Cawthorn came under scrutiny over the summer for photos on his Instagram page that show him in 2017 visiting Adolf Hitler's vacation house in Germany known as the "Eagle's Nest." Delaware elects the nation's first transgender state senator. the poorest and most Democratic in the country, Madison Cawthorn will become the youngest member of Congress, 11 states have legalized full, adult marijuana use, approved the "In God We Trust" magnolia design. Mississippi's new state flag will feature the magnolia flower after the state in a historic move this summer parted with its decades-old banner that included a Confederate battle emblem. GOP Sens. Cori Bush, a progressive community leader and veteran Black Lives Matter activist, won a US House seat in Missouri, becoming the state's first Black woman to represent the state in Congress, according to CNN projections. ET, November 5, 2020 The 2020 congressional race delivered some historic firsts. November 2020 die Zusammensetzung dieser oberen Kammer des Kongresses der Vereinigten Staaten bestimmt. Results have not yet been determined for Montana's ballot questions on recreational marijuana and Mississippi's medical marijuana measure. You can follow the latest results in the House here and Senate here. On Tuesday the state also legalized the use of psilocybin mushrooms — the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms — for mental-health treatment. "I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too," McBride tweeted Tuesday night. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Democratic activist Sarah McBride will become the nation's first person who publicly identifies as transgender to serve as a state senator, after winning Tuesday's election in Delaware, CNN projects. Senate seats are up for election once every six years. The party that has at least 218 seats will control that chamber. Each party’s seat count in scenarios where it wins the Senate in our Deluxe model’s 40,000 simulations. Our presidential forecast determines which party gets control when the Senate is evenly split. Voters have approved ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona and New Jersey, and both recreational and medical use in in South Dakota, CNN projects. Either side needs 51 seats to have a majority. Oregon decriminalizes the possession of heroin, meth and other hard drugs. There are 35 seats up in 2020 - including special elections in Arizona and Georgia - of which 23 are held by the GOP. This 3-part Senate map lets you view the current Senate, make a forecast for the 2020 Senate elections, and see the composition of the 2021 Senate based on those predictions. Leger Fernandez is the first woman to hold her seat since its creation in 1983. Below is a chart over time of our best estimate of the most likely number of Senate seats each party will win, surrounded by a range of other plausible outcomes. Democrats will need to gain 3 or 4 seats to take control. In a first in the nation, Oregon passed a ballot measure decriminalizing the possession of heroin, oxycodone, meth and other hard drugs. Wir begleiten die US-Wahl 2020 von den ersten Vorwahlen bis zur Vereidigung des 46. Higher bars represent more common outcomes. And while it might have a President Biden (Remember: CNN has not yet projected a winner in the presidential race) at the end of the day after the votes are counted, it's currently failing in other important areas, like: While all eyes were on the race to the White House, history was being made around the country with a handful of historic firsts in elections for offices and ballot measures. There were 12 Democratic seats and 23 Republican seats up for election in 2020. U.S. Senate See also: United States Senate elections, 2020. "It is the honor of a lifetime to represent the essential borough, the Bronx. The Democrats need to flip four seats to gain control. Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten. ", New Mexico elects the first all-female congressional delegation – and they're also women of color. Mississippi was the last state in the country whose flag, which was adopted in 1894, included the Confederate emblem. Chris Hayes haunted by 2016 'fun fact' when MSNBC host suggested electors abandon POTUS-elect, Trump warns Georgia runoff boycott would play 'right into the hands of some very sick people', Donor sues pro-Trump group for $2.5M over 'empty promises' on voter fraud, Federal appeals court dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit over Pennsylvania voting procedures, Exclusive: Former CIA station chief Darrell Blocker floated to lead agency under Biden, source says.