The conventional wisdom says the Buckeye State is gone forever, but Tim Ryan’s strong showing and Sherrod Brown’s three Senate elections say otherwise.
2022 midterm elections
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Why You Didn’t Read About a “Red Wave” in the Washington Monthly
Our ace political writer Bill Scher never bought into the theory.
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How Arizona’s Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs Beat Crazytown
Pundits slammed her low-key campaign and skipping debates with Kari Lake, the polished former news anchor—but look who’s laughing now.
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Why Did Democrats Do So Well in the Midterms?
We have clues, but we don’t know the whole story—and won’t for a while.
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America Does Care About Democracy and Abortion Rights
The history of midterm elections is one of beatings exacted upon the president’s party. With inflation red hot, President Joe Biden’s job approval low, and Republican Senate candidates rising in the polls, most everyone expected history to repeat itself. It didn’t. We don’t yet know which party will control either the House or Senate, but […]
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Will the Midterms be a “Wave” Election–and Does It Matter?
The issue isn’t just a couple dozen House seats. It’s the deep malaise of our political system.
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The 10 Worst Candidates Running This Year
To make this list, you can’t just be an election denier or a right-wing zombie. You also have to be able to wreak havoc.
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Vote by Mail (Not to Mention Democracy) At Stake in Arizona Secretary of State Race
The respectable Democrat, Adrian Fontes, is neck-and-neck with Mark Finchem, a Trump-backed election denier.
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Losing the Culture Wars, Republicans Are Desperate
The Herschel Walker scandal underscores the GOP’s main problem: Long-term trends are against them.
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Herschel Walker and the Moral Bankruptcy of Anti-Abortion Leaders
As the “pro-life” candidate faces charges of paying for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, leading advocates of criminalizing abortion shrug and rally behind the Republican.
