Republican Kevin Cramer beats Democrat Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota Senate race

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Republican Kevin Cramer has won the North Dakota Senate race, defeating incumbent Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D), NBC News and Fox News project.

Heitkamp was elected in 2012 by an extremely thin margin, earning about 3,000 more votes than her opponent. North Dakota is a red state that President Trump won in 2016 by 36 points. After Heitkamp voted last month against confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, she received millions in donations from across the country, in addition to backlash from voters.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.