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Midterm Elections 2018

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

Florida’s Bill Nelson would have likely beat Rick Scott if ex-felons had been able to vote

By German Lopez

What’s happened with the outstanding midterm races in the last 48 hours

By Rachel Withers

Andrew Gillum concedes Florida gubernatorial race

By Caroline Houck and Dylan Scott

How Trump’s favored midterm candidates performed

By Jane Coaston

Brian Kemp elected governor of Georgia after Democrat Stacey Abrams ends campaign

By P.R. Lockhart

The real reason conservative critics love talking about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s clothes

By Gaby Del Valle

What the Amazon tax breaks really mean

By Matthew Yglesias

“Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult”: GOP senator on college students voting

By Emily Stewart

Florida’s high-stakes recounts for governor and Senate, explained

By Tara Golshan

How Trump-skeptical Republicans swung the 2018 midterms

By Jane Coaston

Why the political fight in Georgia is far from over

By P.R. Lockhart

Florida judge sides with Democrats, giving thousands a second chance to fix their ballots

By Stavros Agorakis

This city just approved a new election system never tried before in America

By Kelsey Piper

The 2018 midterm races that still aren’t over

By Emily Stewart

Democrats’ very limited options for stopping Mitch McConnell’s judicial onslaught

By Li Zhou

House Republicans have a new messenger: Liz Cheney

By Tara Golshan

What the 2018 results tell us about 2020

By Matthew Yglesias

Republicans just lost a Senate seat in Arizona because Trump is an egomaniac

By Matthew Yglesias

One chart that shows racism has everything and nothing to do with Republican election wins

By Matthew Yglesias

Democrats’ blue wave was much larger than early takes suggested

By Matthew Yglesias

Congress’s leaders want a drama-free end to the year. Trump has other ideas.

By Tara Golshan and Li Zhou

The races that still haven’t been called in Florida and Georgia, explained

By Tara Golshan, Li Zhou, and 1 more

Arizona Republicans show losing an election with a little grace is still possible

By Dylan Scott

5 signs Democrats were on track to flip the Arizona Senate seat this year

By Li Zhou

Kyrsten Sinema is the first Democrat to win an Arizona Senate seat in 30 years

By Li Zhou

No, John McCain did not make Republicans lose the House

By Sarah Kliff

Trump is lying about voter fraud in Florida, and media outlets are spreading it

By Aaron Rupar

The Florida voter fraud allegations, explained

By German Lopez

The 2018 electorate was older, whiter, and better educated than in 2016

By Matthew Yglesias

What the new Democratic House majority might actually pass on health care

By Dylan Scott

Fossil fuel money crushed clean energy ballot initiatives across the country

By David Roberts

Dana Rohrabacher, Putin’s favorite Congress member, just lost his House seat

By Alex Ward

The Arizona, Florida, and Georgia election recounts, explained

By Kay Steiger, Li Zhou, and 2 more

Florida begins recounts in governor and senate races

By Tara Golshan and Rachel Withers

Trump voters stood by Trump in the midterms — but there just aren’t enough of them

By Matthew Yglesias

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema widens lead in Arizona Senate race

By Li Zhou

Trump tweets about Arizona’s Senate race — and gets basic facts wrong

By Jane Coaston

Black women turned electoral power into political power in 2018

By P.R. Lockhart

Why Nancy Pelosi is still confident she’ll become House speaker

By Ella Nilsen

The strange argument that Democrats actually lost the midterms, debunked

By Zack Beauchamp