DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans have won a majority in the Iowa Senate, giving the GOP control of both legislative chambers and the governor’s office.

By winning control of the Senate in Tuesday’s election, Republicans now are better positioned to move ahead on a conservative agenda backed by Gov. Terry Branstad. For years, Senate Democrats have blocked Republican initiatives on a range of issues, including same-sex marriage, gun control and abortion restrictions.

The 100-member House and 50-member Senate haven’t been controlled by the same party since the 2008 and 2009 sessions, when Democrats held majorities in both chambers. At that time, a Democrat, Chet Culver, also held the governor’s office.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican nominee Donald Trump has carried Kansas in the presidential race as expected and Kansas Republicans have won all four of the state’s U.S. House seats.

GOP Sen. Jerry Moran cruised to an easy re-election Tuesday, and voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to protect hunting and fishing.

The most competitive congressional race was in the 3rd District in the Kansas City area, but GOP incumbent Kevin Yoder dashed the best hopes Democrats had for picking up a seat in Congress since 2008.

Secretary of State Kris Kobach had predicted that a record 1.3 million of the state’s 1.8 million registered voters would participate. More than 505,000 ballots were cast in advance, 47 percent more than before the last presidential election in 2012.

Conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s only appointee on the Kansas Supreme Court will be staying on the bench.

Voters in Tuesday’s election opted to retain Justice Caleb Stegall. It was the first time he’s been on the ballot since his appointment in 2014, and he’ll serve a six-year term.

Stegall served as Jefferson County attorney and Brownback’s chief counsel before the governor named him to the Kansas Court of Appeals in 2013.

GOP conservatives and abortion opponents sought in this year’s election to remove four Supreme Court justices appointed by previous governors. They hoped to give Brownback an opportunity to push the seven-member court to the right with new appointees.

The four other justices also came under fire for previous rulings overturning death sentences in capital murder cases.

WAVERLY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a head-on collision fatally injured two people just south of Waverly in Lancaster County.

The collision was reported just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says northbound and southbound vehicles collided on North 148th Street.

The Sheriff’s Office says one of the drivers, 44-year-old Jeffrey Goettemoeller, was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived in rural Waverly. Three other people in his minivan were hospitalized.

The other driver, Steven Kriesen, was pronounced dead later at a Lincoln hospital.

The collision is being investigated.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A December sentencing has been scheduled for a 21-year-old woman who bore a child after having sex with a 13-year-old boy.

Online court records say Brianne McIntosh, of Omaha, pleaded no contest to felony sexual assault of a child and intentional child abuse. Her sentencing is set for Dec. 19 in Dodge County District Court.

Authorities say McIntosh was 19 in May 2014 when she had sex with the boy. Under Nebraska law, people 19 and over cannot have sexual contact with people under 16.

State authorities have placed the little boy with his grandmother, who is helping his now 16-year-old father raise him.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas men accused of federal firearms violations are scheduled for trial this week in a case that indirectly involves a Kansas law seeking to prevent federal prosecution of anyone owning firearms made, sold and kept in the state.

Shane Cox and Jeremy Kettler’s trial is scheduled to start Tuesday in federal court in Wichita. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Cox, owner of Tough Guys gun store in Chanute, is charged with illegally making and marketing firearms, specifically sound suppressors. Kettler bought a silencer from Cox.

The men’s attorneys argued the charges should be dismissed because the men believed their actions were legal under a state law. The Second Amendment Protection Act says firearms, accessories and ammunition manufactured and kept in Kansas are exempt from federal gun-control laws.

DIXVILLE, N.H. (AP) — Three small New Hampshire towns kicked off Election Day 2016 by voting just after midnight.

It’s allowed in the state because the towns have fewer than 100 residents.

Polls in Dixville, Hart’s Location and Millsfield opened and were soon closed after everyone cast ballots.

Thanks to a 16-4 advantage in Millsfield, Trump took the early lead, 32-25.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI’s announcement reaffirming that it won’t pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton came too late for nearly 24 million voters.

That’s how many people used early voting to cast ballots while the FBI reviewed the emails of a Clinton aide.

FBI Director James Comey revealed the review of the new emails on Oct. 28, at the height of early voting. That upended the presidential race at a time when Clinton was building a lead.

On Sunday, Comey informed Congress that the review was completed and the FBI stood by its decision not to pursue charges.

The nearly 24 million voters who voted during those nine days represent about 18 percent of the expected total votes for president.

As of Monday, at least 42.5 million total ballots were cast early.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Big changes are on the horizon in Missouri government.

Most of the statewide offices will see new faces following Tuesday’s election.

Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon is prohibited by term limits from seeking a third term, as is Treasurer Clint Zweifel. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is leaving, too, after an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for governor. Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster is giving up his own job to seek Nixon’s, and Democratic Secretary of State Jason Kander is running for the U.S. Senate.

The election marks the first time since 1992 that there are no incumbent state executive officeholders on the ballot.

There are two famous family names on the ballot, with Republican Jay Ashcroft running for secretary of state and Democrat Russ Carnahan running for lieutenant governor.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Defense Department has identified three soldiers killed in a shooting this week outside a military base in Jordan.

The department said Sunday that 27-year-old Staff Sgt. Matthew C. Lewellen, of Lawrence, Kansas; 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Kevin J. McEnroe of Tucson, Arizona; and 27-year-old Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty of Kerrville, Texas, died Friday after the convoy they were in came under fire as it entered a Jordanian military base.

The Defense Department is investigating.

The department says the soldiers were assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Lewellen’s family said in a statement to The Kirksville Daily Express he was raised in Kirksville, Missouri, and was a “born leader, a true American.” They said his military awards included the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal.

POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. (AP) — A small college in southwest Missouri is banning its students from drinking alcohol.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that College of the Ozarks, a private Christian institution in Point Lookout, sent a recent email alerting students to a change in the college’s “zero tolerance” alcohol and drug policy. The longstanding rule prohibits students from using alcohol or drugs.

But now the college, which has about 1,400 students, has clarified the rule to say that students legally allowed to drink alcohol if they are at least 21 aren’t allowed to do so while they’re a College of the Ozarks student. That rule is in effect even if they are not on campus.

College spokeswoman Valorie Coleman says the change was administrative and not prompted by any event.