Tim Scott re-elected to the U.S. Senate

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (Republican, South Carolina)) has been re-elected to the U.S. Senate by the voters of South Carolina. Senator Scott defeated Thomas Dixon and two other with Democrats with 60.5% of the vote. This will be Scott first full term as a senator.

ELECTION RESULTS:

CANDIDATE PARTY VOTES PCT.

Tim Scott* Republican 1,228,844 60.5%

Thomas Dixon Democrat 752,001 37.0

Bill Bledsoe Constitution 37,124 1.8

Rebel Michael Scarborough American Party 11,861 0.6

Donald Payne Jr. Re-elected to Congress

New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. (DEM) has been re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for a third term as the Representative of New Jersey's 10th Congressional District. Payne demolished his Republican challenger David Pinckney and three others with over 86% of the vote making his margin of victory the largest in the state of N.J. Congrats to Congressman Payne.

ELECTION RESULTS:

Payne Jr., Donald Dem 179,082 86%

Pinckney, David GOP 24,628 12%

Miller, Joanne Ind 3,406 2%

Fraser, Aaron Ind 1,609 1%

Bonnie Watson Coleman re-elected to congress

New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (Dem) won re-election to her congressional seat representing N.J. 12th District for a second term. She handily defeated Republican Steven Uccio and 5 other challenger withe over 63% of the vote.

ELECTION RESULTS:

Watson Coleman, Bonnie (i) Dem 160,851 63%

Uccio, Steven GOP 83,049 32%

Forchion, Edward Ind 5,420 2%

Shapiro, Robert Ind 2,496 1%

Fitzpatrick, Thomas Lib 2,202 1%

Welzer, Steven Grn 1,854 1%

Bollentin, Michael Ind 1,148 0%

Kamala Harris is elected California's new U.S. senator

It wasn't all doom and gloom for Democrats on election day. Kamala Harris, of California was elected to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

California voters on Tuesday elected the state’s first new U.S. senator in 24 years, and made history in the process.

State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris easily won the race over Loretta Sanchez, according to the Associated Press, becoming the first black politician in history to represent California in the Senate.

Harris, the first woman elected as California attorney general, will succeed Democrat Barbara Boxer, who is retiring after serving four terms in the U.S. Senate.

Harris, the daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, becomes only the second black woman ever elected to the Senate.

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New Howard University poll: Trump still at 2% of black vote

2016 NNPA-Howard University National Black Voter Poll

Results, Findings and Analysis

Despite his "outreach" to black voters and despite what Donald Trump and many conservative sites would have you believe, Trump's percentage of the black vote is not growing in any way. As a matter of fact according to a poll of over 21,000 black voters conducted by Howard University he is still stuck at 2% of the black vote.

The nation's largest and oldest trade association of Black-owned newspapers, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), and the nation's leading academic and research Historically Black College and University (HBCU), Howard University, have announced the results of the National Black Voter Poll. Over 21,200 telephone calls across the United States were made by the NNPA-HU national polling center on the campus of HU to Black American telephone numbers throughout the United States from October 23-30, 2016.

Here are a few highlights:

• 94% of those polled plan to vote in the upcoming election
• Of those who plan to vote:
  • 89.8% will vote for Clinton
  • 2% will vote for Trump
  • 0% Johnson
  • 0% Stein
  • 7.2% for others
• The top issues that are influencing Black American voters include:
  • Economy and jobs
  • Income inequality
  • Race and race relations
  • College affordability
  • High Quality Education in Pre-K-12
• Party Affiliation
  • 82 % Identify as Democrat
  • 2% Identify as Republican
  • 9% Identify as Independent  (67% normally vote for Democrats, 5% normally vote Republican, 28% normally don't vote for either major party)
  • 7% Identify as Other

Other more detailed information about the poll will be released at the press conference.
SOURCE National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)