Midterm Elections 2018
Reporting, news analysis, commentary, polling, results from key races, and more
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Susan Walsh / AP House Progressives Celebrate a ‘New Kind of Centrism’
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus see the midterms as a victory for progressive thinking, not a call to moderation.
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These Counties Kicked Out Republican Incumbents
They fueled the victories of Democratic challengers such as Colin Allred in Texas and Lucy McBath in Georgia.
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Reuters The Midterms Swept in a New Class of Black Politicians
Most of the winners are under 40. And most seem likely to run for even higher offices down the line.
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Reuters Arnold Schwarzenegger’s War on Gerrymandering Is Just Beginning
The former California governor helped support multiple ballot measures this year that will change how legislative districts are drawn. He already has his eye on more reforms in 2020.
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Alex Gallardo / AP Trump's Space Force Faces an Uncertain Fate
Congressional lawmakers, including Republicans, were skeptical of the idea long before the midterms.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters The Central Challenge of the Fight Against Trumpism
The midterms showed that the president has a real political constituency—one that gerrymandering and voter suppression make it hard to defeat.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump Bet Conservatives Wouldn't Denounce His Racist Ad. He Won.
The president knows he can get away with bigotry.
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J. David Ake / AP The Republican Space Fans Exiting the House
The next Congress will be missing a few longtime advocates of exploration.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Did Obamacare Repeal Hurt the Republicans?
How the GOP repeal effort did—and did not—come back to bite those who championed it
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Charles Mostoller / Reuters How Both Parties Lost the Texas Senate Race
In the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke, Republicans failed to recognize the ways in which the state is changing, while Democrats didn’t take seriously just how far it still has to go.
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Joe Skipper / Adria Malcolm / Reuters / ... The Democrats’ Deep-South Strategy Was a Winner After All
Losses in marquee races might lead the party to believe it can’t win elections with candidates like Andrew Gillum, Stacey Abrams, and Beto O’Rourke. But there’s more to the story.
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Kyle Grillot / Reuters For Conservatives Like Me, Tuesday Couldn’t Have Gone Better
The midterm results were frustrating for revolutionaries and reactionaries, great for muddlers-along.
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Alex Staroseltsev / Shutterstock The Real Metaphor of the ‘Blue Wave’
During the midterms, a small phrase suggested a bigger problem: America still isn’t sure how to talk to itself.
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Timothy D. Easley / AP The Questionable Year of the Teacher Politician
While claims that a record number of educators ran for office in 2018 may have been overstated, Tuesday night showed the political momentum at their back.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The GOP Just Lost Its Most Important Climate Moderates
Almost 20 Republican House members who seemed to care about climate change failed to win reelection.
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Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters Oprah, Cousin Pookie, and the Long Tradition of Shaming Black Voters
Public figures have often urged black citizens to the polls by invoking ancestral trauma, but these exhortations seem to overlook the persistence of voter suppression.
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William Campbell / Corbis / Getty Jon Tester Wins in Montana, Despite Trump’s Best Efforts
The Democratic senator’s victory shows that he still understands Montanans better than the president does.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Evangelical Allies Really Didn’t Like Jeff Sessions
The ousted attorney general managed to alienate Christians across the political spectrum, even though he’s one of their own.
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John Hart / Wisconsin State Journal via AP Democratic Governors Will Now Lead a Majority of Americans
The party picked up seven gubernatorial seats from Republicans while defending its own turf.
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Justin Hayworth / AP Steve King Keeps Getting Reelected
The longtime Republican congressman has become notorious for his racist comments. The residents of Northwest Iowa voted for him anyway.
