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2022 Midterms
early and often
Oct. 22, 2022
Cheri Beasley’s Shot at History The former judge will become North Carolina’s first Black U.S. senator if she wins next month. Has the Democratic Party done enough to help?
2022 midterms
Oct. 22, 2022
6 Suspenseful Factors Clouding the Midterms From early-voting patterns to contested elections and possible Georgia runoffs, a lot of wild stuff could happen that we can’t totally anticipate.
early and often
Oct. 21, 2022
Here Come the Obama Ads Democrats bring out their not-so-secret weapon as the midterms approach.
2022 midterms
Oct. 21, 2022
Herschel Walker Now Constantly Displays Fake Police Badge The Republican fabulist has turned his false claims of law-enforcement experience into a talking point.
early and often
Oct. 21, 2022
Republicans Have Not Changed Their Extremist Views While midterms campaigns are now focused on inflation and the economy, fresh polling confirms GOP cultural views haven’t moderated at all.
2022 midterms
Oct. 20, 2022
Americans’ Indifference About January 6 Is the Real Threat to Democracy Polls show Donald Trump’s insurrection attempt isn’t a significant issue in the midterms. That shows just how broken our system has become.
2022 midterms
Oct. 20, 2022
Will Republicans Claim Victory Prematurely in the Midterms? In states where mail ballots aren’t counted quickly, GOP candidates could give Donald Trump’s “red mirage” strategy a try.
2022 midterms
Oct. 20, 2022
2022 midterms
Oct. 20, 2022
Abortion, Gambling, and Marijuana: 2022’s Biggest Ballot Initiatives A guide to the major issues voters will weigh in on when they fill out their ballots in November.
just asking questions
Oct. 20, 2022
‘A Category 2 or 3 Hurricane Headed Democrats’ Way’ Cook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman on whether he’s seen enough to predict a red wave in November.
2022 midterms
Oct. 19, 2022
Voters Won’t Like Republican Anti-Inflation Measures Governing parties everywhere are in trouble thanks to inflation. But the policies Republicans offer to fight inflation are very unpopular.
early and often
Oct. 19, 2022
Republicans Begin to Suspect Trump Doesn’t Care About the Senate They’re surprised that the ex-president attacked Colorado’s Joe O’Dea as a RINO, even though he sabotaged Republican Senate control in the last cycle.
early and often
Oct. 18, 2022
Democrats Fear the Backlash to the End of Roe Is Fading Preoccupation with the economy and Republican efforts to soft-pedal their extremist positions on abortion are having an effect.
early and often
Oct. 18, 2022
2022 midterms
Oct. 18, 2022
Chuck Grassley Could Actually Lose in Bright-Red Iowa Democrat Mike Franken was written off after a sexual-assault allegation. But star Iowa pollster Ann Selzer says Grassley’s in more trouble than ever.
early and often
Oct. 17, 2022
Is the Midterm Republican Wave Back On? A lot of arguments for the GOP’s impending election success don’t hold water. But the potential impact of bad economic news can’t be ignored.
early and often
Oct. 17, 2022
Kari Lake Is the Ultimate Test for Democrats Arizona will try the idea that Trumpified politics are poison without their namesake.
2022 midterms
Oct. 17, 2022
How the Border Went MAGA Control of Congress might depend on the Democrats’ ability adjust to reality.
early and often
Oct. 16, 2022
Did Saudi Arabia Just Hand the Midterms to the GOP? The Saudi-led cut in OPEC+ oil production may not be a deliberate “October Surprise,” but it’s still screwing over Biden.
2022 midterms
Oct. 16, 2022
Will Election Deniers Deny Their Own Defeats? Republican candidates aren’t necessarily going to wait for 2024 to repeat their 2020 stolen-election fables. There’s no time like the present.
poll position
Oct. 15, 2022
Trump’s Terrible Senate Candidates Could Still Win GOP Senate nominees like Mehmet Oz, Blake Masters, and Herschel Walker looked vulnerable in the summer, but polls show their races tightening.
early and often
Oct. 14, 2022
Four Red-Hot Governors Races That Could Shape 2024 These contests will affect not just the citizens of each state but potentially the national landscape for the next presidential election.
2022 midterms
Oct. 14, 2022
Ron Johnson Is Asked to Play Nice, Gets Booed for Smearing Mandela Barnes The Wisconsin senator wondered why a nice man with a good upbringing is anti-American. It’s not the first time he’s attacked his opponent this way.
just asking questions
Oct. 14, 2022
Will America’s Most Pilloried Pollster Get It Right Again? A conversation with Trafalgar Group founder Robert Cahaly about his unorthodox methods and the state of the midterms.
2022 midterms
Oct. 13, 2022
Democrats Struggle to Hold On to Governorship in Deep-Blue Oregon Joe Biden is helping Democratic nominee Tina Kotek overcome a sour mood and an independent candidacy in a state Democrats have governed for 36 years.
2022 midterms
Oct. 12, 2022
Why Is Stacey Abrams Running Behind Brian Kemp? Georgia’s gubernatorial rematch doesn’t look like the barn burner everyone expected. Here’s why Abrams fell in the polls, and how she could still win.
2022 midterms
Oct. 11, 2022
Tommy Tuberville Doesn’t Understand How to Blow a Racist Dog Whistle In a year when many Republicans are running on racially tinged law-and-order messages, the Alabaman came right out with some vintage racism.
2022 midterms
Oct. 11, 2022
Shooting Outside Lee Zeldin’s House Amplifies His Crime Message Two teenagers were shot outside the gubernatorial candidate’s home on Sunday.
early and often
Oct. 11, 2022
If Democrats Can’t Save Catherine Cortez Masto, What Hope Do They Have? The Nevada senator and Harry Reid protégé trails her GOP rival Adam Laxalt. Her defeat could be devastating for Biden’s agenda and her party’s future.
early and often
Oct. 9, 2022
Can Biden Convince Young Voters to Save His Party in the Midterms? Youth turnout is crucial for Democrats this year. They aren’t jazzed about Biden or the economy, but he’s trying to win them over.
2022 midterms
Oct. 8, 2022
Senate Control Could Come Down to These Long-Shot Races Outside of the must-win battlegrounds, contests in North Carolina, Utah, Colorado, and Florida could deliver surprises in November.
2022 midterms
Oct. 8, 2022
Blake Masters Tries Out Election Denial Lite In drawing back from specific “stolen election” claims, Masters is actually suggesting all elections may be “rigged.”
2022 midterms
Oct. 7, 2022
Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Wanted Her to Have a Second Abortion A troubled candidacy is now clouded not just by allegations of past misconduct and hypocrisy but by the appearance of serial lying.
the inside game
Oct. 7, 2022
What Biden Privately Thinks About the Midterms Behind closed doors, his 2022 priorities (like beating Ron Johnson) are also about his 2024 reelection.
early and often
Oct. 6, 2022
Herschel Walker’s Abortion Story Has Become Incoherent First it was a “flat-out lie,” now it’s just an indiscretion.
2022 midterms
Oct. 6, 2022
Herschel Walker’s Desperate Religious Counterattack Walker’s redemption story has always been key to his campaign. It’s losing credibility as new scandals emerge and he attacks Raphael Warnock’s faith.
early and often
Oct. 6, 2022
‘Here Come the Tax Auditors!’ Republicans Scream in Torrent of Dishonest Ads The new money for IRS employees is designed to fill long-empty positions at a struggling agency. But GOP ads say it’s an attack on the middle class.
poll position
Oct. 5, 2022
Democrats Aren’t Laughing at Dr. Oz Anymore As Pennsylvania Race Tightens Recent polls show the Pennsylvania Senate race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz — a must-win for both parties — is a toss-up.
early and often
Oct. 4, 2022
GOP Strategy to Save Herschel Walker: Ignore His Son, Attack the Abortion Story Republicans train their fire on the Daily Beast’s claim he paid for an abortion, not his son Christian’s more damaging allegations of domestic abuse.
early and often
Oct. 4, 2022
Can Herschel Walker Survive the Implosion of His Heroic Image? After a steady drip of negative stories, Walker has now been hit with dual bombshells: abortion allegations and attacks from his own son Christian.
early and often
Oct. 3, 2022
Trump Demanded a Government Shutdown and Nobody Noticed His incendiary jab at Mitch McConnell distracted from a complaint about congressional Republicans not opting to destroy their midterm chances.
poll position
Oct. 2, 2022
Why Are Pollsters Disagreeing About the 2022 Midterms? If one influential Republican-leaning pollster is right, Patty Murray and Josh Shapiro should be worried. Others scoff at the idea.
just asking questions
Oct. 1, 2022
The Surge That Could Save Democrats Tom Bonier makes the case that women are registering to vote in a fury after Dobbs and have the potential to reshape the midterms.
2022 midterms
Sept. 30, 2022
Midterm Candidates’ Skeletons Are Coming Out of the Closet In close races, attacks based on “oppo research” can matter a lot at this stage of the campaign cycle.
2022 midterms
Sept. 30, 2022
The Election Deniers Running to Control the 2024 Race Secretary of state candidates who don’t accept Biden’s win are looking to take over the election machinery in several key battlegrounds this November.
early and often
Sept. 30, 2022
Left-Wing Challengers Have a Hard Road Ahead After shock victories in 2018 and 2020, progressive challengers are having a harder time pulling off AOC-like upsets.
2022 midterms
Sept. 28, 2022
Pennsylvania’s Doug Mastriano May Be 2022’s Worst Candidate The Republican extremist and incompetent campaigner can become governor only if things get weird in November.
2022 midterms
Sept. 28, 2022
Get Used to Close Elections With Huge Consequences We may have entered a new era of political gridlock in which swing voters are scarce and evenly matched parties clash again and again.
tremendous content
Sept. 28, 2022
The Fetterman Campaign Should Just Hire Dr. Oz Oz created a new slogan for his opponent, saying his hoodies show that “he’s kicking authority in the balls.”
2022 midterms
Sept. 23, 2022
House Republicans Release Their Vague ‘Agenda’ for 2023 There’s nothing about climate change, Russia, or extremist threats to democracy, and their abortion stance is very hard to find.
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