2018 Elections

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For Martha McSally, a Never-Ending Campaign Continues

By Philip Elliott

Allegations of GOP Election Fraud Leave North Carolina Race in Limbo

By Philip Elliott

Why Republicans Are Watching Mississippi's Run-Off Election

By Philip Elliott

President Trump Attacked Mail-In Ballots in Florida. Here Are the Facts

By Abigail Abrams
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Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema Flipped a GOP Seat in Overtime

Democratic lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema pulled off a narrow victory after a race that went into overtime for almost a week

By Philip Elliott

The 2018 Elections Saw Record Midterm Turnout

The Nov. 6 elections had the highest number of votes in a non-presidential election in U.S. history

By Abby Vesoulis

Florida's Ballot Controversy Spells Trouble for 2020

The midterm elections are not yet over, and neither is the acrimony. With extremely close statewide races for governor and senator in Florida, frustration has grown over the fact that two of its largest urban...

By Abigail Abrams

Democrats Opposing Pelosi Still Seeking a Challenger

The battle for leadership positions have begun

By Alana Abramson

Why Teachers Are Celebrating After the 2018 Midterms

“We don’t have a magic wand, and things don’t change in a minute"

By Katie Reilly

Democrats Had a Better Election Night Than It First Appeared

The "blue wave" took a little longer to crest than usual, but after several days of vote counting it looks like Democrats beat the historical average for the midterm elections. With more races called since...

By Philip Elliott

Who Would’ve Won If the Midterms Were a Presidential Election

President Donald Trump told his supporters to pretend that he was on the ballot in the midterm elections, and many voters from both parties acted like he was. The estimated 114 million people who turned...

By Chris Wilson

A Carbon Tax Proposal Failed This Week. But the Fight Is Just Beginning

A large majority of Washington state residents believe climate change is happening and understand that humans are to blame. But, even as the state passed a measure to tighten gun control and supported congressional Democrats,...

By Justin Worland

9 Lessons From the 2018 Midterm Elections

No. 1: The 2020 campaign starts today, and it's going to be crazy

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

Candidates Accused of Crimes Won Big in 2018 Midterms

Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. Bob Menendez, Rep. Chris Collins and Rep. Greg Gianforte won reelection Tuesday despite facing criminal accusations

Trump Claims Victory Even as Democrats Take the House

While Democrats took control of the House of Representative for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told the country that the midterms were actually a victory for Republicans. “It was...

By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson

'This Is incredible.' Celebrities Had a Lot of Feelings About the 2018 Midterm Elections

Here's what Hollywood thought of the election results

By Megan McCluskey

A New North Dakota Law Threatened Native American Votes. They Responded By Turning Out in Historic Numbers

"North Dakota, you can't do that," protesters chanted outside a polling site

By Katie Reilly

2018 Could Be a Historic Year for Voter Turnout

Approximately 114 million votes were cast in U.S. House races in 2018, compared to 83 million in 2014

By Alejandro de la Garza

Democrats Win the House

If Democrats hoped the midterm elections would deliver a decisive rebuke to President Donald Trump and his Republicans allies, they did not quite get it.

By Molly Ball

Marijuana Did Well on the Ballot Tuesday

Tuesday was a new high for marijuana legalization advocates. Michigan voted to approve a ballot measure, making it the first state in the Midwest to approve recreational usage for adults, joining nine other states and...

By Abby Vesoulis
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