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2022 Midterms
kevin mccarthy
Apr. 22, 2022
Kevin McCarthy Wanted Trump to Resign After January 6 and Then Lied About It Now more than ever, Donald Trump holds McCarthy’s political future in his hands, especially if Republicans win back the House.
2022 midterms
Apr. 21, 2022
2022 Is the Year of the Political Carpetbagger There are a lot of people moving around to run for office this year, some at the behest of the footloose Donald Trump.
2022 midterms
Apr. 18, 2022
Nevada Democrats Could Lose It All in 2022 Democrats’ struggles with support among working-class Nevada voters may let Republicans sweep the state and pick up a crucial U.S. Senate seat.
2022 midterms
Apr. 15, 2022
J.D. Vance’s Rivals Scrambled to Stop Trump From Endorsing Him Other Republican candidates were looking for ways to sabotage what could be a decisive endorsement in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race. It didn’t work.
2022 midterms
Apr. 15, 2022
Rick Scott’s Ultra-MAGA Agenda Gives Democrats a Midterm Lifeline Democrats are eager to campaign against a party that, according to Scott, wants to raise taxes and sunset Medicare and Social Security.
2022 midterms
Apr. 14, 2022
Why Republicans Are Turning an Easy Election Into a Culture War Republicans are complicating an election they’re already likely to win because the base wants a fight and Trumpism tells them to never retreat.
As Speaker, Kevin McCarthy May Let GOP Extremists Run the House When Andrew Clyde tried to kill an honor for a pioneering Black judge, McCarthy went right along. It’s a bad sign for how he would run the House.
2022 midterms
Apr. 12, 2022
Dr. Oz Isn’t the Cure for Trump’s Endorsement Woes Trump’s support for the TV doctor in Pennsylvania’s Senate race has sparked a backlash in MAGA-land — adding to concerns about his 2022 endorsements.
the power trip
Apr. 12, 2022
Nicholas Kristof’s Botched Rescue Mission How the lauded Times columnist lost the race for governor of Oregon before it even began.
The Decline and Fall of Iowa Democrats Human error has contributed to the rapidly declining position of Iowa in Democratic politics, but demographic fundamentals matter most.
2022 midterms
Apr. 10, 2022
Trump Endorses Oz in Pennsylvania’s Battle of the MAGA Carpetbaggers Oz now has an advantage over another would-be MAGA champion, hedge-fund titan David McCormick. But the race could get ugly.
2022 midterms
Apr. 8, 2022
Ohio’s MAGA Senate Candidates Put On a Show for Trump Mike Gibbons, Josh Mandel, Jane Timken, and J. D. Vance are jostling for a pivotal Donald Trump endorsement — but Trump might leave them hanging.
2022 midterms
Apr. 6, 2022
Trump’s North Carolina Senate Candidate Is Surging Into the Lead Suddenly Ted Budd isn’t looking so bad in a key Senate race where the former president’s endorsement was raising eyebrows.
Trump Finally Remembered That He Owes Sarah Palin a Favor Palin didn’t get much in return for her early 2016 Trump endorsement. But now the former president has boosted her odds of winning a U.S. House seat.
Sarah Palin Is Running for Congress Against Santa Claus (and 49 Others) She and 50 other candidates are vying for Alaska’s open House seat, though she may also just be reminding people she hasn’t gone away.
2022 midterms
Apr. 1, 2022
Trump’s Brian Kemp Revenge Plot Has Hit a Snag David Perdue, Trump’s candidate for Georgia governor, is trailing the incumbent in the polls, and even other MAGA candidates have yet to endorse him.
Pence Unveils Less Unhinged, Equally Dangerous GOP Agenda Rick Scott’s agenda for Republicans is Maximum MAGA, while Mike Pence’s is MAGA Lite. But both contain the same ideological core.
2022 midterms
Mar. 31, 2022
Youth-Vote Falloff Could Be Devastating for Democrats in 2022 In the long run, Democrats should benefit enormously from their strength among millennial and Gen-Z voters. But young voters often skip the midterms.
2022 midterms
Mar. 30, 2022
Thanks to Trump, Republican Candidates Can Now Dodge Debates Now that Trump has made it respectable to attack media debate sponsors, GOP candidates who don’t need debates aren’t bothering with them.
Americans Ditch COVID Anxiety, Shift to Inflation Worries The issue landscape heading into the 2022 midterms is not looking good for Democrats.
2022 midterms
Mar. 23, 2022
Trump Dumps Mo Brooks, Calling January 6 Speaker ‘Woke’ The congressman’s real sin was running a bad Senate campaign. Trump rescinded his endorsement rather than sticking with a loser.
2022 midterms
Mar. 21, 2022
Ex-Wife Accuses Eric Greitens of Physical Abuse The disgraced former Missouri governor now has so much baggage that Donald Trump is unlikely to save him with a Senate endorsement.
The States Poised to Be the New Abortion Battlegrounds If Roe v. Wade is reversed this year, seven politically divided states will likely become the front line in the fight for reproductive rights.
2022 midterms
Mar. 18, 2022
J.D. Vance’s Apathy Toward Ukraine Is Backfiring The overcompensating Ohio Senate candidate has gone ultra-MAGA, but he may have ventured too far with his America First stance on Ukraine.
2022 midterms
Mar. 18, 2022
Mo Brooks Is Getting a Lesson on Trump’s View of Loyalty Brooks was a fiery supporter of Trump’s 2020 coup. But the ex-president may yank support for the congressman’s Senate bid as he’s no fan of losers.
Republicans’ Attack Plan for the Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Instead of getting nasty in a fight they can’t win, Republicans will use the hearings to reinforce their midterm message against Democrats.
Democrats Learned the Wrong Lessons From Losing Virginia The more experts look at Glenn Youngkin’s win, the less it seems it was caused by suburban swing voters upset about schools.
Herschel Walker’s Stumper on Evolution: ‘Why Are There Still Apes?’ The Trump-backed football legend, who is challenging Senator Raphael Warnock, shared some not-so-deep thoughts.
2022 midterms
Mar. 13, 2022
Trump’s Midterms Endorsements Are Beginning to Go Awry In a growing number of races, Trump’s picks have sparked a backlash among his supporters. In others, he’s running the risk of looking like a loser.
2022 midterms
Mar. 11, 2022
Post-Recall, California Republicans Are Running on Empty Having lost their best shot at a statewide win in 2021, the Golden State GOP looks incapable of challenging Gavin Newsom’s reelection.
Biden’s War Bounce Isn’t Big Enough to Save the Midterms Biden’s popularity improved following the Ukraine crisis and the State of the Union. But he’d need a far bigger bump to help Democrats in November.
Greene and Gosar Won’t Be Punished for Hanging With White Nationalists House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy even promised to restore the extremists’ committee assignments if Republicans win back the House.
2022 midterms
Mar. 9, 2022
Money Pours Into MTG’s Race, But Not to Anyone Who Can Win Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district is too red for the Democrats raking in the cash to fight her. The Republican with a chance is too poor to beat her.
redistricting
Mar. 8, 2022
The Ominous Elections News From Democrats’ Supreme Court Win The Court’s conservative majority is getting close to an endorsement of the “independent state legislature” doctrine that Trump touted in 2020.
2022 midterms
Mar. 8, 2022
Trump Tries to Get Revenge on Atlanta by Busting It Up The former president has backed an effort to have Buckhead, a wealthy white neighborhood, secede from Atlanta. But he jumped into the fight too late.
Why New York Republicans Are Dreaming of a Banner Year The state GOP hopes to expand on its 2021 wins, take further advantage of Democrats’ distraction, and ride the national red wave.
Rick Scott Doubles Down on His Bonkers Agenda for the GOP Mitch McConnell publicly rejected Scott’s disastrous plan, so now the Florida senator has written an op-ed to whine about his persecution.
2022 midterms
Mar. 2, 2022
Bush and Cuellar Survive in Texas, for Now Two key primaries will have runoffs, with George P. Bush taking on Ken Paxton for AG and Representative Henry Cuellar facing Jessica Cisneros.
Republicans See Red Wave and Look to Make It Even Bigger The GOP is now expecting midterm gains even in purple and blue states, but a huge win won’t come easily in a party as chaotic as theirs.
Rick Scott’s Bonkers GOP Agenda Shows Why McConnell Doesn’t Want One If you think Donald Trump is too moderate, the Florida senator has got an 11-point plan just for you.
Trump’s Risky 2022 Endorsement Strategy The ex-president is trying to prove his relevance and power by weighing in on dozens of 2022 races. It’s a gamble, and the GOP isn’t thrilled.
Could the 2022 Midterms Be As Bad As 2010 for Democrats? History suggests the upcoming midterm elections will be tough for the president’s party. But Democrats may avoid a repeat of their 2010 shellacking.
2022 midterms
Feb. 17, 2022
Nick Kristof Will Not Be the Next Governor of Oregon An Oregon court ruled that the famous columnist did not meet the state’s residency requirements.
2022 midterms
Feb. 10, 2022
Congresswoman Abases Herself in Front of Trump Tower The South Carolina congresswoman’s sin was to criticize Trump on January 6, 2021. Now she’s filmed herself proclaiming her MAGA-hood.
2022 midterms
Feb. 10, 2022
Governors Could Be Key to Trump’s Next Coup Attempt Trump allies are poised to win in several crucial 2022 races, and election-reform efforts may overlook the threat posed by a rogue governor.
2022 Red Wave Could Sweep Governor’s Races, Too Republicans’ midterms optimism goes beyond Congress. But Trump and other unpredictable factors could work against them in gubernatorial contests.
Trump Disciple Vernon Jones Drops Out of Governor’s Race in Georgia Now David Perdue will have a clean shot at Brian Kemp as Trump’s instrument of revenge, while Jones enters a big extremist congressional field.
2022 midterms
Feb. 7, 2022
Peter Thiel to Leave Meta Board to Focus on Giving Republicans Money The conservative billionaire is pivoting to become a benefactor for Trump supporters he used to employ.
2022 midterms
Feb. 7, 2022
What’s the Point of Manchin and Murkowski Endorsing Each Other? Manchin has made a habit of backing relatively moderate Republican colleagues, but it probably won’t help Murkowski’s complex path to reelection.
2022 midterms
Feb. 6, 2022
Democrats Need More Than Redistricting Wins in 2022 There’s been great news for Democrats on the redistricting front. But actually holding the House in the midterms will still be very tough.
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