The National Weather Service issued red-flag warnings to a large swath of the state, from the San Francisco Bay Area all the way down to Los Angeles.

Determined to follow in that fine tradition, Aron Szilágyi took up fencing at the age of nine, learning his trade from Gerevich’s son Gyorgi, a top-level coach at the Budapest fencing club Vasas SC.

Anyone who thinks the Republicans just won the election and the Democrats didn't lose hasn't been paying attention.

Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper.