Tough-on-crime proposals and politicians won in California, Arizona, Georgia, and elsewhere across the country.

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Republican Scott Baugh is conceding his race against Democrat Dave Min in a Southern California U.S. House district.

Several of the yet-to-be-decided House races are in California, which had only counted about three-quarters of its votes statewide as of Tuesday.

Rep. Ken Calvert - the longest-serving Republican in the state's congressional delegation - defeated rival Democrat Will ...