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2022 Midterms
republican party
Feb. 24, 2021
Agonized Georgia Republicans Long for Herschel Walker to Run for Senate A battered and deeply divided state party bent on suppressing Black votes could use a Trump-friendly Black sports legend.
Richard Shelby, the Last of the South’s Senate Party-Switchers, to Retire The six-term Alabama senator never changed that much but went with the flow of conservative southern politics.
2022 midterms
Feb. 2, 2021
The 2022 Midterms Could Be Another Referendum on Trump Biden and Democrats would normally struggle to hold on to Congress in 2022. But Trump sticking around could change the dynamics.
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
2022 midterms
Jan. 24, 2021
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Announce Run for Arkansas Governor: Report While the position of White House press secretary isn’t often used as a platform for higher office, Sanders has been long expected to run in 2022.
History Suggests Democratic Trifecta Could Be Short-Lived As Democrats officially take control of the Senate, they’d be wise to move fast: Republicans shattered their last two trifectas in just two years.
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump? With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
republican party
Jan. 13, 2021
Can Republicans Bounce Back Like They Did After Nixon? The last GOP president to be impeached and disgraced shattered his party.
117th congress
Nov. 12, 2020
Who Will Hold Power in the Next Congress? Depending on what happens in Georgia’s Senate runoffs, Democrats will have either a narrow path for governing or a tough row to hoe.
Biden Had One Job and He Did It Biden took advantage of all Trump’s self-inflicted political wounds and now looks to be a necessary if limited transitional president.
2020 elections
Nov. 4, 2020
Republicans Make Shocking Gains in the House Democrats were expected to win several seats, but will instead lose a handful. Nancy Pelosi now faces a potential revolt.
Would Biden Contest a Trump Electoral College Win? While there’s abundant evidence Trump is willing to contest an adverse election result, it’s unlikely Joe Biden would trigger a constitutional crisis.
If He Wants to Save the Country, Biden Needs to Understand Obama’s Failures If he wins, Biden will face challenges more daunting than those Obama faced, and failed to vanquish, in 2009. He’ll need to aim higher.
2020 elections
May 10, 2020
If Stacey Abrams Doesn’t Become Veep, a 2022 Rematch With Kemp Looks Promising If all else fails, the rising Democratic star from Georgia could hold Georgia’s governor accountable for his perilous COVID-19 policies.
2020 elections
May 6, 2020
Six Months From the Election, Pelosi’s Gavel Seems Secure With limited presidential momentum, a deficit in open seats, and a gap in the generic ballot, Republicans won’t take the House until at least 2022.
vision 2020
Apr. 25, 2019
Why Republicans Might Not Mind Losing the White House in 2020 If Republicans hang onto the Senate in 2020 and have the power to obstruct, they might decide their future looks brighter without the 45th president.