2018 midterms

Embattled Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Apologizes for 'Public Hanging' Comment, But Says Her Words Were 'Twisted'

By Billy Perrigo

Redder. Bluer. Trumpier. And Even More Divided

By Molly Ball

Many High-Stakes Midterm Elections Still Too Close to Call

By Melissa Chan

Here's What's Next in the Georgia Governor's Race

By Jamie Ducharme
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Jared Polis Makes History As America's First Elected Openly Gay Male Governor

He championed causes like healthcare, renewable energy and gun violence prevention

By Ciara Nugent November 7, 2018

Oprah Winfrey Responds to 'Racist Robocalls' Targeting Stacey Abrams in Georgia

The racist recording was reportedly backed by a white supremacist podcast site

By TIME Staff November 6, 2018

Candidate Responds to SNL Making Fun of His Eyepatch

Saturday Night Live comedian Pete Davidson is facing backlash after mocking Dan Crenshaw, a Republican congressional candidate from Texas who lost an eye from an IED while serving in Afghanistan. While discussing his first impressions...

By Billy Perrigo November 5, 2018

White Men Don't Make Up the Majority of Democratic Candidates for Congress This Year. That's a First

It took until 2008 for female senators to have access to a Senate swimming pool, until 2013 for female senators to have a bathroom with more than two stalls close to the Senate floor, and...

By Abby Vesoulis October 25, 2018

These Candidates Made History in the 2018 Midterms

Including Jared Polis, Marsha Blackburn and Michelle Lujan Grisham

By Samantha Cooney October 23, 2018

It’s Time for Americans to Take Back the Vote

When students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the largest historically black public college in the country, go to vote this fall, half of them will be voting in the state's Sixth Congressional...

By Eric Holder October 18, 2018

'I Won!' Here's the Moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Realized She Pulled Off a Major Upset Against Rep. Joe Crowley

Ocasio-Cortez shocked the political world — and herself

By Jamie Ducharme June 27, 2018

‘It’s a Sea Change’ for Democratic Women in the Primaries

Why female candidates are dominating the 2018 Democratic primaries

By Molly Ball June 14, 2018

Why Clinton Veteran Rahm Emanuel Is Warning Democrats Against Running on Impeaching President Trump

"When that standard has been met, we'll know about it"

By Alana Abramson April 24, 2018
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