Here is your Wednesday morning roundup, with one story from Massachusetts, one from across the United States and one from overseas — the morning-after picture after Tuesday’s midterm elections and a major resignation in Spain.

Massachusetts: Healey and Markey win reelection as voters settle most ballot questions

Gov. Maura Healey won a second four-year term Tuesday, defeating Republican Mike Minogue and independent Andrea James, the Associated Press projected shortly after 8 p.m., Axios Boston reported. Sen. Ed Markey won a third full Senate term over Republican John Deaton, keeping both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats in Democratic hands.

GBH News said Healey took about 63% of the vote and Markey about 64%. Every incumbent Massachusetts House member won with more than 60% in their district; the only new U.S. representative will be Democrat Dan Koh, who won the open North Shore seat formerly held by Rep. Seth Moulton.

On Beacon Hill’s agenda, Healey told supporters the state needs to create more jobs and grow the economy “to make this a place where our young people can afford to stay and live and thrive,” and that starts with “lowering your costs” and “keep building housing, more homes,” Axios reported.

With about 80% of ballots counted Wednesday morning, Axios citing the AP reported these preliminary shares on the nine statewide questions: Question 1 (public records) Yes 86.1%; Question 2 (public defenders union) Yes 64.5%; Question 3 (all-party primaries) No 61.2%; Question 4 (Election Day registration) Yes 56.9%; Question 5 (tax cap reform) No 52.5%; Question 6 (conservation funding) Yes 61.2%; Question 7 (starter-homes zoning) too close / undetermined; Question 8 (prohibit recreational marijuana) No 75.8%, keeping legal adult-use cannabis; and Question 9 (retain the 2024 gun law) Yes 67.5%. Final tallies may still shift as remaining ballots are counted.

United States: Democrats take the House and Senate in midterm rebuke

Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterms, the Associated Press reported, describing the result as a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump and Republicans. AP coverage tied the outcome to voter frustration over high prices, the Iran war and concerns about government corruption.

According to AP live reporting, Democrats flipped at least seven Senate seats — Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Maine, North Carolina and South Carolina — and held Georgia and Michigan. The House flipped more than two dozen districts to Democrats, AP said.

Early Wednesday tallies compiled by The Guardian, drawing on AP race calls, put Senate Democrats at 54 seats (+7), including two independents who caucus with them, against 44 Republicans, with some races still outstanding. In the House, Democrats stood at 228 (+25) with hundreds of districts called and others still being projected — numbers that can still move as remaining contests are called. Phrase these as early Wednesday AP-based projections, not final certified results.

NBC News exit-poll coverage cited Trump’s disapproval at 62% among voters surveyed; that finding is one of several national measures outlets used to explain the midterm wave. Control of both chambers means Democrats will set the House and Senate agendas for the final two years of Trump’s term, though the White House retains the veto and many close races may take days to finalize.

Spain: Transport Minister Óscar Puente resigns after Urda high-speed crash

Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente resigned about six days after the Oct. 28 high-speed collision near Urda, south of Madrid, that killed at least 69 people and injured dozens, the BBC reported. He announced the decision in Congress on Tuesday evening after giving evidence on the disaster, and said he was also withdrawing from candidate lists for early legislative elections on Nov. 29.

“A transport minister in a country like Spain cannot remain in office after two accidents of this seriousness in less than a year,” Puente said, referring also to a January crash on the same line that killed 46, according to the BBC. Last week’s wreck is among Europe’s worst modern rail disasters and Spain’s worst since 2013.

The crash involved a Renfe train carrying 397 passengers that struck a stationary Iryo train with 147 aboard after an automatic signalling computer failure forced trains to halt; leaked audio later showed complex exchanges between controllers and drivers, BBC and other outlets reported. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez praised the resignation as an act of dignity and respect for the victims. The Associated Press and The Guardian also covered the resignation; investigations into signalling and control-centre decisions continue.

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