Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida proposed a redraw of the state’s congressional districts that could result in as many as four new Republican seats.

Representative Eliot Engel in his Bronx office in 1998. He was a reliable champion of liberal causes.

Kaela Berg, a Minnesota state representative who works as a flight attendant, is part of a new crop of working-class candidates with atypical backgrounds. Democrats hope they can help their party win back blue-collar voters.

District Attorney Fani T. Willis assailed Republican adversaries and stumped for political allies at the hearing on Wednesday.

David Ralston, the former Georgia House speaker, in 2018.

Melissa and Mark Hortman, along with their dog, Gilbert, were killed at their home in Brooklyn Park, Minn.

In some cases, the Trump administration has said existing federal law already gives the president all the power he needs to act.

Claire Wagner, left, a volunteer for Citizens Not Politicians, collected more than 20 signatures on petitions for the redistricting amendment at the Rhinegeist Brewery near downtown Cincinnati.

Voters will also consider their party’s candidates in state legislative primaries.

Gov. Mike DeWine, Republican of Ohio, had called a special legislative session to fix what is typically a minor procedural issue.

Supporters of “Fight for Alabama Families” gathered at the State House in Montgomery on Wednesday to protest the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos should be considered children.

Ohio has become a key front in the fight over access to abortion as voters are set to decide on an amendment that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.