Republican Tom Kean Jr. ousted Malinowski, an important foreign policy figure, in a district that became more conservative after redistricting.

The Republican-led state joins a list of mostly Democratic states on a path to $15 per hour.

The legalization also sets up a companion law to allow people convicted of marijuana possession to request resentencing or expungement of their records.

The outcome is a huge win for abortion-rights advocates in a state where abortion had only tenuously remained legal since the fall of Roe v. Wade.