Sahil Kapur

The Democratic senator-elect tells NBC News what he understood about Latinos — particularly men — that others in his party missed, and why it was so consequential.

Plus, Republicans prepare to scrutinize Matt Gaetz's attorney general nomination, and Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary.

“We could have gotten twice as many conservative victories in the last two years had we had more unity,” said Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., who called it “a key question” going forward.

An army of online pro-Trump voices is trying to boost underdog Rick Scott over two Mitch McConnell deputies, John Thune and John Cornyn, for the top job.

A swing in Latino support helps fuel Trump's victory, while political gravity caught up to Senate Democrats and abortion rights didn't turn out to be a panacea.

Republicans were favored to win control of the Senate and flipped seats in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio, while the battle for the House is on a knife-edge.

Voters are about to elect a new Congress. It will have a full plate next year, from expiring tax cuts and health care funding to averting a debt default and a government shutdown.

Democrats have “nauseous optimism” that she’ll win, one strategist told NBC News. Here are five keys to Kamala Harris making history and becoming America’s first female president.

While liberals have held their tongues as Kamala Harris tacked to the center, they're preparing for a major battle over the future of the party, with personnel emerging as a flashpoint.

In a rally at the Ellipse a week before the election, Harris will deliver her closing argument and promise to be a pragmatist who would put country over party, a senior campaign official said.