WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures decisively won Tuesday in a district redrawn to favor Republicans, and the national “blue tsunami” was only part of what carried the congressman to victory. Emerging from a crowd of supporters on election night, Figures declared that Montgomery is “now home” as the area showed…

To win control of the U.S. House, Democrats needed to secure at least 218 seats. By Wednesday night, the party won at least 240 — picking up more than two dozen additional seats, and flipping the Senate too. A year ago Democrats were far less confident they could pull off the blue wave. Back then, […]

Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., speaks at an election night event Tuesday in Montgomery, Ala.(Vasha Hunt / AP) Among the sweeping victories by Democrats on Tuesday were wins in several congressional districts that Republicans had redrawn explicitly to boost their party ahead of the midterms. Republicans were bracing for…