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Joe Biden has won. Here’s what comes next.

Biden will have to overcome a surging pandemic, an economic crisis, and a hostile Republican Party.

By Dylan Matthews

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What happened to Congress?

Vox’s Ella Nilsen explains why Democrats are waving goodbye to the blue wave.

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How Joe Biden, the ultimate insider, defeated Donald Trump, the ultimate outsider

By Ezra Klein

3 winners and 4 losers from a very long Election “Day”

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By Andrew Prokop

Trump’s Covid-19 disaster will likely get worse before Biden takes office

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What if Trump refuses to concede the election?

By Alex Ward

Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman to become vice president

By Li Zhou

Joe Biden will be president, but there will be no Green New Deal

By David Roberts

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Less than a week ago, Trump tried to scrap HealthCare.gov in Georgia. Now he may lose the state.

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Joe Biden breaks record for most votes ever in a presidential election

By Anna North

One Good Thing: HBO’s In Treatment will soothe your shattered nerves

By Emily VanDerWerff

Police arrest two in alleged plot to attack Philly voting center: What we know

By Jane Coaston

Joe Biden’s health care plan, explained in 800 words

By Dylan Scott

Vox live results: Republicans are leading in several close Senate elections

By Li Zhou and Dylan Scott

2020 House election live results

By Dylan Scott and German Lopez

How the press calls elections, explained

By Dylan Matthews and Kay Steiger

California’s ballot initiative system isn’t working. How do we fix it?

By Kelsey Piper

Key Republicans quickly fall in line behind Trump’s attempt to undermine the election

By Aaron Rupar

How to check if your ballot was rejected — and possibly fix it if it was

By Jen Kirby

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Democracy lost

Ezra and Matt on the election results and the prospects for majority rule.

Vox live results: Republicans lead the race for the Senate majority

By Li Zhou and Dylan Scott

The US Covid-19 epidemic hit a deadly new milestone, and help isn’t on the way

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How reality caught up with the reality TV president

By Dylan Matthews

Vox live results: Joe Biden wins the presidency

By Ella Nilsen and Emily Stewart

America’s anti-democratic Senate, by the numbers

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court case that could kill Obamacare, explained

By Ian Millhiser

Thursday evening update: Where the presidential race stands

By Andrew Prokop

Former astronaut Mark Kelly has flipped an Arizona Senate seat for Democrats

By Li Zhou

Democrats fail to make gains in state legislative races in advance of 2021 redistricting

By Jerusalem Demsas

Why the Supreme Court is unlikely to steal the election for Donald Trump

By Ian Millhiser

Anderson Cooper described Trump as “an obese turtle on his back flailing in the hot sun”

By Laura McGann

Trump’s desperate White House rant was everything people feared about his presidency in a nutshell

By Aaron Rupar

Trump and Biden are within less than 1 percentage point in Georgia. Vox has live results.

By Li Zhou

Claire McCaskill’s MSNBC comments revive a tired argument over the Democratic Party’s future

By Emily VanDerWerff

TV absolutely has to get rid of “election night”

By Emily VanDerWerff

Why Georgia was so competitive for Democrats this year

By Ella Nilsen

The future of the Senate majority could hinge on two Georgia runoffs 

By Ella Nilsen

What the remaining swing states would look like as a TV show

By Emily VanDerWerff

David Perdue and Jon Ossoff advance to Georgia Senate runoff

By Jerusalem Demsas and Ella Nilsen

Mitch McConnell says he’s open to stimulus during lame duck — but there are a lot of wild cards

By Li Zhou