Midterm Elections 2018
Coverage of the 2018 midterm elections: the House, Senate, ballot initiatives, and more.

The 2018 midterms could be pivotal for the future of the Trump administration. Here’s everything you need to know.

The 2018 midterms could be pivotal for the future of the Trump administration. Here’s everything you need to know.


Voters will choose nominees for key Senate races in two of the most anticipated contests of the year.


Democrats are getting another chance to flip a Republican-held seat in North Carolina.


We now have the official census numbers on voter turnout for 2018.
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The 29-year-old democratic socialist from the Bronx has won her race in New York’s 14th District.


Four women — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, Paula Jean Swearengin, and Amy Vilela — challenge the Democratic establishment.


It’s a big — temporary — win for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.


In a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp, lawmakers say they are looking into reports of “matters affecting the ability of people in Georgia to exercise their right to vote.”


The bizarre election fraud scandal in North Carolina, explained


The Republican cited health concerns to explain his decision to skip the upcoming North Carolina Ninth District election.


Voters will go back to the drawing board with new primary elections in the Ninth District after the board’s vote.


The ballot tampering scandal in the Ninth District reaches a climax with this week’s hearing.


A conversation with Emory historian Carol Anderson.


The House remains at least one member short as a state investigation continues.


A federal judge just chipped away at part of Wisconsin Republicans’ lame-duck power grab.


A lot is at stake in the 2018 midterm elections.



A years-long court challenge has thrown a House election, uncalled because of fraud allegations, into even more chaos.


The Republican candidate who won in November likely won’t be seated before an official hearing in January.


Arizona will have its first two women senators in 2019.


Republicans are suddenly pushing “good governance” in states they lost power in.


State officials have discretion under state law to call for a new election if the basic fairness of the election is in question.


Live-updating election results on all the key Senate, House, and governor races, plus ballot initiatives.


House Republicans lost the suburbs in 2018. The new NRCC chair doesn’t see “political realignment” there.


Conservatives claim the North Carolina ballot tampering scandal proves voter fraud is real. Not quite.


How Trump made political engagement great again.


The voting system works perfectly well in other parts of the world.


The Ninth District race between Mark Harris and Dan McCready is still stalled over ballot tampering allegations.


In a contest seen as a referendum on the future of voting rights, voters elected a candidate backed by Governor-elect Brian Kemp.

The Tuesday runoff between John Barrow and Brad Raffensperger has become a referendum on the future of voting rights in the state.


The Tuesday election between John Barrow and Brad Raffensperger could reverse a string of voting issues in Georgia.


State officials refuse to certify the results of a US House race in North Carolina. It’s a wild story.


The move pits Snipes against Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had already chosen her replacement.


And still came out on top.


To understand white women’s political behavior, you have to understand how they’ve been both empowered and disempowered.


The Republican senator beat Democrat Mike Espy in 2018’s final Senate matchup.

Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democrat Mike Espy in 2018’s final Senate election.


The odds are against Mike Espy in a Senate runoff election. But here’s his path to an upset win.

Mike Espy could become the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.


Every House seat Democrats have flipped in the midterm elections, in one post.


Well, almost nobody.


The plan from Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna would use foreign countries’ drug prices to lower prices in the US. Could that work?


McConnell is reportedly trying to get her to replace Sen. John Kyl.


The senator is facing Mike Espy in a Mississippi special election runoff on November 27.