In Photos: 2018 Midterm Elections

Ilhan Omar, newly elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on the Democrat ticket, celebrates with her supporters after her Congressional 5th District primary victory in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Photograph: Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images

Ilhan Omar is greeted by her husband’s mother after appearing at her midterm election night party in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Photograph: Eric Miller/Reuters

Deidre Brown Collins holds her daughter, Vitalia Collins, as they watch returns during an election night party for the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee, Stacey Abrams, in Atlanta

Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters