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2022 Midterms

  1. early and often
    The 3 Democrats Who Could Save the PartyGretchen Whitmer, John Fetterman, and Tim Ryan could win in the Midwest, which is key to the Senate and a post-Biden White House.
    By Ross Barkan
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    Welcome to Oz, PennsylvaniaCelebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is now the uncontested winner of the state’s GOP senate primary.
    By Chas Danner
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    Trump Endorses Peter Thiel Protégé Blake Masters’s Arizona Senate BidTrump is risking his solid record in Senate primaries by promoting an extreme candidate to run against Democrat Mark Kelly.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The Post-Post-9/11 CampaignMax Rose and Brittany Ramos DeBarros served in Afghanistan and left with radically opposed views of the war. Now they’re running against each other.
    By Jasper Craven
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    Alaska Struggles With Its Weird New Election SystemA top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, and a special congressional election are colliding. Plus, the race features Sarah Palin and Santa Claus.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Can’t Blame Democrats for His Georgia FlopA significant number of Democrats participated in the Georgia Republican primary. But there’s no evidence that they were all trying to thwart Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. texas school shooting
    Will the ‘School-Shooting Generation’ Change Politics?Congress failed to act after Sandy Hook, and it feels just as paralyzed on gun violence today. But there are reasons for renewed hope.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. student loans
    Biden Searches for the Political Sweet Spot on Student-Loan Debt ReliefHis long-overdue promises to provide loan forgiveness are colliding with fiscal realities and differences of opinion between generations.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Will Trump Ruin Georgia Republicans Out of Spite?Trump really dislikes Governor Brian Kemp, who thwarted his primary purge attempt. But Georgia Republicans want a united front against Stacey Abrams.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Is Trump Really a Republican Kingmaker?The former president is still touting his highly inflated endorsement record, but his humiliating losses in Georgia tell a different story.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The Bush Political Dynasty Ends With a WhimperThe once-dazzling George P. Bush lost badly to Trump-backed Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom he called a “philandering felon.”
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Dumped Mo Brooks. He Made the Senate Runoff Anyway.The January 6 speaker survived Trump’s ludicrous “woke” accusation and will face Katie Britt in next month’s Alabama GOP Senate runoff.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The Devil Went Down to Georgia and LostTrump spent the past two years working to exile Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger from the GOP, but he couldn’t do it.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republicans May Have Sabotaged Their Best Chance to Beat WhitmerFive GOP candidates for governor in Michigan — including the top two contenders — faked signatures to get their names on the ballot.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Perdue Ends Flailing Campaign With Racist Remarks About Stacey AbramsThe former senator capped off his Trump-inspired challenge to Governor Brian Kemp by accusing the Democrat of “demeaning her own race.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. vision 2024
    Democrats Quietly Search for an Alternative to Biden in 2024Inside the 2024 soul-searching that’s happening in every corner of the Democratic Party — except the White House.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  17. the city politic
    Maybe Bill de Blasio Deserves a ComebackThe former mayor stooping to run for Congress is absurd, but a little less so when considering his record.
    By Ross Barkan
  18. the city politic
    6 Things to Know About New York’s New Congressional MapThe final redistricting map was revised to avoid a civil-rights firestorm, but it still creates a complicated mess for Democrats.
    By Errol Louis
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    Trump Faces Another Round of Humiliation in GeorgiaTrump hoped to get his revenge in Tuesday’s primary. Instead, his pick for governor, David Perdue, is sure to lose, and his other prospects look iffy.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    How Doug Mastriano’s Primary Victory Threatens the 2024 ElectionThe GOP gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania backed Trump’s failed election coup in 2020 and could be well positioned to help him succeed next time.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Progressives Win Some, Lose Some in House PrimariesAIPAC and a crypto billionaire’s PAC made waves in multiple House Democratic primaries on Tuesday.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Idaho Governor Brad Little Fends Off Trumpy UsurperIn Tuesday’s GOP primary, Little trounced Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, who’d tried repeatedly to cancel his COVID policies.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Wants Dr. Oz to Copy Him and Declare Victory Before the Race Is CalledThe race between Mehmet Oz and David McCormick has not been called and will likely head toward an automatic recount.
    By Nia Prater
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    Trump Couldn’t Give Oz a Decisive Win Over McCormickThree MAGA-y candidates dominated Pennsylvania’s GOP Senate primary, but Trump’s official pick appears to be headed to an automatic recount.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Madison Cawthorn’s Self-destruction Is CompleteThe youngest Republican representative in history lost on Tuesday following a series of bizarre scandals.
