48(-1)

Ind

2(+0)

Undecided

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Dem.

184

GOP

207

U.S. House

218 seats for the majority

Dem

184(-8)

GOP

207(+6)

Ind

0(+0)

Undecided

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Live Updates

Abortion rights prevailed across the country in the midterms

Support for abortion rights extended from blue states like Vermont and California through the Midwestern battleground of Michigan and into deep red areas like Kentucky and Montana.

Analysis: The midterm results were confusing, except when it comes to abortion

Midterm elections showed that Trump seemed to be a drag on Republican Party

Republicans' showing in Tuesday's elections fell far short of their lofty expectations, with several candidates who were closely associated with former president Trump failing to win.

Conservative politicians, commentators bemoan lack of a GOP ‘red wave’ and blame Trump Yvonne Abraham: The red tsunami never came, showing that democracy still lives

Biden is celebratory and defiant in remarks after midterm elections

President Biden claimed vindication the day after the midterm elections, saying Democrats had “a strong night” and he planned to change nothing about his approach despite facing the likelihood of divided government in the nation’s capital.

Passage of the Mass. ‘millionaires tax’ amends the state’s flat tax rate

After a hard-fought campaign, voters approved an extra 4 percent tax on incomes over $1 million.

Shirley Leung

Even in progressive Massachusetts, it was a toss-up on whether to tax the rich
The tight margin on Question 1 reflects Massachusetts' long-held reluctance to hike taxes, despite its progressive reputation.

Republicans closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs

A Republican House majority would likely trigger a spate of investigations into Biden and his family, while a GOP Senate takeover would hobble the president’s ability to make judicial appointments.

Governor-elect Maura Healey pointed to the words "girl power" as she met with children at Girls Inc. in Lynn on Wednesday.

In a nation bitterly divided, the transfer of power from Baker to Healey in Massachusetts gets off to a warm start

For just the second time in 30 years, Democrats are seizing back control of the governor’s office. The transition from Charlie Baker's administration to that Maura Healey could hardly be more friendly.

Baker meets with Governor-elect Healey and Lt. Gov-elect Driscoll; pledges smooth transition

Marlene Sabido, a supporter of Yes on 4, donned a driver's license sign at rally Tuesday night.

Voters decided to uphold driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. But the margin was close.

The result, according to some experts, suggests that the Commonwealth is still polarized when it comes to immigration reform and policymaking.

Alcohol sale regulations remain unchanged in Massachusetts as voters reject ballot Question 3

The long-running fight between locally owned liquor stores and “big box” retailers will likely return to the Legislature next year.

Newly elected Bristol County Sheriff Paul Heroux spoke to the media in the yard of his home.

A new sheriff in town in Bristol County, as Heroux ousts Hodgson

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, a controversial figure, conceded to Attleboro Mayor Paul Heroux on Tuesday night.

The 2022 battle for the Senate: Where it stands and what races remain

After a bruising midterm campaign, just a handful of Senate races remain too close to call.

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‘I was golden’: Former Yale soccer coach, once the center of Varsity Blues scandal, sentenced in federal court
Prosecutors said they were willing to agree to a deal in which Rudolph Meredith would not receive any prison time, but a judge ruled that Meredith should serve some time because of the extent of his involvement.

Madeline Wong, Kowloon Restaurant family matriarch, dies at 95
“She worked endless hours to grow the business from the ground up," said the Kowloon restaurant about Madeline Wong, who co-founded the Saugus landmark with her husband.

celtics 128, pistons 112

Celtics dispatch lowly Pistons, extend winning streak to four games
Jayson Tatum had a quiet first half and Malcolm Brogdon went down with a bad hamstring, but it didn't matter against the youthful Pistons.

Man is fatally shot in Dorchester on Wednesday afternoon
The man was shot in the area of Paxton and Harvard streets and pronounced dead at the scene, the Boston Police Department said. Officers responded at 1:13 p.m.

