The morning after the polls closed in the 2026 midterm elections, Washington Monthly Politics Editor Bill Scher and Washington Sun columnist Matt Lewis pored over the results and examined how they impact the futures of the Republican Party and Democratic Party. Watch and listen in the video above.

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Bill Scher is the politics editor of the Washington Monthly. He is the host of the history podcast When America Worked and the cohost of the bipartisan online show and podcast The DMZ. Bill is on Bluesky ‪@billscher.bsky.social‬, X @billscher,...