As speaker, the New York Democrat would be second in the presidential line of succession, after the vice president. He has vowed to focus on affordability and holding the administration...

Voters on Tuesday elected the nation's first Black woman governor and the nation's first Native American woman governor. (Image credit: Brynn Anderson/AP, Sam Wasson/Getty Images, Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5500x3614+0+0/resize/5500x3614!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F00%2F90%2Faac8fb874ef1bfd56f22fcdc731e%2Fgettyimages-2302751684.jpg' alt='Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin speaks at a campaign event at Boom Island Brewing in Minnetonka, Minn., on Nov. 2. Martin spoke to Morning Edition on Wednesday...

Democrat Aaron Ford defeated Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. He's set to become Nevada's first Black governor.(Image credit: Ethan Miller)

El-Sayed's campaign tested how an antiestablishment candidate on the left would fare in a perennial Midwest battleground. With the win, he'll become the first Muslim American to serve in the...