When an insurgent’s bullet shattered his arm in combat, Republican Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins did not wait around for an evacuation team; the Green Beret performed emergency surgery on himself to save the limb. After the midterms that Gov. Ron DeSantis called a “near extinction-level” event for Republicans, Collins sees a national GOP lying bloodied on the field. He advises his battered and beaten party to show...

Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy admits his own state’s voting system is “very confusing,” and warned that the close race between Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola and incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan will not be determined for days, if not weeks. “It’s very close, the numbers,” Dunleavy told WABC Radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” on Sunday, noting key dates for ballot dumps will be Friday, Nov. 13, and Wednesday,...

A GOP lawmaker in Texas is seeking to limit some of the incoming governor’s powers after Democrats flipped the state blue in Tuesday’s election. Republican Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison on Wednesday publicly urged outgoing Gov. Greg Abbott to convene a special session to “rein in” the governor’s executive emergency powers before Democratic Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa takes office. “Republicans lost last night, but Democrats were not sworn in,”...