The Golden State has battlegrounds aplenty in the midterms, and if the Democrats are to achieve their goal of gaining control of the House, they will need to prevail in many of them. Read more

At the top of the ticket, Gavin Newsom won the race to replace Governor Jerry Brown. The Democrat, who is the state’s Lieutenant Governor, defeated his Republican opponent, John Cox, without difficulty. With a comfortable lead, Mr. Newsom has been able to devote some time to campaigning for other Democrats in more difficult races where victories could help his party reshape Washington.

As always, results trickle in slowly from the West Coast, but Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, has retained his seat in the 22nd district.