Midterm Elections 2018
Coverage of the 2018 midterm elections: the House, Senate, ballot initiatives, and more.
It’s the highest level in a century for a midterm election.
Florida voters restored voting rights for people with felony records on Election Day.
Democrats conceded all the nationally watched races this weekend but completed their sweep of Orange County, California.
It’s for good this time.
The swing-state race between a progressive Democrat and a Trump-endorsed Republican could be historic.
Trump bragged that the candidates he backed won. The reality is more complicated.
The controversial former secretary of state was repeatedly accused of voter suppression.
Ocasio-Cortez’s political critics often disparage her clothes. They’re really worried about her policies.
Corporate tax breaks don’t represent money in hand that could be spent elsewhere. But it doesn’t mean they’re good.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said her voter suppression comment was just a joke.
After a machine recount, Republicans stay ahead. But the Senate race is still going to a hand recount.
Suburban Never-Trump and Trump-skeptical Republicans aren’t a myth. And they vote.
Brian Kemp has declared victory, but a string of recent court rulings supports Stacey Abrams’s call for all votes to be counted.
Voters have until Saturday to correct their signatures, while the recount results will be delayed until next week.
Fargo just switched to an “approval voting” system, which allows you to mark all the candidates on the ballot that you like.
We’re more than a week out from Election Day, and multiple Senate, House, and governor races still haven’t been called.
Senate Democrats can try to slow down judicial nominees, but there’s not much more they can do.
After losing the midterms, House Republicans want a more aggressive messaging strategy for 2020.
Trump keeps dragging his party down to his level.
Racial views drive voting but don’t determine winners.
With all votes counted, it’s a larger landslide than 1994 or 2010.
Border wall funding is at the heart of a fight.
Votes continue to be counted — and recounted.
Even as Donald Trump railed about voter fraud, Arizona’s elected leaders mostly kept their cool.
Many residents see the state shifting firmly to purple.
She beat out Martha McSally in a race that was a nail-biter to the finish.
His 2017 vote on the health care bill didn’t cause Republicans’ midterm loss.
Fact-check failures.
Republicans claim voter fraud in Florida. There’s no evidence for that, but there is evidence of human error and incompetence.
Democrats hit some of their GOTV targets but missed others.
House Democrats have a lot to figure out on their signature issue.
A carbon tax, limits on fracking, a renewable energy standard — all defeated.
He served for 15 terms — three decades — in a reliably Republican district.
The recounts in Florida’s Senate and governor races, explained.
Time to stop with the endless diner visits.
But the state still has more than 300,000 ballots to count.
The president asks if there’s “call for a new election.” There isn’t.
For the first time in US history, more than 20 black women will serve in Congress.
The anti-Pelosi movement is getting organized, but there isn’t a clear alternative to her yet.