Texas hopes to elect five more Republicans to Congress, while California would like five more Democrats.

Following a two-month campaigning sprint, and amid a national gerrymandering fight, California’s special election on Proposition 50 Tuesday was over quickly. The race was called minutes after polls ...

For four months, Democrats have fretted that Republican plans to redraw congressional maps could doom their chances of winning control of the House next year. But Tuesday’s off-year election results ...