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Midterm Elections 2022

Coverage of the 2022 midterm elections: House, Senate, ballot initiatives, and more.

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Your 2022 midterms cheat sheet

Here’s what is really at stake in the 2022 midterm elections.

By Li Zhou, Nicole Narea, and 1 more

“I’ve always been the youngest person in the room”

By Siona Peterous November 29

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

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The 2024 Senate map is terrifying for Democrats. That’s one reason Georgia’s runoff matters.

By Andrew Prokop November 28

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The guy who got the midterms right explains what the media got wrong

By Nicole Narea November 27

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How independent voters saved Democrats

By Christian Paz November 26

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The high stakes and unique weirdness of the Georgia Senate runoff, briefly explained

By Li Zhou November 25

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How the right’s radical thinkers are coping with the midterms

By Zack Beauchamp November 22

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats’ quietly effective strategy for defeating election deniers

By Christian Paz November 19

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Why so many “election deniers” lost in 2022

By Liz Scheltens November 18

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The midterm culture war over plant-based meat

By Kenny Torrella November 18

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Kari Lake’s defeat in Arizona may only be a temporary blow to Trumpism

By Nicole Narea November 17

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The GOP captures the House — and is ready for revenge

By Nicole Narea November 17

Why some Republican senators are revolting against Mitch McConnell

By Li Zhou November 16

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The GOP had terrible Senate candidates and it really did sink them

By Andrew Prokop November 16

The impact of Sam Bankman-Fried’s support for Democrats is massively overstated

By Nicole Narea November 15

Midterm elections Q&A with Li Zhou and Christian Paz

By Li Zhou and Christian Paz November 14

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats’ path to keep the House has gotten tougher

By Andrew Prokop November 14

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

8 questions the 2022 midterms answered

By Christian Paz November 14

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats kept the Senate. But Georgia is still important.

By Ellen Ioanes November 13

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

What we know so far about the 2022 midterms, in charts

By Youyou Zhou, Dylan Scott, and 1 more November 13

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Why Ron DeSantis’s post-midterms glow up may fade

By Nicole Narea November 13

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats hang on to their crucial Senate majority

By Li Zhou November 12

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Nevada just decided the battle for Senate control

By Dylan Scott November 12

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

America’s first Latina senator just saved Democrats’ Senate majority

By Christian Paz November 12

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How a surprising Democratic strategy may have staved off the midterm red wave

By Ellen Ioanes November 12

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats had a surprisingly good midterms — but not in New York. Here’s what happened.

By Ellen Ioanes November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Lauren Boebert’s extremely tight race in a safe Republican district, explained

By Li Zhou November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Democrats have notched wins in state legislatures — with likely more to come

By Nicole Narea November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Did young voters really save Democrats?

By Marin Cogan November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

It’s official: Florida is a red state

By Nicole Narea November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How abortion rights advocates won every ballot measure this year

By Rachel M. Cohen November 11

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Donald Trump had a bad night Tuesday. Will it matter?

By Ben Jacobs November 10

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Beware the post-midterm hot takes about Latino voters

By Christian Paz November 10

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

6 wins and 2 losses on climate in the midterms

By Rebecca Leber November 10

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

Why the red wave didn’t come

By Andrew Prokop November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

What wins for Medicaid and the minimum wage mean for the future of ballot initiatives

By Dylan Scott November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The midterms were a resounding win for abortion rights — with one exception

By Dylan Scott November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

How Americans voted for abortion rights, in one chart

By Rani Molla November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

3 winners and 4 losers from the midterm results so far

By Ben Jacobs November 9

The 2022 midterm elections, explained

The first Gen Z member of Congress — and several other historic firsts

By Li Zhou November 9