Meta is laying off thousands, putting the company’s Kendall Square future in question

Prior to the layoffs, the Meta Cambridge office employed about 500 people, a spokesperson confirmed, mostly engineers and technologists.

Meta and other tech giants are laying off workers and slowing down. Here’s what that means for Boston.

Hockey Diversity Alliance shares statement from Isaiah Meyer-Crothers detailing abuse by Mitchell Miller

"I can’t take more of this," wrote Meyer-Crothers, who was abused by the player the Bruins signed last week before parting ways with him Sunday.

Christopher L. Gasper: Bruins’ apparent willingness to ignore the racial element in Mitchell Miller case is troubling

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Opinion

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida celebrates in Tampa after winning reelection on Nov. 8.

JEFF JACOBY

The election’s biggest winner? Incumbency.

Once again, Americans voted the bums back in.

EDITORIAL

Early midterm results point to a win for democracy

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The election may have been calm, but a voter suppression storm is still brewing

Joan Vennochi

The despicable Donald Trump helps Democrats survive the midterms

SCOT LEHIGH

Mainely good news: Janet Mills beats Paul LePage for governor

Filipo Ilaoa, left, and Bonnelley Pa'uulu pose with the flag of American Samoa at the American Samoa government office in Honolulu.

The Emancipator

The (unheard) case of American Samoa

American Samoans’ status as U.S. nationals, not citizens, is rooted in racism, but many territory residents think citizenship could also threaten the American Samoan way of life. And what about independence?

Will the Red Sox face another Xander Bogaerts situation next year with Rafael Devers?

The All-Star third baseman is due for free agency after 2023, and the Red Sox say they are working now to avoid having him reach the open market.

Home of the Week: Outside, it’s gray, but inside, it’s light and bright
Three-bedroom Colonial offers three levels of living on a Dedham side street.

Chris Evans is People magazine’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive. His mom thinks it’s about time.
Lisa Evans told the Globe she was proud of her son. “I have four kids, and I feel they’re all sexy.”

DINING OUT | DEVRA FIRST

Five stars for the Daily Catch, the calamari king for nearly 50 years
The North End dock-to-table restaurant has served up consistent excellence in a shoebox space.

Culture & Lifestyle

Linda Cardellini, left, and Christina Applegate in "Dead to Me," which will return for its third and final season on Nov. 17.

Many notable shows coming back in the coming weeks

Anthony Bowens (left) and Max Caster form the tag team duo The Acclaimed, the current AEW champions.

At Agganis Arena, wrestling champs The Acclaimed will bring the noise

From left: Dorothy Steel as Merchant Tribe Elder, Florence Kasumba as Ayo, Angela Bassett as Ramonda, and Danai Gurira as Okoye in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ mourns its fallen hero

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

During the campaign, Democratic Governor Janet Mills was calm, commonsensical, firm in her convictions but aware that compromise is necessary in politics. She was intent on tamping down conflict and ramping up progress.

SCOT LEHIGH

Mainely good news: Janet Mills beats Paul LePage for governor

JEFF JACOBY

The election’s biggest winner? Incumbency.

Bina Venkataraman

Lies spread faster than the truth. Can communities change that?

Elon Musk is willfully behaving like a spiteful child saddled with a toy he doesn’t want and, as revenge, is doing all he can to shatter it into pieces.

RENÉE GRAHAM

The great Twexit

Bono has learned a lot about alleviating suffering in the world and has come to understand that demonizing corporations and the people who run them doesn’t help.

JEFF JACOBY

‘The off-ramp out of extreme poverty’

Don Bolduc, center, during a campaign appearance at the American Legion in Laconia, N.H., on Sept. 10.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Joe Tarsia, an architect of the Sound of Philadelphia, dies at 88

The recording engineer and studio operator leaned into a soul and R&B sound that was lush and fervent.

Madeline Wong, Kowloon Restaurant family matriarch, dies at 95

“She worked endless hours to grow the business from the ground up," said the Kowloon restaurant about Madeline Wong, who co-founded the Saugus landmark with her husband.

Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate economist who pushed a hand-off approach on monetary policy, dies at 72

Dr. Prescott urged policymakers to take the long view on economic strategies and resist short-range tinkering.

Live updates: Midterm elections

Midterm elections: As Massachusetts makes history, control of Congress is yet to be determined. Follow along.

We’re gathering news, updates, analysis, and results from high-stakes races across Massachusetts and the United States. Follow along.

Sports

WNBA

WNBA to allow coaches to challenge next season

Coaches will be able to challenge one time per game.

Weymouth’s Bruno DeSouza, (11), celebrates his winning goal scored in the first overtime period of a Division 1 second-round boys' soccer victory over BC High on Wednesday night at Weymouth.

MIAA BOYS' SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Bruno DeSouza visualized a goal, and an overtime win for Weymouth boys’ soccer and delivered in a Division 1 thriller vs. BC High

DeSouza’s winner five minutes into overtime gave 12th-seeded Weymouth a thrilling 2-1 win over BC High Wednesday in a Division 1 second-round match, propelling the Wildcats to the quarterfinals against No. 4 Ludlow.

Jayson Tatum, Blake Griffin, Marcus Smart, and Al Horford share a laugh near the end of Wednesday's win over Detroit.

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Celtics dispatch lowly Pistons, extend winning streak to four games

Jayson Tatum had a quiet first half and Malcolm Brogdon went down with a bad hamstring, but it didn't matter against the youthful Pistons.

MIAA GIRLS' SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Amara Ukomadu, Gianna Pentland double up to lead the way for No. 7 Brookline against No. 10 King Philip in D1 girls’ soccer tournament

Red Sox notebook

Agent Scott Boras says Red Sox are gambling with Xander Bogaerts heading into free agency

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

The Kyrie Irving saga likely cost Ime Udoka the Brooklyn Nets coaching job

Business

Passage of the Mass. ‘millionaires tax’ amends the state’s flat tax rate

After a hard-fought campaign, voters approved an extra 4 percent tax on incomes over $1 million.

Meta and other tech giants are laying off workers and slowing down. Here’s what that means for Boston.

The local tech sector has benefited from the expanding operations of West Coast giants such as Google, Meta, and Amazon. Now, that trend is reversing.

Redfin, a real estate broker, lays off 13 percent of its staff

Musk seeks to reassure advertisers on Twitter after chaos

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When redoing their kitchen, this family took inspiration from history and Stanley Tucci

Style Watch

Subtle details in this playful kids' bath nod to the Boston Celtics.

Dinner with Cupid

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YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Congressional control in the balance

U.S. Senate

U.S. House

Abortion rights prevailed across the country in the midterms

Midterm elections showed that Trump seemed to be a drag on Republican Party

Biden is celebratory and defiant in remarks after midterm elections

Passage of the Mass. ‘millionaires tax’ amends the state’s flat tax rate

Shirley Leung Even in progressive Massachusetts, it was a toss-up on whether to tax the rich The tight margin on Question 1 reflects Massachusetts' long-held reluctance to hike taxes, despite its progressive reputation.

Republicans closing in on House win; Senate control up for grabs

In a nation bitterly divided, the transfer of power from Baker to Healey in Massachusetts gets off to a warm start

Voters decided to uphold driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. But the margin was close.

Alcohol sale regulations remain unchanged in Massachusetts as voters reject ballot Question 3

A new sheriff in town in Bristol County, as Heroux ousts Hodgson

The 2022 battle for the Senate: Where it stands and what races remain

More recent News

Madeline Wong, Kowloon Restaurant family matriarch, dies at 95 “She worked endless hours to grow the business from the ground up," said the Kowloon restaurant about Madeline Wong, who co-founded the Saugus landmark with her husband.

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Man is fatally shot in Dorchester on Wednesday afternoon The man was shot in the area of Paxton and Harvard streets and pronounced dead at the scene, the Boston Police Department said. Officers responded at 1:13 p.m.