    By Ben Jacobs
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    Cargo Shorts Enthusiast John Fetterman Wins Democratic Senate RaceHe won days after suffering a stroke and may be Democrats’ best hope for flipping a Republican senate seat.
    By Nia Prater
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    Generic Ballot Shows Republicans on Track to Retake HouseThe reliable indicator shows Republicans with a modest but steady lead. If 2022 is anything like recent midterms, the House will flip for sure.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Fetterman Recovering From StrokeThe lieutenant governor said he is feeling better and that doctors told him he will make a full recovery.
    By Chas Danner
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    Trump’s Hold on the GOP Won’t Loosen Even If His Candidates FailHis cult of personality can withstand a few botched endorsements.
    By Ross Barkan
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    Trump Endorses Extremist Mastriano in Pennsylvania Governor’s RaceIt’s a bit awkward, since the gubernatorial candidate’s “running mate,” Kathy Barnette, is threatening Trump’s Senate candidate Dr. Oz.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Why Both Sides Are Making the Term MAGA Great AgainDemocrats are saying “MAGA” more because they badly want to identify the GOP with its unpopular leader. So, too, do many Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mike Pence to Campaign for Fellow Trump Traitor Brian KempThe two MAGA heretics are, in their own ways, trying to show that Trumpism without Trump has a future.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Scott Pruitt Brags About Media Attacks on His Rampant CorruptionTrump’s EPA chief could barely draw a breath without doing something comically scandalous. Now he’s trying to ride his notoriety to the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Mo Brooks May Survive Trump’s Betrayal in Alabama Senate RaceThe representative sojourned on after Trump unendorsed him for alleged “wokeness.” Now he has a decent chance at making a GOP runoff.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What Does Chuck Schumer Think He’s Doing?There are some good reasons for Senate Democrats to dramatize doomed votes on abortion and other issues. Or maybe they’re just incompetent.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump-Endorsed Alleged Serial Groper Loses in NebraskaTrump’s support couldn’t overcome Charles Herbster’s sexual-assault scandal in Tuesday’s primaries. But his candidate prevailed in West Virginia.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Is Kathy Hochul Losing Her Party?Democrats are starting to open up about their problems with the governor, who promised to be the un-Cuomo.
    By Hunter Walker
  38. life after roe
    Senate Democrats Will Try to Save Abortion Rights. It Won’t Work.Democrats have vowed to take action before the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade. But they still don’t have a plan to beat the filibuster.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Helped Save J.D. Vance in OhioThanks to the MAGA king and Peter Thiel’s money, the Hillbilly Elegy author and venture capitalist turned back two strong rivals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. life after roe
    Republicans Too Upset About Leak to Celebrate Abortion WinConservatives can’t talk about the Supreme Court ending reproductive rights right now, but please ask again after the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Is Trump Headed for a Nightmare in Ohio on Tuesday?It would be ironic if a Senate primary in which so many candidates sought the MAGA brand was won by the exception.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    How to Gerrymander a FiascoNew York Democrats thought they could rig redistricting. They made the state’s democracy a national laughingstock again instead.
    By Errol Louis
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    Trump Coaching Nebraska Candidate Accused of Serial Sexual AssaultsTrump is holding a rally for gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster and encouraging him to attack the eight women who say he groped them.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republicans Can Still Fumble Away the SenateThe GOP is favored to retake the Senate in 2022, but they’ve screwed up similar situations through a combination of extremism, gaffes, and bad luck.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Utah Democrats Endorse Independent Evan McMullin in Challenge to Mike LeeDemocrats opted not to nominate their own candidate in order to help McMullin unseat the Republican senator.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Kemp and Perdue Get Nasty in Georgia Gubernatorial DebateTrailing in the race, Perdue is trying to make it a test of loyalty to Trump. Meanwhile, Kemp is trying out his own version of Trumpism Without Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. conservative extremism
    How Much Does Trump Still Matter to the GOP?In the eyes of his party, Trump may have already served his purpose.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Trump Turns Up the Rancor in the Ohio GOP Senate PrimaryThe former president reportedly told the leader of a PAC who ran ads condemning J.D. Vance to “go f- - - yourself.”
    By Matt Stieb
  49. kevin mccarthy
    Kevin McCarthy Wanted Trump to Resign After January 6 and Then Lied About ItNow more than ever, Donald Trump holds McCarthy’s political future in his hands, especially if Republicans win back the House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. 2022 midterms
    2022 Is the Year of the Political CarpetbaggerThere are a lot of people moving around to run for office this year, some at the behest of the footloose Donald Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
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