Meta is laying off thousands, putting the company’s Kendall Square future in question

Hockey Diversity Alliance shares statement from Isaiah Meyer-Crothers detailing abuse by Mitchell Miller

Mass. coronavirus at a glance

Cases and deaths

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The election’s biggest winner? Incumbency.

Early midterm results point to a win for democracy

The election may have been calm, but a voter suppression storm is still brewing

The despicable Donald Trump helps Democrats survive the midterms

Mainely good news: Janet Mills beats Paul LePage for governor

The (unheard) case of American Samoa

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Mainely good news: Janet Mills beats Paul LePage for governor

The election’s biggest winner? Incumbency.

Lies spread faster than the truth. Can communities change that?

The great Twexit

‘The off-ramp out of extreme poverty’

The extremist in New Hampshire who might flip the Senate

Metro

Joe Tarsia, an architect of the Sound of Philadelphia, dies at 88

Madeline Wong, Kowloon Restaurant family matriarch, dies at 95

Edward Prescott, Nobel laureate economist who pushed a hand-off approach on monetary policy, dies at 72

Midterm elections: As Massachusetts makes history, control of Congress is yet to be determined. Follow along.

Sports

WNBA to allow coaches to challenge next season

Bruno DeSouza visualized a goal, and an overtime win for Weymouth boys’ soccer and delivered in a Division 1 thriller vs. BC High

Celtics dispatch lowly Pistons, extend winning streak to four games

Amara Ukomadu, Gianna Pentland double up to lead the way for No. 7 Brookline against No. 10 King Philip in D1 girls’ soccer tournament

Agent Scott Boras says Red Sox are gambling with Xander Bogaerts heading into free agency

The Kyrie Irving saga likely cost Ime Udoka the Brooklyn Nets coaching job

Business

Passage of the Mass. ‘millionaires tax’ amends the state’s flat tax rate

Meta and other tech giants are laying off workers and slowing down. Here’s what that means for Boston.

Redfin, a real estate broker, lays off 13 percent of its staff

Musk seeks to reassure advertisers on Twitter after chaos

When redoing their kitchen, this family took inspiration from history and Stanley Tucci

Subtle details in this playful kids' bath nod to the Boston Celtics.

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In a nation bitterly divided, the transfer of power from Baker to Healey in Massachusetts gets off to a warm start

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Alcohol sale regulations remain unchanged in Massachusetts as voters reject ballot Question 3

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This fake news on Twitter regarding LeBron James and Adam Schefter, among others, is really fake

The Patriots were more impressed than surprised by opponents picking up on their playcalls

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Even in progressive Massachusetts, it was a toss-up on whether to tax the rich
The tight margin on Question 1 reflects Massachusetts' long-held reluctance to hike taxes, despite its progressive reputation.

Madeline Wong, Kowloon Restaurant family matriarch, dies at 95
“She worked endless hours to grow the business from the ground up," said the Kowloon restaurant about Madeline Wong, who co-founded the Saugus landmark with her husband.

celtics 128, pistons 112

Celtics dispatch lowly Pistons, extend winning streak to four games
Jayson Tatum had a quiet first half and Malcolm Brogdon went down with a bad hamstring, but it didn't matter against the youthful Pistons.

Man is fatally shot in Dorchester on Wednesday afternoon
The man was shot in the area of Paxton and Harvard streets and pronounced dead at the scene, the Boston Police Department said. Officers responded at 1:13 p.m.

Home of the Week: Outside, it’s gray, but inside, it’s light and bright
Three-bedroom Colonial offers three levels of living on a Dedham side street.

Chris Evans is People magazine’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alive. His mom thinks it’s about time.
Lisa Evans told the Globe she was proud of her son. “I have four kids, and I feel they’re all sexy.”

DINING OUT | DEVRA FIRST

Five stars for the Daily Catch, the calamari king for nearly 50 years
The North End dock-to-table restaurant has served up consistent excellence in a shoebox space.